Table 1 Effects of social characters on colony efficiency (the number of termites)
Response variable | Explanatory variable | Z value | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Founders’ survival rate | colony type (CT) | 1.835 | 0.067 |
Colony size | colony type (CT) | −2.017 | 0.044* |
founders’ survival rate (FSR) | −1.048 | 0.295 | |
interaction between CT & FSR | 1.094 | 0.274 | |
Nymph/worker ratio | colony type (CT) | −0.790 | 0.430 |
founders’ survival rate (FSR) | −0.533 | 0.594 | |
colony size (CS) | 0.306 | 0.759 | |
interaction between CT & FSR | 1.149 | 0.251 | |
interaction between CT & CS | 1.265 | 0.206 | |
interaction between FSR & CS | 0.280 | 0.779 | |
interaction between CT, FSR & CS | −1.433 | 0.152 | |
Number of soldiers | colony type (CT) | 0.405 | 0.685 |
founders’ survival rate (FSR) | 0.421 | 0.674 | |
colony size (CS) | −0.060 | 0.952 | |
interaction between CT & FSR | −0.181 | 0.856 | |
interaction between CT & CS | −0.872 | 0.383 | |
interaction between FSR & CS | 0.010 | 0.992 | |
interaction between CT, FSR & CS | 0.374 | 0.708 | |
Number of nymphoids | colony type (CT) | 0.165 | 0.869 |
founders’ survival rate (FSR) | −0.725 | 0.469 | |
colony size (CS) | −0.623 | 0.533 | |
interaction between CT & FSR | −0.216 | 0.829 | |
interaction between CT & CS | 0.119 | 0.905 | |
interaction between FSR & CS | −0.029 | 0.977 | |
interaction between CT, FSR & CS | −0.084 | 0.933 |