Table 3.
The effect of LARVAE and DAY on the general tendency of Drosophila larval aggregation (|Δpl|) under three environmental conditions. Analysis of variance for the effect of LARVAE and DAY on Drosophila larval distribution between food patches in three different larval environments (F-C, F-F or C-C).
| Larval environment | Explanatory variable | d.f. | Mean square | F-value | P |
| F-C | LARVAE | 1 | 0.2120 | 2.63 | 0.1154 |
| DAY | 3 | 0.0931 | 1.15 | 0.3433 | |
| Error | 30 | 0.0807 | |||
| F-F | LARVAE | 1 | 0.0682 | 1.03 | 0.3177 |
| DAY | 3 | 0.1132 | 1.71 | 0.1855 | |
| Error | 30 | 0.0661 | |||
| C-C | LARVAE | 1 | 0.0329 | 0.66 | 0.4236 |
| DAY | 3 | 0.2090 | 4.18 | 0.4998 | |
| Error | 30 | 0.0400 | |||