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 | |