Fig. 3

Tendency of myrmecophiles associated with red wood ants to leave the nest. (a) Tendency of occurring at the periphery of the nest (abundance in a peripheral pitfall/abundance in an intranidal pitfall) (b) Tendency of occurring outside the nest (abundance in an outside pitfall/abundance in an intranidal pitfall) (c) Mean distance travelled by the 10% top dispersers for each species. Functional groups: P predator, S scavenger, S* extranidal scavenger, D detritivore, D* detritivore/parasite. Error bars indicate standard errors. Post hoc differences see Additional file 2: Table S1–3