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. 2013 Feb 23;9(1):20120948. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0948

Table 1.

Results of ANOVAs for damage (cm2) experienced in experiments. Silk treatments included no silk, silkworm silk and spider silk; laboratory and enclosure experiments were run with either Japanese or Mexican bean beetles.

experiment
d.f. F p
leaflets in laboratory whole model 3,138 9.75 <0.0001
beetle species 1 0.23 0.632
silk 2 14.5 <0.0001
enclosed leaflets in field whole model 3,86 3.80 0.0130
beetle species 1 0.47 0.4954
silk 2 5.47 0.0058
field leaflets with natural herbivory whole model 2,115 2.78 0.0660
enclosed plants in field whole model 3,56 3.53 0.0204
beetle species 1 0.02 0.8790
silk 1 15.83 0.0003
field plants with natural herbivory whole model 2,27 2.75 0.0817