Table 2 Effects of species xerothermophility on oviposition preferences.

From: Conserved temperature requirements but contrasting responses to humidity across oviposition preferences in temperate grasshoppers

(a) Substrate type

Dependent variable

Chi-sq

d.f.

p-value

Bare ground

Moisture

0.007

1

0.934

Temperature

0.658

1

0.417

Vertical position

3.081

1

0.079

Tussocks

Moisture

1.883

1

0.170

Temperature

0.773

1

0.395

Vertical position

5.502

1

0.019

(b) Substrate type

Dependent variable

Chi-sq

d.f.

p-value

Bare ground

Moisture

1.063

1

0.303

Temperature

0.455

1

0.500

Vertical position

4.180

1

0.041

Tussocks

Moisture

0.379

1

0.538

Temperature

0.476

1

0.491

Vertical position

0.884

1

0.347

  1. Results of phylogenetic mixed-effects (a) and phylogenetically-uncoreccted (b) models investigating the relationship between the index of xerothermophility (independent variable) and species oviposition preferences for moisture, temperature, and ootheca vertical position (separate model was fitted for each response variable and substrate type). Bolded values indicate significant relationships.
  2. Significant values are in bold.
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