Physiological, morphological and ecological traits drive desiccation resistance in north temperate dung beetles

BMC Zoology

Table 2 Interspecific and intraspecific differences in desiccation resistance

GLM (sample size = 80, species = 8)
DR ~ scaled WLR + scaled WLT + scaled BM + Species, distribution = Binomial
AIC = 497.97
Variance explained = 0.87
	Estimate ± SE	z value	p
Intercept	-0.971 ± 0.073	-13.267
Scaled WLR	-0.734 ± 0.063	-11.682	***
Scaled WLT	0.411 ± 0.101	4.070	***
Scaled BM	0.163 ± 0.066	2.454	*
R. foetens	0.009 ± 0.102	0.092	NS
B. rufa	0.421 ± 0.099	4.234	***
E. fulvus	0.472 ± 0.096	4.891	***
G. stercorarius	0.524 ± 0.079	6.623	***
O. fracticornis	0.744 ± 0.089	8.337	***
O. taurus	0.687 ± 0.915	7.507	***
S. schaefferi	0.773 ± 0.109	7.075	***

DR Desiccation Resistance is related to WLR Water Loss Rate, WLT Water Loss Tolerance, and BM Body Mass. Fractional water content is not shown because it was not significant. C. erraticus is the reference level. SE Standard Error, NS Not Significant. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ** p < 0.001

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