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Table 3 Analysis of variance to determine the effects of 1) initial body weight (in g), 2) treatment duration (in hours), and 3) treatments (starvation/desiccating vs. mating) on the percentage of body weight lost in Austrophasmatidae sp. n . males (S18, Vanrhynsdorp)

From: Biodiversity, ecology, and behavior of the recently discovered insect order Mantophasmatodea

Source of Variation

Sum of square

DF

Mean square

F

P

Corrected Model

554.466a

3

184.822

5.964

0.016

Intercept

276.439

1

276.439

8.921

0.015

Main Effects

     

 Initial body weight

385.618

1

385.618

12.444

0.006

 Duration of treatment

129.356

1

129.356

4.174

0.071

 Treatment

016.256

1

016.256

0.525

0.487

 (Starvation/mating)

278.885

9

030.987

  

Error

2037.005

13

   

Total

833.351

12

   

Corrected total

     
  1. aR2 = 0.665 (adjusted R2 = 0.554).