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Table 3 PDI values for two Bradyrhizobium fitness components

From: Specialization-generalization trade-off in a Bradyrhizobium symbiosis with wild legume hosts

Fitness component

L. bicolor

A. strigosus

Difference

 

Mean PDI

LCL

UCL

Mean PDI

LCL

UCL

Diff PDI

LCL

UCL

Nodule area*

0.217

0.189

0.246

0.228

0.186

0.271

0.102

-0.034

0.056

Nodule number†

0.672

0.605

0.739

1.067

0.832

1.302

0.395

0.183

0.607

  1. * Natural log transformed.
  2. †Square-root transformed.
  3. For each statistic, LCL = lower 95% confidence limit and UCL = upper 95% confidence limit; Diff PDI = PDI difference between species. Variables that differed significantly between hosts are in bold face.