Group composition of individual personalities alters social network structure in experimental populations of forked fungus beetles

These data describe patterns of interaction among 20 mesocosm populations of Bolitotherus cornutus -- 10 initial populations in which individual phenotypes were scored, and 10 populations (5 each of the "high" or "low" sociality treatments) in which both individual and group phenotypes were scored. Social interactions were defined as individuals being in close proximity (within 5cm) of one another, and were collected through scan sampling 3x a day for 8 days in each session. Behavioral datasets were error-checked to remove all unidentifiable or dead beetles and all impossible or partially recorded interactions. Weighted social networks were created using the the simple ratio index. Weighted clustering and shortest path lengths were calculated in the R package tnet.

本数据集描述了20个角状真菌甲虫（Bolitotherus cornutus）的中宇宙（mesocosm）种群交互模式：其中10个为初始种群，所有个体的表型均已完成分型记录；剩余10个种群分为两组，分别为5个"高社会性"处理组与5个"低社会性"处理组，该类种群同时记录了个体与群体的表型。社会交互被定义为个体间彼此距离小于5厘米的近距离接触行为，数据通过扫描取样法收集：每个实验周期内每日取样3次，连续采集8天。行为数据集经过误差校验，剔除了所有无法识别的个体、死亡甲虫，以及所有不合逻辑或记录不全的交互事件。研究采用简单比例指数（simple ratio index）构建加权社会网络，加权聚类系数与最短路径长度通过R语言tnet包计算得到。