Read-me file for fluctuating nest site experiment. This data dump contains two files: 1) master_sht.csv This file contains the details of the choices of individual colonies, the number of tandem runs to each nest site etc. The columns are as follows: col_id- colony identification col_size- colony population size condition- treatment condition (1= 75% good, 2= 50% good, 3= 25% good) first_t- time that either of the target nests was first discovered first_side- side (left, right, both) that the first nest was discovered first_type- nest type (fluctuating, mediocre, both) of the first nest was discovered choice- nest that the colony chose (f=fluctuating, m=mediocre, s=split, x= no choice) num_quo- number of individuals in the target nest when a quorum was reached t_quo- time at which a quorum was reached num_tan_cht- number of tandem runs to nest that colony chose total num_tan_chb- number of tandem runs to nest that colony chose before quorum was reached num_tan_f- number of tandem runs to fluctuating nest (total) num_tan_m- number of tandem runs to mediocre nest (total) order- order of trial for colony num_tan_total- total number of tandem runs t_first_tan- time of first tandem run num_tan_fh- number of tandem runs in the first hour num_tan_fb- number of tandem runs to fluctating nest (before quorum reached) num_tan_mb- number of tandem runs to mediocre nest (before quorum reached) 2) dynamics_sht.csv This file contains the details of counts for every 10 minutes throughout each trial The columns are as follows: colony- colony identificatiton run_id- trial identification wnum- colony population size time- time in trial count_f- number of ants in fluctuating nest tandem_f- number of tandem runs to fluctuating nest carry_f- number of social carries to fluctuating nest count_m- number of ants in mediocre nest tandem_m- number of tandem runs to mediocre nest carry_m- number of social carries to mediocre nest order- order of trial for colony condition- treatment condition (1= 75% good, 2= 50% good, 3= 25% good)