Variable	Explanation
ContainerID	Container ID
Diet	"Feed substrate: CF = chicken feed, CM = chicken manure"
Treatment	"Treatment: S/E = control treatment, comprising untreated substrate and larvae from untreated eggs; Si/E = sterilized (autoclaved) substrate with 10% untreated substrate as inoculum (i) and larvae from untreated eggs; Si/Es = sterilized substrate with 10% untreated substrate as inoculum and larvae from sterilized (s; surface-disinfected) eggs; Ss/E = sterilized diet (s, without inoculum) and larvae from untreated eggs."
Batch	"batch of experiment: for chicken feed batch 1-2, for chicken manure batch 1-3"
Rep	replicate within a Diet x Treatment combination
total_gDM	"total amount of feed substrate on day 0, in gram dry matter"
wWaterTot	"total amount of water in the feed substrate on day 0, in gram"
pMoist0	"substrate moisture content on day 0, in proportion of fresh matter"