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. 2011 Aug 8;6(8):e23445. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023445

Table 2. Foraging and chemical networks analyzed (N1 and N2 give sample sizes for both groups in each network, mBC = mean Bray-Curtis distance).

Number Network Year Location N1 N2 H2 R2 P mBC ± SD
Foraging networks (n1 - n2)
1 tree species - bee species 2008 RDC 15 13 0.20 - - -
2 bee species - resin color 2007 RDC, KSR, DVC 2* 25 0.12 - - -
3 bee species - resin color 2008 RDC, KSR, DVC 3** 21 0.27 - - -
4 Tetragonilla collina colonies - resin color 2007 RDC, KSR, DVC 4 23 0.09 - - -
5 Tetragonilla collina colonies - resin color 2008 RDC, KSR, DVC 6 17 0.23 - - -
6 Tetragonula melanocephala colonies - resin color 2007 RDC, KSR, DVC 4 17 0.18 - - -
7 Tetragonula melanocephala colonies - resin color 2008 RDC, KSR, DVC 3 7 0.12 - - -
8 Tetragonula geissleri/laeviceps colonies - resin color 2008 RDC, KSR, DVC 2 9 0.20 - - -
Chemical networks (n1 - n2)
9 tree species - resin compounds (terpenes) 2007 RDC, DVC 7 263 0.59 - - 0.71±0.26
10 tree species - resin compound groups (terpenes) 2007 RDC, DVC 7 5 0.48 - - 0.50±0.36
11 nest material - all compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 6 247 0.42 0.90 <0.001 0.70±0.16
12 nest material - wax compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 6 91 0.45 0.86 <0.001 0.69±0.18
13 nest material - terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 6 156 0.38 0.90 <0.001 0.66±0.17
14 bee species - all compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 6 194 0.50 0.87 <0.001 0.72±0.16
15 bee species - non-terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 6 80 0.66 0.87 <0.001 0.82±0.09
16 bee species - terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 6 114 0.29 0.80 <0.001 0.65±0.19
17 bee species - terpenoid compound groups 2007 KSR, DVC 6 5 0.45 0.91 <0.001 0.36±0.26
18 bee species - only sesquiterpenes 2007 KSR, DVC 6 67 0.17 0.39 0.002 0.39±0.14
19 bee species - only triterpenes 2007 KSR, DVC 6 40 0.21 0.66 <0.001 0.42±0.17
20 Tetragonilla collina - all compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 9 124 0.08 0.39 <0.001 0.27±0.07
21 Tetragonilla collina - non-terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 9 49 0.05 0.54 <0.001 0.18±0.09
22 Tetragonilla collina - terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 9 75 0.13 0.35 <0.001 0.36±0.11
23 Tetragonula fuscobalteata - all compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 8 127 0.09 - - 0.26±0.12
24 Tetragonula fuscobalteata - non-terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 8 57 0.11 - - 0.34±0.15
25 Tetragonula fuscobalteata - terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 8 70 0.08 - - 0.19±0.11
26 Tetragonula geissleri/laeviceps - all compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 2 88 0.03 - - 0.12
27 Tetragonula geissleri/laeviceps - non-terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 2 41 0.02 - - 0.11
28 Tetragonula geissleri/laeviceps - terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 2 47 0.03 - - 0.13
29 Tetragonula melanocephala - all compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 5 102 0.09 0.60 <0.001 0.25±0.05
30 Tetragonula melanocephala - non-terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 5 46 0.14 0.58 <0.001 0.35±0.09
31 Tetragonula melanocephala - terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 5 56 0.06 0.80 <0.001 0.18±0.05
32 Lepidotrigona terminata - all compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 4 62 0.17 - - 0.33±0.09
33 Lepidotrigona terminata - non-terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 4 38 0.11 - - 0.20±0.08
34 Lepidotrigona terminata - terpenoid compounds 2007 KSR, DVC 4 24 0.19 - - 0.39±0.15

*T. collina & T. melanocephala.

**T. collina, T. melanocephala & T. geissleri/laeviceps.