Mimetic host shifts in a social parasite of ants: Caterpillar survivors in Myrmica nests

This dataset is part of the study of mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants, which is a joint study of the NERC's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology(UK), the University of Oxford(UK), University of Bialystok(Poland), Polish Academy of Sciences(Poland) and UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research(Germany). Combined with datasets collected from previous study, they compare the proportions of caterpillars of Maculinea rebeli being adopted by resident Myrmica ant species near Przemysl, Poland in autumn with proportions of successful survivors the following summer to establish host specificity of the socially parasitic butterfly species. The data comprise: the study year, the ant species, total number of ant nest, the number of caterpillar survivors found in the nest of each ant species, number of nests with caterpillar presence and total number of nests without caterpillar presence. They were obtained from one population for 4 years(Y2001, Y2003, Y2004, Y2005). Detailed research method can be found in Thomas et al. (2013) Mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants. Proc. R. Soc. B vol. 280 no.1751. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2336)

本数据集属于对濒危社会性寄生蚂蚁的模仿宿主转移现象的研究，该研究由英国国家生态系统与水文研究中心（NERC）、牛津大学（UK）、比亚斯托克大学（波兰）、波兰科学院（波兰）以及德国乌尔姆-赫尔姆霍兹环境研究中心（UFZ）共同进行。结合以往研究收集的数据集，研究者们将波兰普热梅希尔附近居住的蚁类物种对Maculinea rebeli毛毛虫的收养比例与随后夏季成功存活的个体比例进行对比，以确立该社会性寄生蝴蝶物种的宿主特异性。数据包括：研究年份、蚁类物种、蚂蚁巢穴总数、每种蚁类物种巢穴中发现的毛毛虫存活数量、存在毛毛虫的巢穴数量以及无毛毛虫存在的巢穴总数。这些数据来自一个种群，持续收集了4年（Y2001，Y2003，Y2004，Y2005）。详细的实验方法可参考Thomas等（2013）发表的《濒危社会性寄生蚂蚁的模仿宿主转移现象》一文，载于《皇家学会B出版物》第280卷第1751期。（DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2336）