Data on flight-induced maternal effects and offspring performance on drought stressed plants in the Speckled Wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria
type: Dataset
citation: Gibbs, M., Van Dyck, H., Breuker, C. (2016). Data on flight-induced maternal effects and offspring performance on drought stressed plants in the Speckled Wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/82233733-237a-4fea-a5c1-88c734752279
description: This dataset contains maternal reproductive output data, embryonic development data and offspring performance data for the Speckled Wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria. The data were collected from a laboratory experiment testing the hypothesis that repeat periods of intensive flight during female oviposition affects egg provisioning and reduces offspring performance when larval development occurs on drought stressed host plants. The experiment involved stimulating female butterflies to fly for 5 minutes for 3 periods during oviposition; removing eggs from 5 different days during oviposition to be monitored for hatching; and removing a larva on day of hatching to be reared on a drought stressed host plant. For each larva, development time from hatching to pupation, pupal mass and survival to eclose as an adult was recorded. On eclosion, each offspring adult was sexed and the thorax weighed. The overall aim of this experimental work was to explore one of the potential mechanisms for the impact of drought and habitat fragmentation on biodiversity.
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date published: 2016-11-16
keywords: habitat fragmentation
keywords: Speckled Wood
keywords: Biodiversity
keywords: butterfly
keywords: drought
keywords: habitat
keywords: lepidopteran
creator: Gibbs, M.
creator: Van Dyck, H.
creator: Breuker, C.
license: Open Government Licence v3
distribution: distribution0
publisher: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
provider: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
included in data catalog: Environmental Information Data Centre

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lepidopteran
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Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Open Government Licence v3
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Gibbs, M.
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family name: Gibbs
given name: M.
affiliation: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Van Dyck, H.
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family name: Van Dyck
given name: H.
affiliation: Universite catholique de Louvain

Breuker, C.
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family name: Breuker
given name: C.
affiliation: Oxford Brookes University

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Universite catholique de Louvain
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Oxford Brookes University
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