From: Queen pheromones in Temnothorax ants: control or honest signal?
Colony composition | Colony name | Colonies set up in 2005 | Colonies set up in 2006 | No. total colonies | No. colonies used for the assessment of ovary activation | No. colonies used for the assessment of worker male-production | |
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Queen species | Worker species | ||||||
T. nylanderi (control) | T. nylanderi | NN | NN1 - NN5 | NN6 - NN15 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
T. crassispinus | CN | CN1 - CN5 | CN6 - CN15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |
T. unifasciatus | UN | UN1 - UN5 | UN6 - UN15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |
T. recedens | RN | RN1 - RN10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||
no queen | ØN | ØN1 - ØN5 | 5 | 5 | - | ||
T. crassispinus (control) | T. crassispinus | CC | CC1 - CC5 | CC6 - CC15 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
T. nylanderi | NC | NC1-NC5 | NC6-NC15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |
T. unifasciatus | UC | UC1 - UN5 | UC6 - UN15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |
T. recedens | RC | RC1 - RC10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||
no queen | ØC | ØC1 - ØC5 | 5 | 5 | - | ||
T. unifasciatus (control) | T. unifasciatus | UU | UU1 - UU5 | UU6 - UU15 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
T. nylanderi | NU | NU1-NU5 | NU6-NU15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |
T. crassispinus | CU | CU1 - CU5 | CU6 - CU15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |
T. recedens | RU | RU1 - RU10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||
no queen | ØU | ØU1 - ØU5 | 5 | 5 | - | ||
T. recedens (control) | T. recedens | RR | RR1 - RR10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
T. nylanderi | NR | NR1 - NR5 | 5 | 5 | - | ||
T. crassispinus | CR | CR1 - CR5 | 5 | 5 | - | ||
T. unifasciatus | UR | UR1 - UR5 | 5 | 5 | - | ||
no queen | ØR | ØR1 - ØR5 | 5 | 5 | - | ||
Total no. of colonies: | 45 | 165 | 210 | 145 | 65 |