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. 2008 Apr 22;275(1643):1603–1610. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0136

Table 1.

Brood size and composition in figs entered by different numbers of winged or wingless L. tentacularis foundresses (see §2 for sample sizes).

foundress density winged foundresses wingless foundresses


mean±s.e. range mean±s.e. range
brood size 1 62.08±3.08 16–11 30.22±7.11 14–83
2 48.05±3.09 16–88 39.67±7.46 9–92
3 49.39±3.10 25–106 55.20±5.66 27–81
brood sex ratio 1 0.09±0.01 0.01–0.30 0.25±0.03 0.14–0.43
2 0.18±0.01 0.04–0.50 0.25±0.06 0.09–0.67
3 0.23±0.02 0.10–0.41 0.26±0.03 0.10–0.40
males produced 1 4.83±0.26 1–9 6.77±1.01 2–12
2 8.31±0.82 3–25 8.11±1.41 4–15
3 10.74±0.82 4–20 13.80±1.95 6–24
females produced 1 57.25±2.99 12–110 23.44±6.32 8–71
2 39.73±2.86 10–84 31.55±6.57 3–77
3 38.64±2.83 15–95 41.40±4.76 17–64