Ecological Archives E085-095-A4

Christopher E. Siddon and Jon D. Witman. 2004. Behavioral indirect interactions: multiple predator effects and prey switching in the rocky subtidal. Ecology 85:2938–2945.

Appendix D. A statistical table for multiple predator effects.

Habitat
Response variable
Predicted
Observed (mean ± SE)
df
t
P
             
Barren
Mortality
0.379
0.215 ± 0.055
5
-3.288
0.02
Codium
Mortality
0.328
0.202 ± 0.044
6
-2.842
0.03
Mussel (T1)
Mortality
0.034
0.040 ± 0.027
5
0.2303
0.83
Mussel (T2)
Mortality
0.339
0.194 ± 0.090
5
-1.597
0.17
Mussel (T2)
%Cover
0.250
0.134 ± 0.086
5
-1.346
0.12
Mussel (T1)
Small crabs
0.407
0.381 ± 0.080
5
-0.328
0.38

   Note: Significant differences between the predicted and observed responses show nonlinear (risk-reduction) effects of a second predator (lobster).



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