Appendix E. ANCOVA results for effects of focal musk thistle patch area and distance to the focal patch and on Rhinocyllus conicus egg load on wavyleaf thistles and a bar graph of mean (SE) R. conicus egg load on wavyleaf thistle at sites with small vs. large total area of the focal patch.
Source |
Numerator df |
Denominator df |
F |
P |
Musk thistle patch area |
1 |
34.2 |
2.59 |
0.1165 |
Distance |
3 |
88.9 |
25.09 |
<0.0001 |
Musk thistle patch area × distance |
3 |
88.9 |
0.99 |
0.3992 |
Wavyleaf thistle size |
1 |
1042 |
13.38 |
0.0003 |
Size × musk thistle patch area |
1 |
1042 |
0.03 |
0.8732 |
Size × distance |
3 |
1028 |
2.78 |
0.0398 |
Size × musk thistle patch area × distance |
3 |
1028 |
0.96 |
0.9361 |
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| FIG. E1. Bar graph of mean (SE) R. conicus egg load on wavyleaf thistle at sites with small vs. large total area of the focal patch. |