Data from "Ant queens cannibalise infected brood to contain disease spread and recycle nutrients"

Data arising from "Ant queens cannibalise infected brood to contain disease spread and recycle nutrients". Experiment were performed finding that solitarily founding ant queens cannibalise all sick larvae in their nests before they become contagious, showing clearly that filial cannibalism both (i) contains an otherwise lethal infection without any long-term consequences on queen survival and (ii) enables the reinvestment of recouped energy into additional egg production. See published manuscript for full details.
Data sets
larval_cannibalism – number of larvae cannibalised by queens; description of data included in file.larval_cannibalism_rates – number of larvae cannibalised by queens over time; description of data included in file.longterm_survival _and_final_colony_size – longterm survival and colony sizes of queens post-cannibalism; description of data included in file.queen_survival – survival of queens presented with infectious larvae; description of data included in file.eggs - number of eggs laid by cannibal and non-cannibal queens;description of data included in file.R code
All R analysis code and output provided for each analysis performed (on above data); every file is fully annotated.