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Table I

The effect of cell size, colony, time and inter-group interactions on prevalence, intensity and abundance of mother mites in four test colonies during July–September 2007.

(a) Prevalence B ± SE Wald DF P Exp(B)
Cell size 0.216 ± 0.097 5.005 1 0.025 1.242
Colony 13.163 3 0.004
Time 0.046 ± 0.002 360.9 1 < 0.001 1.047
Colony × Time 14.291 3 0.003

(b) Intensity Wald χ2 P

Cell 1.217 0.27
Colony 35.456 < 0.001
Time 21.443 < 0.001
Cell × Colony 10.355 0.016

(c) Abundance Wald χ2 P

Cell 0.356 0.5
Colony 13.041 0.005
Time 315.545 < 0.001
Cell × Colony 11.048 0.011
Cell × Time 0.353 0.553
Colony × Time 12.134 0.007
Cell × Colony × Time 12.432 0.014