Table 2.
Effects of region, host species identity, and population density on the mean number of eggs per plant individual in each plot. Analysis of deviance with region and host species as factors and host plant density as a covariate
Source of variation | Number of eggs per plant | ||
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df | F | P | |
Region | 2 | 1.816 | 0.274 |
Species | 6 | 5.8058 | 0.001 |
Density | 1 | 6.88 | 0.081 |
Region × species | 9 | 3.983 | <0.001 |
Effects significant at P < 0.05 are in bold