Dataset on Substrate-Borne Vibrations of Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Blattodea: Isoptera) Termites
Abstract
:1. Summary
2. Data Descriptor
time: | the moment, from the beginning of the recording session, when vibration was recorded |
Ax: | counts read by the accelerometer at the horizontal x axis |
Ay: | counts read by the accelerometer at the horizontal y axis |
Az: | counts read by the accelerometer at the vertical z axis |
NestID: | the field identification of the nest from which the termite group was collected. Codes within NestID column are built as nnncccyyyy, where nnn = the nest sequential number used as a field label; ccc = the initials of the collector (name and surname); yyyy = the year in which the nest was taken from the field to the lab. |
TypeStimulus: | the type of stimulus that was deposited within the injection chamber to be carried by the air injected into the arena to trigger termite vibrations. Codes within TypeStimulus are: air = only air; air_paper = air plus a piece of filter paper was deposited into the injection chamber and the air therein was injected into the arena; air_paper_hexane = a piece of filter paper onto which hexane was applied was deposited into the injection chamber and the air therein was injected into the arena; air_paper_extract = a piece of filter paper onto which a hexane extract from soldiers’ heads was applied was deposited into the injection chamber and the air therein was injected into the arena. |
TermiteGroup: | the identification of the nest from which the termite group was collected and the stimulus they were exposed to. Codes within the TermiteGroup column are built as gnns, where: g = “group”; nn = the nest sequential number at which the termite group was collected; s = the stimulus that the termite group was exposed to. |
3. Methods
3.1. Ethical Statement
3.2. Termite Material
3.3. Experimental Procedures
- the air present in the injection chamber;
- the air present in the injection chamber after it had contact with a piece of filter paper (7 × 2 cm) previously deposited therein;
- the air present in the injection chamber after it had contact with a known amount of hexane that was loaded onto a piece of filter paper deposited in the injection chamber;
- the air present in the injection chamber after it had contact with hexane extracts of termite soldier heads. These extracts were loaded onto a piece of filter paper deposited in the injection chamber.
3.4. Extract Preparation
3.5. Behavioral Response and Parameters Measured
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Nest | Stimulus | Injection Time (s) | Aliquot Applied (μL) | Head Equivalence |
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N01YCC2017 | A | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 120 | 3.26 | 0 | |
APE | 120 | 3.26 | 1 | |
N02YCC2017 | A | 122 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 120 | 6.69 | 0 | |
APE | 122 | 6.69 | 3 | |
N03YCC2017 | A | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 120 | 13.5 | 0 | |
APE | 140 | 13.5 | 5 | |
N04YCC2017 | A | 129 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 125 | 24.68 | 0 | |
APE | 123 | 24.68 | 7 | |
N05YCC2017 | A | 123 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | – | – | – | |
APH | 120 | 47.57 | 0 | |
APE | 123 | 47.57 | 9 | |
N06YCC2017 | A | 122 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 120 | 4.61 | 0 | |
APE | 120 | 4.61 | 1 | |
N07YCC2017 | A | 122 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 144 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 120 | 11.98 | 0 | |
APE | 120 | 11.98 | 3 | |
N08YCC2017 | A | 122 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 120 | 28.9 | 0 | |
APE | 180 | 28.9 | 5 | |
N09YCC2017 | A | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 120 | 25.2 | 0 | |
APE | 123 | 25.2 | 7 | |
N10YCC2017 | A | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | – | – | – | |
APH | 126 | 49.32 | 0 | |
APE | 122 | 49.32 | 9 | |
N11YCC2017 | A | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 120 | 1.6 | 0 | |
APE | 120 | 1.6 | 1 | |
N12YCC2017 | A | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 122 | 15.54 | 0 | |
APE | 120 | 15.54 | 3 | |
N13YCC2017 | A | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 120 | 24.5 | 0 | |
APE | 120 | 24.5 | 5 | |
N14YCC2017 | A | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 113 | 20.79 | 0 | |
APE | 141 | 20.79 | 7 | |
N15YCC2017 | A | 120 | 0.00 | 0 |
AP | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
APH | 141 | 45.36 | 0 | |
APE | 120 | 45.36 | 9 |
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Fonseca Nunes, L.; Fellipe Cristaldo, P.; Sérgio Silva, P.; Bonato Felix, L.; Miranda Ribeiro, D.; DeSouza, O. Dataset on Substrate-Borne Vibrations of Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Blattodea: Isoptera) Termites. Data 2019, 4, 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/data4020087
Fonseca Nunes L, Fellipe Cristaldo P, Sérgio Silva P, Bonato Felix L, Miranda Ribeiro D, DeSouza O. Dataset on Substrate-Borne Vibrations of Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Blattodea: Isoptera) Termites. Data. 2019; 4(2):87. https://doi.org/10.3390/data4020087
Chicago/Turabian StyleFonseca Nunes, Lívia, Paulo Fellipe Cristaldo, Pedro Sérgio Silva, Leonardo Bonato Felix, Danilo Miranda Ribeiro, and Og DeSouza. 2019. "Dataset on Substrate-Borne Vibrations of Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Blattodea: Isoptera) Termites" Data 4, no. 2: 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/data4020087