b472d635-d8fa-4c39-acfe-2b285ca0b9a8 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2026-01-09T10:20:46 UK GEMINI 2.3 Mimetic host shifts in a social parasite of ants: Caterpillar survivors in Myrmica nests 2013-01-22 publication 1351094647850 CEH:EIDC: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b472d635-d8fa-4c39-acfe-2b285ca0b9a8 10.5285/b472d635-d8fa-4c39-acfe-2b285ca0b9a8 doi: Schönrogge, K., Thomas, J.A., Elmes, G.W., Sielezniew, M., Stankiewicz-Fiedurek, A., Simcox, D., Settele, J. (2013). Mimetic host shifts in a social parasite of ants: Caterpillar survivors in Myrmica nests. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/b472d635-d8fa-4c39-acfe-2b285ca0b9a8 This dataset is part of the study of mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants, which is a joint study of the NERC's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology(UK), the University of Oxford(UK), University of Bialystok(Poland), Polish Academy of Sciences(Poland) and UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research(Germany). Combined with datasets collected from previous study, they compare the proportions of caterpillars of Maculinea rebeli being adopted by resident Myrmica ant species near Przemysl, Poland in autumn with proportions of successful survivors the following summer to establish host specificity of the socially parasitic butterfly species. The data comprise: the study year, the ant species, total number of ant nest, the number of caterpillar survivors found in the nest of each ant species, number of nests with caterpillar presence and total number of nests without caterpillar presence. They were obtained from one population for 4 years(Y2001, Y2003, Y2004, Y2005). Detailed research method can be found in Thomas et al. (2013) Mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants. Proc. R. Soc. B vol. 280 no.1751. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2336) Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b472d635-d8fa-4c39-acfe-2b285ca0b9a8 Schönrogge, K. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Schönrogge, K. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0122-6493 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Thomas, J.A. University of Oxford enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Elmes, G.W. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Sielezniew, M. University of Bialystok enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Stankiewicz-Fiedurek, A. Polish Academy of Sciences enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Simcox, D. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Settele, J. UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher notPlanned Maculinea rebeli Wikidata 2012-10-29 creation Animal behaviour otherRestrictions Registration is required to access this data otherRestrictions Licence terms and conditions apply otherRestrictions You must acknowledge this resource: Thomas et al. (2013) Mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants. Proc. R. Soc. B vol. 280 no.1751 otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Schönrogge, K., Thomas, J.A., Elmes, G.W., Sielezniew, M., Stankiewicz-Fiedurek, A., Simcox, D., Settele, J. (2013). Mimetic host shifts in a social parasite of ants: Caterpillar survivors in Myrmica nests. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b472d635-d8fa-4c39-acfe-2b285ca0b9a8 English utf8 biota 2001-01-01 2005-12-31 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/b472d635-d8fa-4c39-acfe-2b285ca0b9a8 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b472d635-d8fa-4c39-acfe-2b285ca0b9a8.zip Documents Documents available to assist with re-use of this dataset. information nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Host specificity was measured by comparing the proportion of caterpillars that were adopted into different Myrmica nests with the proportion that survived to adulthood or pupation. Data were obtained from one population for 4 years near Przemy-l, s.e. Poland. The proportion of larvae adopted was estimated by baiting for ants beneath stratified random samples of gentians and by counting the number of eggs on each plant. Previous work had shown there was no difference in egg or larval survival on gentians growing in different ant territories, nor in the ratio of larvae retrieved from beneath plants by different ant species: the first Myrmica worker to encounter a larva retrieved it, and where two species overlapped there was no bias in retrieval towards one species. The distribution of the egg population on gentians is therefore an accurate surrogate for the distribution of the final instar population entering nests of each Myrmica species. Adult estimates of M. rebeli were obtained by recording eclosing individuals along stratified transects across sites, and identifying the nest after confirming that it contained an empty pupal case. Additional data were obtained by excavating all Myrmica nests near gentians along stratified transects that had supported known densities of eggs the previous year, and counting the pupae they contained. No mortality has been recorded in pupae in Myrmica cells before eclosion.