Table 1 Proportions of flowers fertilized, fruits infested and ovules fertilized per treatment (mean ± SE), as well as the estimated reproductive output as number of developed seeds per flower.

From: Pollination and fruit infestation under artificial light at night:light colour matters

Treatment

Proportion of flowers fertilized

Proportion of fruits infested

Proportion of ovules fertilized

Estimated reproductive output (number of seeds per flower)

Dark

0.73 ± 0.071 (689)

0.28 ± 0.060 (497)

0.56 ± 0.024 (28,348)

117 ± 40

White

0.78 ± 0.024 (680)

0.44 ± 0.073 (518)

0.49 ± 0.027 (23,822)

86 ± 28

Green

0.75 ± 0.054 (596)

0.53 ± 0.079 (429)

0.43 ± 0.026 (29,127)

61 ± 20

Red

0.71 ± 0.064 (663)

0.33 ± 0.043 (514)

0.47 ± 0.025 (27,650)

90 ± 28

  1. The respective sample sizes are given between brackets for each treatment. Note that for the proportion of flowers fertilized and the proportion of fruits infested the sample size do not refer to independent data points and therefore in the statistical analysis the number of flowers/fruits is nested in transect, which is nested in study site. Similarly, for the proportion of ovules fertilized, the sample size refers to the number of ovules nested in fruit, nested in plant, nested in transect, nested in study site. The estimated reproductive output per flower is calculated based on the average number of ovules per fruit (404 ± 7.78) and the respective proportions of flower fertilization, fruit infestation and ovule fertilization.
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