Model selection table.

Generalized estimating equations with an exchangeable correlation structure and quasipoisson log-link were fit to log(counts+1) of spores and cells. The best model amongst the below competing model formulas was chosen using the Quasilikelihood Information Criteria (QIC). In the formulas, ‘*’ indicate an interaction and ‘df’ indicates the numbers of degrees of freedom. Only models with a QIC ≤2 greater than the best model should be considered along with the best model, thus model 1 is the single best fitting model.