Behavioral data and analyses of competitive interactions between invasive and native ant species [from Cordonnier et al. 2021, Animals]

This README accompanies the files "data_Cordonnier_Animals.txt" &amp; "script_Cordonnier_Animals.txt" Associated publication : The native ant <em>Lasius niger</em> can limit the access to resources of the invasive Argentine ant M. Cordonnier, O. Blight, E. Angulo, and F. Courchamp Published in <em>Animals</em> <br> ********************************** CONTENTS *****************************<br> The data are in table form with TABs as variables field delimiters so they can be readily imported in any statistical package or spreadsheet program. Please, contact me if you need the file formatted otherwise. *******************************************************************************<br> Variable names and descriptions Status_Lh status of Linepithema humile (Colonizer or Resident) opp species of the opponent combirc combination of status and species interacting temp temperature during the test hygro hygrometry during the test categ interacting species combination n_deadtot_opp total number of dead opponent workers t_50dead_opp time when 50% of the opponent mortality load have been diagnosed t_interact time of the first interaction between L. humile and opponent workers t_maxfights time when the maximal number of simultaneous fights occurs ET_fights standard deviation of the numbers of fights over time mean_fights mean number of simultaneous fights during the contest n_deadtot_Lh total number of dead workers of L. humile t_50dead_Lh time when 50% of the L. humile mortality load have been diagnosed t_arena_opp time of the opponent entrance in the arena t_bait_opp time of opponent resources’ discovery t_maxarena_opp time when the max. number of opponent workers occurs in the arena mean_arena_opp mean number of opponent workers simultaneously present in the whole arena t_maxbait_opp time when the maximal number of opponent workers on the bait occurs mean_bait_opp mean number of opponent workers on the bait t_arena_Lh time of the entrance in the arena of L. humile t_maxarena_Lh time when the max. number of workers of L. humile occurs in the arena mean_arena_Lh mean number of L. humile workers simultaneously present in the whole arena n_totprey_Lh total number of preys brought by L. humile t_bait_Lh time of resources’ discovery by L. humile t_maxbait_Lh time when the maximal number of L. humile individuals on the bait occurs ETbait_Lh standard deviation of the numbers of L. humile workers on the bait over time mean_bait_Lh mean number of L. humile workers on the bait t_50prey_Lh time when 50% of the final prey load ******************************** CONTACT *********************************<br> Please contact me at: Marion Cordonnier<br> e-mail: [e-mail] *******************************************************************************