Table 1

The effect of mating treatment on female reproduction

Mating treatment

Variable

F_2,41

1 Ejaculate

3 Ejaculates

Spermatophylax

p

Lifetime fecundity

0.167

41.9 ± 9.8

42.3 ± 7.4

47.4 ± 8.1

>0.8

Mean egg weight

1.089

2.29 ± 0.06

2.15 ± 0.05

2.18 ± 0.06

>0.3

Mass of eggs laid

0.214

92.4 ± 19.1

89.2 ± 15.8

103.5 ± 15.8

>0.8

Oviposition rate 0–5 days

1.009

3.04 ± 1.38

1.06 ± 0.61

1.34 ± 0.76

>0.3

Oviposition rate 6–10 days

0.328

1.05 ± 0.53

1.39 ± 0.44

1.59 ± 0.49

>0.7

Oviposition rate 11–15 days

1.253

0.78 ± 0.50

1.66 ± 0.52

1.80 ± 0.41

>0.2

Oviposition rate ≥ 16 days

1.833

0.24 ± 0.04

0.55 ± 0.20

0.33 ± 0.05

>0.1

The effect of mating treatment on female lifetime fecundity, mean egg weight (mg), mass of eggs laid (mg), and oviposition rate (eggs per day) in either of the four egg laying periods, together with means ± SE for each variable per treatment.

Wedell et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008 8:204   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-204