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Table 5 Maximum-likelihood estimates from logistic regressions of the proportion of Ephestia kuehniella larvae parasitized by Goniozus legneri

From: Comparative demography, population projection, functional response and host age preference behavior of the parasitoid Goniozus legneri on two lepidopterous insect hosts

Host

Parameters

Estimate

Standard error

Chi-square*

P value

E. kuehniella

Constant

2.2219

0.4311

26.57

< 0.0001

Linear

0.0257

0.0461

0.31

0.5768

Quadratic

− 0.00242

0.00144

2.82

0.0933

Cubic

0.000021

0.000013

2.54

0.1111

  1. *Chi-square is the value of the likelihood ratio test to determine whether equation coefficients differed significantly from zero