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Table 2 Inter-correlations between egg compounds.

From: Adult nutrition and butterfly fitness: effects of diet quality on reproductive output, egg composition, and egg hatching success

  

Early

Late

 

N

Lipid

Protein

Glycogen

Protein

Lipid

Glycogen

Lipid

Protein

Glycogen

Protein

Lipid

Glycogen

Banana

29

*** - 0.69

*** - 0.60

- 0.15

*** - 0.62

- 0.35

*** - 0.47

Lipid

18

*** - 0.82

* - 0.55

-0.01

*** - 0.96

*** - 0.76

* + 0.56

MV

30

*** - 0.60

*** - 0.64

- 0.20

*** - 0.87

* - 0.57

-0.12

Sugar

30

*** - 0.64

** - 0.56

- 0.23

*** - 0.84

*** - 0.63

+ 0.14

Yeast

29

*** - 0.56

- 0.33

*** - 0.53

*** - 0.80

*** - 0.76

+ 0.23

  

Carbohydrates

Protein

Carbohydrates

Lipid

Carbohydrates

Glycogen

Carbohydrates

Protein

Carbohydrates

Lipid

Carbohydrates

Glycogen

Banana

29

+ 0.04

- 0.32

+ 0.13

+ 0.01

* - 0.37

+ 0.21

Lipid

18

- 0.35

+ 0.27

+ 0.04

* - 0.47

+ 0.43

+ 0.26

MV

30

** - 0.53

+ 0.19

+ 0.35

+ 0.08

- 0.23

+ 0.05

Sugar

30

+ 0.21

- 0.35

- 0.18

+ 0.31

**- 0.57

- 0.04

Yeast

29

* - 0.45

- 0.04

+ 0.12

*** - 0.60

+ 0.26

*** + 0.61

  1. Inter-correlations between Bicyclus anynana egg compounds per dry weight in relation to adult feeding treatment and time. Early: Eggs from days 3–4 of adult life; late: eggs from days 16–17. Given are the correlation coefficients. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001.