Journal: Ecology and Evolution
Article Title: Desiccation limits recruitment in the pleometrotic desert seed‐harvester ant Veromessor pergandei
doi: 10.1002/ece3.7039
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of water level on: (A) queen survival, (B) queen wet mass, (C) queen water mass, (D) queen dry mass, and (E) number of brood (larvae, pupae, and workers) produced by single queens of the seed‐harvester ant Veromessor pergandei . Values are means + 1 SE . Within each panel, significant differences across moisture levels are indicated by the letters a‐b: a > b. Groupings are based on (A) a Wald chi‐square statistic (see text) or (B–E) a one‐way ANOVA followed by Duncan's multiple range test. Note that the one‐way ANOVA in panel D was not significant ( p = 0.08), while Duncan's multiple range test was significant ( p < 0.05). Initial sample size for each treatment is given in panel A; number of queens that survived to the end of the experiment (panels B–E) is given in panel B. ND = no data as no queens survived this treatment
Article Snippet: Strength of the grouping effect can be assessed across water levels using the maximum Wald chi‐square value for comparisons across queen number within each water level.
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