Ecological Archives E087-045-A1

Jonathan L. Richardson. 2006. Novel features of an inducible defense system in larval tree frogs (Hyla chrysoscelis). Ecology 87:780–787.

Appendix A (Table A1). The full MANOVA and univariate ANOVAs for the principal components associated with the morphometric measurements of H. chrysoscelis tadpoles.

A. MANOVA: Principal Components

       

Source

Wilks’ λ

df

F

P

Treatment

0.5350

9, 362

11.81

< 0.0001

Block

0.4182

6, 298

27.13

< 0.0001

Treatment × block

0.7705

18, 422

2.26

0.0024

         

B. ANOVA: Overall size (PC 1)

       

Source

Mean Square

df

F

P

Treatment (tested with T × B MS)

2.5224

3

0.83

0.5261

Block (tested with T × B MS)

1.7961

2

0.26

0.7752

Treatment × block (tested with within tank MS)

3.0557

6

0.43

0.8553

Within tank variation

7.0406

151

   
         

C. ANOVA: Tadpole shape – D vs. L (PC 2)

       

Source

Mean Square

df

F

P

Treatment

0.5899

3

3.56

0.0869

Block

4.2552

2

102.41

< 0.0001

Treatment × block

Within tank variation

0.1656

0.0415

6

151

3.99

0.001

         

D. ANOVA Tadpole shape – tail vs. body (PC 3)

       

Source

Mean Square

df

F

P

Treatment

1.0358

3

6.66

0.0245

Block

0.0090

2

0.18

0.8338

Treatment × block

0.1554

6

3.15

0.0061

Within tank variation

0.0493

151

   

   Notes: The interaction between treatments and blocks was used as the error term for tests of the significance of the main effect of treatments and blocks (see "B." as example) to prevent pseudoreplication. No morphometric data were used from block 1 (see methods).



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