Table 2 The effect of the number and size of red wood ant nests and tree characteristics (proportion of conifers, alive trees, standing trees and tree perimeter) on the dissimilarities in the number of trees infected by wood boring beetles and fungi.

From: Wood ants as biological control of the forest pest beetles Ips spp.

Characteristics

R2

F

p

Nests number

0.09

2.96

0.019

Nests volume

0.01

0.41

0.867

Conifers

0.05

1.61

0.155

Alive trees

0.01

0.28

0.961

Standing trees

0.07

2.46

0.051

Tree perimeter

0.03

0.88

0.478

  1. The results are based on the PERMutational ANOVA.
  2. *Significant results are with bold font.
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