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Table 3 Predictors of ant aggression towards ecitophiles

From: Multiple phenotypic traits as triggers of host attacks towards ant symbionts: body size, morphological gestalt, and chemical mimicry accuracy

Predictor variables

Chi sq

Df

P

Dry weight (sqrt)

41.146

1

0.001

Morphological gestalt

34.497

4

0.001

CHC host similarity

00.003

1

0.958

Morphological gestalt * CHC host similarity

21.345

4

0.001

  1. Results of the general linear mixed effects model with aggressive contacts vs. non-aggressive contacts as binomial response variable
  2. Df. degrees of freedom, Chi sq. Chi square, sqrt square root transformed data