Data & Code for "Effects of load mass and size on cooperative transport in ants over multiple transport challenges"

This zip file includes all data support files for the paper: Effects of load mass and size on cooperative transport in ants over multiple transport challenges. Included are two data files, as well as code to reproduce all figures and all statistical analyses. This project sought to understand how load mass and size interact and affect cooperative transport in Paratrechina longicornis ants. Groups of ants were given large bait objects to carry, which were uniform in material, shape, and attractiveness, but which varied in mass and size, independently. We recorded groups as they initiated movement of these loads, and as they navigated around obstacles. We measured group size, time to move, sinuosity, velocity, as well as the number and proportion of time the groups spent stalled.

本压缩包包含论文《多种运输挑战情境下负载质量与尺寸对蚂蚁协同运输行为的影响》的全部数据支撑文件。包内包含两份数据文件，以及可复现所有图表与统计分析的代码。本研究旨在探究负载质量与尺寸如何相互作用，并影响长角立毛蚁（Paratrechina longicornis）的协同运输行为。实验中，研究人员为多只蚂蚁组成的蚁群提供材质、形状与吸引力均一致的大型诱饵作为搬运对象，但其质量与尺寸可独立调节变化。研究记录了蚁群启动负载搬运、以及绕行障碍物过程中的行为数据，并统计测量了蚁群规模、搬运耗时、轨迹蜿蜒度、移动速度，以及蚁群停滞的次数与停滞时长占总搬运时长的比例。