. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Appl Ecol. 2017 Sep 14;55(2):841–851. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13001

Table 2.

Life history trait values (daily and lifetime fecundity and daily biting and mortality rates) obtained for nectar-poor and nectar-rich mesocosms, by replicate

Treatment	Replicate	Fecundity, β	Biting rate, a	Predicted mean lifespan of females	Net reproductive rate (R_o) at day 21
Poor	1	38.66	0.426	28.9	402.7
	2	29.05	0.305	53.3	388.1
	3	42.62	0.362	80.46	638.7
	4	35.92	0.486	53.9	408.1
Rich	1	34.89	0.381	40.9	565.4
	2	39.08	0.371	53.0	597.2
	3	49.47	0.344	143.1	671.2
	4	35.59	0.504	169.3	509.1