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Table 3 Comparisons of the effect of breeding stage on overall mosquito blood-feeding success using consecutive contrasts for Binomial GLMMs. The reported values show the differences in mean probabilities of blood-feeding success between the corresponding breeding stage pairs (see also Figs. 2b, 3b)

From: West Nile virus host-vector-pathogen interactions in a colonial raptor

Species

Variable

Contrast levels

Difference in blood-feeding success

SE

P-value

Cx. pipiens

Breeding stage

1st week vs incubation

0.034

0.01

0.031

2nd week vs 1st week

0.002

0.01

0.86

3rd week vs 2nd week

-0.044

0.01

< 0.001

4th week vs 3rd week

0.007

0.01

0.447

Cx. modestus a

Breeding stage

2nd week vs 1st week

0.021

0.02

0.48

3rd week vs 2nd week

-0.065

0.02

0.001

4th week vs 3rd week

0.011

0.02

0.53

  1. ablood-feeding success was not estimated during incubation due to sample size constraints
  2. Abbreviation: SE standard error