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Mimetic host shifts in a social parasite of ants: Analytical data of surface semio-chemicals on Maculinea rebeli larvae

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28 January 2020
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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 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Oxford. It contains the relative abundance data of cuticular hydrocarbons extracted from worker ants of Myrmica sabuleti and M. schencki, and from caterpillars of Maculinea rebeli from two populations at the pre-adoption stage and after being reared by the two ant species. The chemical was analysed from the caterpillars from each region when reared with each ants, by using gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MSD). Various statistical analysis was then carried out to compare the differences between groups. It aims to test whether observed regional differences in M. rebeli's host specificity could be explained by variation in chemical mimicry. 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. (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2336) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b0aec477-0883-4963-a3ae-52e3f0daf5aa

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
27 January 2020
Harvest GUID
b0aec477-0883-4963-a3ae-52e3f0daf5aa
Extent (Latitude)
90° to -90°
Extent (Longitude)
-180° to 180°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2013-01-22
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (author); UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (author); UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (pointOfContact); Polish Academy of Sciences (author); Environmental Information Data Centre (custodian); University of Oxford (author); University of Bialystok (author); NERC Environmental Information Data Centre (publisher)
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Metadata language
eng

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You must acknowledge the following resource: 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) , If you reuse this data, you should cite: Sch\u00c3\u00b6nrogge, 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: Analytical data of surface semio-chemicals on Maculinea rebeli larvae. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b0aec477-0883-4963-a3ae-52e3f0daf5aa

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