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Table 4 Friedman-rank statistics testing whether V. cardui mated females can discriminate between the developmental stages of C. officinale, early and late in the season, based on their oviposition preference on the plant leaves

From: Why stay in a bad relationship? The effect of local host phenology on a generalist butterfly feeding on a low-ranked host

 

N

Chi Sq

df

P

Total egg count per female:

 Early V vs R

17

1.67

1

0.20

 Late V vs R

10

0

1

1

Total scores per female:

 Early V vs R

17

2.27

1

0.13

 Late V vs R

10

1

1

0.32

  1. The table provides the results of the tests performed using ranks based on total egg-count per female and total preference scores per female