Plant composition changes in a small-scale community have a large effect on the performance of an economically important grassland pest

Table 3 Effect of plant structure on grasshopper trait dissimilarity

Grasshopper traits	Factors	Df	Sum Sq	R²	F value	Pr (> F)	Significance
Male length	Community dissimilarity	7	0.88	0.31	1.39	0.26
	Residual	22	1.99	0.69
	Total	29	2.88	1
Male mass	Community dissimilarity	7	0.85	0.44	2.46	0.0497	*
	Residual	22	1.08	0.56
	Total	29	1.93	1.00
Female length	Community dissimilarity	7	0.18	0.13	0.45	0.869
	Residual	22	1.24	0.87
	Total	29	1.42	1.00
Female mass	Community dissimilarity	7	0.18	0.13	0.45	0.863
	Residual	22	1.24	0.87
	Total	29	1.42	1.00
Preference for Sk	Community dissimilarity	7	2.04	0.93	40.68	0.0001	***
	Residual	22	0.16	0.07
	Total	29	2.20	1.00
Preference for Lc	Community dissimilarity	7	1.83	0.91	31.12	0.0001	***
	Residual	22	0.18	0.09
	Total	29	2.01	1.00
Preference for Af	Community dissimilarity	7	0.88	0.62	5.08	0.0027	**
	Residual	22	0.54	0.38
	Total	29	1.42	1.00

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