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Table 2 Hierarchical mixed-effects models assessing individual variation in linear or nonlinear (quadratic) reproductive ageing patterns

From: Polyandrous females but not monogamous females vary in reproductive ageing patterns in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris

  

No mating

Monogamy

Polyandry

Random effect

Model comparisons

χ21

P

χ21

P

χ21

P

I

1 vs. 2

158.91

< 0.001

104.05

< 0.001

18.61

< 0.001

I × AGE

2 vs. 3

12.41

< 0.001

0.13

0.72

6.79

0.009

I × AGE2

3 vs. 4

2.20

0.14

2.59

0.11

17.95

< 0.001

  1. Significance was based on χ2 values derived from likelihood-ratio tests comparing models (models 1–4), as described in the "Materials and methods" section
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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