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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