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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Entomol. 2014 Jan;51(1):55–62. doi: 10.1603/me13003

Table 1.

Proportion of Culex (Cx) pipiens (P), quinquefasciatus (Q), and restuans (R) surviving immature stages of development at various temperatures

Group CxP P (pop)a CxQ P (pop)a CxR P (species)b
16°C
 Field 0.92 0.0592 0.96 <0.0001 0.83 <0.0001
 Colony 0.87 0.81 0.012
20°C
 Field 0.87 0.0007 0.84 0.0358 0.82 0.2460
 Colony 0.77 0.89 <0.0001
24°C
 Field 0.87 <0.0001 0.86 <0.0001 0.81 0.0434
 Colony 0.61 0.70 0.0090
28°C
 Field 0.82 0.7730 0.95 <0.0001 0.61 <0.0001
 Colony 0.83 0.53 <0.0001
32°C
 Field 0.83 <0.0001 0.77 <0.0001 0.34 <0.0001
 Colony 0.46 0.38 0.0181
P (temp)c <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
a

χ2 test tests measuring the effect of temperature on immature survival among field or colony populations of the same species.

b

χ2 test tests measuring the effect of species on immature survival for individual populations and temperatures.

c

χ2 test tests comparing immature survival of field and colony populations of individual species and temperatures.