azteca {Rsampling}R Documentation

An experiment on ant recruitment

Description

Number of Azteca ants recruited by leaf extracts of their host plant , Cecropia trees.

Usage

azteca

Format

A data frame with 21 rows and 3 variables:

plant

plant id, integer

extract.new

number of recruited ants in the leaf that received drops of smashed new leaves extract

extract.old

number of recruited ants in the leaf that received drops of smashed old leaves extract

Details

The ant colonies live in the hollow trunk of Cecropia and can detect and expel leaf-chewing insects. To test if this response is more intense in young leaves, drops of extract of smashed young and old leaves were poured in two neighbor leaves of the same plant. After 7 minutes the number of recruited ants in each leaf was recorded.

Source

Kondrat, H. 2012. Estímulos químicos de folhas novas promovem recrutamento eficiente de formigas associadas à embaúba Cecropia glaziovi (Urticaceae). Curso de campo "Ecologia da Mata Atlântica" (G. Machado; P.I. Prado & A.M.Z. Martini, eds.). Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo. http://ecologia.ib.usp.br/curso/2012/PDF/PI-Hebert.pdf


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