Data from: Distinct colony boundaries and larval discrimination in polygyne red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta)

Descriptions for "FireAnt_Data_revised.xlsx" FILE (also included in the README.txt) "null" has been included in all empty cells. Sheet 1 - "Raw_Isotope_Data" This includes all of the raw isotope data, lat long coordinates of each mound, and distance to the treated mound in meters (0 if the mound was the treated mound). "Site" corresponds to one of six total sites (A, Br, O, C, T, and T2 - locations of each site is described in the original paper). "Cluster" refers to the cluster of mounds that were treated within each site. "Mound" refers to the mounds within each cluster (0 corresponds with the mound that was treated with the isotope tracer). "Time" corresponds to when the treated mounds were given the isotope tracer (0 refers to pre-treatment, 1 refers to post-treatment). "d15N" is the nitrogen-15 isotope values of ants from each mound. "d13C" is the carbon-13 isotope values of ants from each mound. "percN" is the percent nitrogen of ants from each mound. "percC" is the percent carbon of ants from each mound. "lat" and "long" correspond to latitudinal and longitudinal GPS coordinates of each mound. "Distance" is the distance in meters of the mound from the treated mound within each cluster. Sheets 2-4 - "Genepop_format", "Genotypes_S.invicta", "Sampling_summary" Raw microsatellite results for each worker within each mound (eight workers per mound whenever possible). "Genepop_format" is the raw file that can be used in Genepop. The "Individual" column in "Genotypes_S.invicta" corresponds to a unique ID for each worker & mound (explained in the "Sampling_summary"). "Sol49_1", "Sol49_2", "Sol42_1", "Sol42_2", "Sol55_1", "Sol55_2", "Sol20_1", "Sol20_2", "Sol11_1", "Sol11_2" correspond to the microsatellites used (as described in the original paper). "GP-9" corresponds to the Gp-9 status of the workers (polygyne or monogyne). Sheet 5 - "Relatedness_Papers" Includes all of the reviewed papers appearing in Figure 3 of the manuscript. Standard error of all relatedness values are included whenever these results were given in the original study. "Study" refers to the specific study where the values were obtained. "Reference_in_plot" refers to the number included in Figure 3 of the manuscript. "Social.form" refers to the social form of the fire ants studied. "Location" is where the ants were collected in each study. "Relatedness" is the relatedness coefficient extracted from the study (either from tables or from plots using ImageJ). "SE" is standard error of the relatedness coefficients whenever these results were given in the original study. "Measure" refers to what type of relatedness coefficient was given (i.e., Queller relatedness coefficient or Regression coefficients of relatedness). "Sig.greater.0" is whether the relatedness coefficient was found to be significantly greater than 0 in the study. "Notes" are additional notes from each study. Sheet 6-7 - "LabExp_Larvae_Remaining", "LabExp_Larvae_Fed" Results from laboratory experiments testing nestmate recognition in fire ants, as described in the manuscript. "Colony" refers to the natal colony identity of the workers. Data includes the number of larvae remaining that were from a different colony (non-nestmates) and from the same colony (nestmates), and the percent of larvae fed that were from a different colony (non-nestmates) and from the same colony (nestmates).