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Table 1 Summary of statistical results for analyses in Experiment 1, Experiment 2 and Experiment 3

From: Time-of-day of blood-feeding: effects on mosquito life history and malaria transmission

Fitness metric

Statistical results for each term in model

Experiment 1

Blood meal volume

Sig: Blood quality

Non-Sig: Feed time:host time; Feed time:blood quality; Host time:blood quality; Feed time; Host time

Blood meal density

Sig: Host time:blood quality

Non-Sig: Feed time:host time; Feed time:blood quality; Feed time

Proportion laid

Sig: Feed time

Non-Sig: Host time:blood quality; Feed time:host time; Feed time:blood quality; Host time; Blood quality

Time to lay

Sig: Feed time

Non-Sig: Host time; Blood quality

Clutch size

Sig: Feed time:blood quality

Non-sig: Feed time:host time; Host time:blood quality; Host time

Hatch rate

Sig: na

Non-sig: Feed time:host time; Feed time:blood quality; Host time:blood quality; Feed time; Host time; Blood quality

Lifespan

Sig: na

Non-sig: Host time; Feed time; Blood quality

Experiment 2

Proportion laid

Sig: na

Non-Sig: Feed time:blood quality; Blood quality; Feed time

Time to lay

Sig: na

Non-Sig: Feed time:blood quality; Blood quality; Feed time

Clutch size

Sig: Blood quality

Non-sig: Feed time:blood quality; Feed time

Lifespan

Sig: na

Non-sig: Feed time; Blood quality

Experiment 3

Malaria prevalence & intensity

Sig: Infected/uninfected blood

Non-Sig: Feed time

Proportion laid

Sig: Infection status

Non-Sig: Infection status:feed time; Feed time

Time to lay

Sig: Infection status

Non-Sig: Infection status:feed time; Feed time

Clutch size

Sig: na

Non-sig: Infection status:feed time; Feed time; Infection status

Lifespan

Sig: Infection status

Non-sig: Feed time

  1. Notes: Terms that significantly affected the mosquito fitness metric in question are highlighted in italics. Interactions between terms are indicated by ‘:’ and main effects are not included for terms involved in significant interactions