Research Article

The Effects of the Social Hierarchy Destabilization on the Foraging Activity of Eusocial Wasp Mischocyttarus cerberus styx Richards, 1940 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)

Table 6

One-Way ANOVA results for the removal of females regardless of their social rank (control: no manipulation; treatment 1: removal of 1 female, treatment 2: removal of 2 females, and, treatment 3: removal of 3 females).

One-Way ANOVA
EffectsDfAnova SSMean squareF valueP

Removal31.610.545.680.0056
Error201.890.10

Post hoc comparisons (Dunnett’s t-test)
 Control versus 1r removal
 Control versus 2r removal***
 Control versus 3r removal***

*** Significance at the 0.05 level.