Summary File of Data for Hoffman & Aviles_BehavEcol_2017

Five datasets included: (1) Survival of colonies of the subsocial spider Anelosimus elegans (Theridiidae) transplanted from the Lower Montane Cloud Forest (1000m) to the Lowland Tropical Rainforest (400m) in Eastern Ecuador. (2) Rain rate data collected manually in the field for 4 elevations (400-2100m) along the Eastern Ecuadorean Andes. (3) Quarterly rain rate data for locations along two elevational transects (spanning 211-2100m) in the Eastern Ecuadorean Andes, processed from monthly satellite data from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Project (TRMM). (4, 5) Data taken in the field of the rate spider and tuna baits were found by ants and other predators at 4 elevations in the Eastern Ecuadorean Andes.