The metabolic and demographic composition of hunter-gather colonies.

Raw data used to analyze the metabolic rate (MR; µ l CO2 hr-1) and demography of hunter-gatherer colonies. Collection localities are either Oklahoma (O) or Panama (P). N refers to the number of colonies sampled for a given species. Worker number and mass sums minor and majors for colonies of Pheidole. Reproductive mass sums adult male and female alate tissue. Mass is dry mass in mg. Means followed by SD in parentheses.