BMC Ecology and Evolution

Table 1 Brood intake in the between-species comparison

From: Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies

	Larvae						Pupae
	Sham control (%)	Dead fungus (%)	Live fungus (%)	Wald-χ²	d.f.	P	Sham control (%)	Dead fungus (%)	Live fungus (%)	Wald-χ²	d.f.	P
C. smithi	75	67	67	3.110	2	0.211	67	46	21	11.53	2	0.003
Li. humile	75	58	67	0.993	2	0.609	63	42	50	3.029	2	0.220
La. neglectus	75	75	75	0.270	2	0.874	75	75	75	0.208	2	0.901
P. punctata	100	100	100	< 0.001	2	1.000	100	100	100	< 0.001	2	1.000

Percentage of larvae and pupae (treated with either sham control, dead or live fungus) taken into the brood chamber by ant species with either naked (C. smithi and Li. humile) or cocooned pupae (La. neglectus and P. punctata). Statistics for brood intake rates originate from the Cox mixed-effects model. Significant P values (with α = 0.05) are denoted in bold.

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