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Table 4 The effect of the larval environment on the general tendency of Drosophila larvae to aggregate with conspecifics (|Δpl|). Mixed model analysis of variance for the tendency to aggregate with conspecific larvae in D. melanogaster in three types of larval environment (F-C, F-F or C-C). Larval aggregation was measured as |Δpl|, the absolute value of Δpl (see Methods). TREATMENT (F-C, F-F or C-C) and LARVAE were fixed main effects, whereas experimental day (DAY) was a random factor. DAY is nested within TREATMENT and was used as the error term in testing the effect of TREATMENT.

From: Clash of kingdoms or why Drosophila larvae positively respond to fungal competitors

Explanatory variable

d.f.

Mean square

F-value

P

TREATMENT

2

0.4168

5.08

0.0302

LARVAE

1

0.2237

3.44

0.0670

TREATMENT (DAY)

9

0.0831

1.28

0.2603

Error

92

0.0651

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