Table 2 ANOVA results for effect of tadpole phylogeny (Bufonidae vs. Ranidae) and egg/hatchling phylogeny (Bufonidae vs. Ranidae) on rates of predation for native-range anuran species.

From: A biological invasion reduces rates of cannibalism by Japanese toad tadpoles

Fixed effect

Chi-square

df

P

Tadpole phylogeny

25.760

1

 < 0.0001

Time

5.841

1

0.0157

Water temperature

63.260

1

 < 0.0001

Egg/hatchling phylogeny

11.199

1

0.0008

Time

10.566

1

0.0012

Water temperature

36.041

1

 < 0.0001

  1. Analyses were conducted using mean water temperature = 18.0 °C.
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