Table 2 Multiple comparison among caste and between worker signals emitted in the two different contexts.
From: Ants modulate stridulatory signals depending on the behavioural context
Multiple comparison between castes and tests | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caste | Dom. Freq. (Hz) | RMS amplitude | Chirp duration (S) | |||
t ratio | P value | t ratio | P value | t ratio | P value | |
Mfw – Qfw | − 9.04 | *** | − 11.52 | *** | − 12.47 | *** |
Mfw – Qbw | − 4.62 | *** | − 22.67 | *** | − 23.47 | *** |
Mfw – Wfw | − 10.60 | *** | 18.30 | *** | − 3.95 | ** |
Mfw – Wbw | − 11.44 | *** | 17.56 | *** | 2.10 | N.S |
Mbw – Qfw | − 7.08 | *** | − 12.90 | *** | − 13.85 | *** |
Mbw – Qbw | − 2.73 | N.S | − 24.05 | *** | − 24.85 | *** |
Mbw – Wfw | − 8.67 | *** | 16.95 | *** | − 5.32 | *** |
Mbw – Wbw | − 9.52 | *** | 16.21 | *** | 0.73 | N.S |
Qfw – Wfw | − 1.32 | N.S | 23.65 | *** | − 12.02 | *** |
Qfw – Wbw | − 2.04 | N.S | 2.06 | *** | 11.58 | *** |
Qbw – Wfw | − 4.81 | *** | 32.37 | *** | 15.42 | *** |
Qbw – Wbw | − 5.49 | *** | 31.78 | *** | 20.3 | *** |
W.R – W.SD | − 6.44 | *** | − 6.48 | *** | 17.50 | *** |
W.R – W.LD | − 0.68 | N.S | 6.21 | *** | 14.46 | *** |