Matrices.For.Dryad

Excel file containing spreadsheet with ahistorical and historical demographic matrices used in deterministic and stochastic invasibility analyses

The total abundance and dry mass of macroinvertebrates, from all plots, listed alphabetically by Class or Order.

<p>Ants are listed separately, as a Family, from other Hymenoptera.</p

The myrmecosphere is centered upon ant nests constructed at the soil surface and below ground.

<p>(1) Prey and carrion, plant material, plant and insect exudates are brought into the colony. (2) Below-ground prey and carrion, plant material, plant and animal exudates are brought into the colony. (3) Materials brought into the colony are assimilated into the soil over time. (4) Feces, saliva, and other excretions are produced within the colony. (5) Soil, corpses, and midden material are returned to the soil surface.</p

The abundance of the most common species of ants and termites collected in each site.

<p>Colony numbers (ants) and occurrences in CWM (termites) as well as average number of workers are shown. Percent of total abundance was determined for ants and termites separately as a percentage of the total number of workers captured.</p

The global reported ranges of numbers of individuals m⁻² and biomass m⁻² for ecosystem engineers and macroinvertebrates.

*<p>Majority exotic species.</p>**<p>Percent of maximum biomass (all macroinvertebrates) reported.</p>***<p>Conversion of fresh weights to dry weights (g) are estimates and followed that of <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0075843#pone.0075843-Petersen1" target="_blank">[15]</a>: termite fresh weight×0.27 = dry mass, earthworm fresh mass×0.15, ant fresh mass×0.23, and other macroinvertebrates fresh mass×0.30. These conversions do not apply to the invertebrates sampled in this study as those were dried and weighed.</p

Arrangement of 25

<p> <b>cm² quadrat samples within 100 </b><b>m² plots.</b></p

Species of ants and termites captured at the four study sites.

<p>Ant species noted with an asterisk (*) are polydomous (multiple nests per colony). Ant species noted with a † are polygyne (multiple queens per colony).</p

The location of sample sites and the average abundance m

<p>^−<b>2</b><b> (A) and g dry biomass m</b>^−<b>2</b><b> (B) of ants and termites in combined litter and CWM samples.</b> San Felasco (Florida) had a much greater abundance and biomass of ants than other sites, while termites did not vary in abundance. (C) The average g dry mass of termites m⁻³ and (D) the average number of termites m⁻³ in coarse woody material (CWM) in plots. Termite dry mass and numbers were zero at Yale Myers and did not differ significantly among the other sites. Points = mean, bars = +/− SE, and whiskers = range. The Y-axis is log₁₀ scaled. Percentages above whiskers in (C and D) represent the mean proportion of invertebrate numbers and biomass in CWM that termites comprised.</p

Summary of naïve deer exposed to inoculum from CWD+ deer—combined with our previous published findings

<p><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005916#pone.0005916-Mathiason1" target="_blank">[27]</a>.</p

CWD bioassay inoculation cohorts.

a<p>Water, feed buckets and bedding from CWD+ deer suites.</p