Diet and density dependent competition affect larval performance and oviposition site selection in the mosquito species Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Table 2 Association between time to pupation, diet and CD

Reference treatment	Comparisons between levels		Mean difference (i-j in days)	P
Diet	2.0 (i)	3.6 (j)	2.7503	< 0.001
		7.2	3.8157	< 0.001
		20.0	4.2607	< 0.001
	3.6	7.2	1.0654	0.032
	3.6	20.0	1.5104	0.001
	7.2	20.0	0.4450	1.0
CD	0 (i)	20 (j)	−0.7490	0.261
		40	−0.9051	0.097
		80	−1.0796	0.029
	20	40	−0.1561	1.0
	20	80	−0.3306	1.0
	40	80	−0.1745	1.0

Results from post-hoc comparisons performed after a Two-Way completely randomized analysis of variance (ANOVA) of time to pupation (days post-egg hatch), diet and conspecific density. Diet is expressed as mg food/300 ml water whereas CD as number of larvae/300 ml water. P-values are expressed after applying a Bonferroni correction for multiple-comparisons.

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