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Table 3 Results of the best model for development time for both vector species combined. Model selection is based on ΔAIC and parsimony

From: Effect of temperature and relative humidity on the development times and survival of Synopsyllus fonquerniei and Xenopsylla cheopis, the flea vectors of plague in Madagascar

a) For larval development time until pupation. Variables include humidity (RH %), species, temperature (logtemperature) and PCR plate (plate).

X. cheopis and S. fonquerniei

LARVAE

Model: RH % | species + temperature (log), plate

Variable

coeff

SE

p-value

intercept

126.1829

20.989

0.0003

logtemperature

−71.898

14.813

0.0156

RH 90 %

−3.4024

26.453

0.0242

species X. cheopis

−9.3341

22.636

0.0047

species X. cheopis | RH 90 %

3.37912

18.673

0.0200

b) For pupal development time until emergence. Variables include species, temperature (logtemperature) and PCR plate (plate).

X. cheopis and S. fonquerniei

PUPAE

Model: species | temperature (log) + RH %, plate

Variable

coeff

SE

p-value

intercept

88.07774

19.35798

 

logtemperature

−48.8746

13.57655

0.0009

species X. cheopis

55.22215

22.76055

0.0159

RH 90 %

−2.61925

1.378665

0.0649

logtemperature | species X. cheopis

−37.7761

15.97802

0.0187