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Table 2 Two-group comparisons and overall trend of the effect of increasing larval environmental temperature on the odds of laying eggs by Anopheles gambiae s.s. females kept at all adult temperatures for the first two blood mealsa

From: Larval and adult environmental temperatures influence the adult reproductive traits of Anopheles gambiae s.s.

    Larval temperature (°C)
  Adult temperature (°C)   27 ± 1 (with respect to 23 °C) 31 ± 1 (with respect to 23 °C) 31 ± 1 (with respect to 27 °C)
1st blood meal   Log odds of laying eggs −0.783b −1.658 −0.876
23 ± 1 log-likelihood ratio test −1.187 −2.455 −1.515
p-value 0.235 0.014 0.130
27 ± 1 Log odds of laying eggs −2.565 −4.069 −1.504
log-likelihood ratio test −2.383 −3.828 −3.086
p-value 0.017 <0.001 0.002
31 ± 1 Log odds of laying eggs 0.767c −0.028 −0.795
  log-likelihood ratio test 1.386 −0.048 −1.392
  p-value 0.166 0.962 0.164
2nd blood meal   Log odds of laying eggs −1.952 −3.312 −1.36
23 ± 1 log-likelihood ratio test −2.398 −3.805 −2.276
p-value 0.016 <0.001 0.023
27 ± 1 Log odds of laying eggs −1.161 −2.496 −1.335
log-likelihood ratio test −1.613 −3.486 −2.534
p-value 0.107 <0.001 0.011
31 ± 1 Log odds of laying eggs 1.121 0.359 −0.762
log-likelihood ratio test 1.557 0.465 −1.218
p-value 0.120 0.642 0.223
  1. aAll females laid eggs after the third blood meal. bA negative value of the log odds represents a decrease in the proportion of females laying eggs with respect to the reference temperature, whilst a positive valuec represents an increase in egg laying rate
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