Holmes, L.B.; Soulsbury, C.D.; Montealegre-Z, F.

Measurements of dimorphic colouration and weaponry in males of a neotropical katydid species fed a variety of diets

https://doi.org/10.5285/9ea33c71-527e-4533-8a3b-831fc697e875
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Data deposited includes all raw measurement data (.csv files) of the neotropical katydid species such as body length and body weight along with the ingredient breakdown of the various diets used. Also included are Laser Doppler Vibrometry data (.txt files; used to scan the forewings and determine the resonance of each male), and audio recordings (.wav files) of several males (to determine the difference in period duration between the males). All data provided here allow the reader to recreate the analysis carried out in the study.
Publication date: 2026-06-25

Formats

Comma-separated values (CSV), wav, txt

Provenance & quality

Raw measurement data was manually inputted into Excel following physical measurements of living organisms. These data were then converted for use in Rstudio..
Laser data was created through scanning the forewings of males using a Laser Doppler Vibrometer. This data was extracted as .txt files and was analysed in MatLab using custom made scripts.
Audio recordings were created by recording the calling song of males using ultrasonic audio equipment. This data was extracted as .wav files and analysed using custom made scripts in MatLab as well as manual measurements of period duration in Adobe.

Licensing and constraints

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Holmes, L.B.; Soulsbury, C.D.; Montealegre-Z, F. (2026). Measurements of dimorphic colouration and weaponry in males of a neotropical katydid species fed a variety of diets. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9ea33c71-527e-4533-8a3b-831fc697e875

Correspondence/contact details

Lewis Holmes
University of Lincoln
 leholmes@lincoln.ac.uk

Authors

Holmes, L.B.
University of Lincoln
Soulsbury, C.D.
University of Lincoln
Montealegre-Z, F.
University of Lincoln

Other contacts

Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Rights holder
University of Lincoln

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
Keywords
alternative reproductive tactic , bush cricket , diet , Evolutionary ecology , male dimorphism , nutrition
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/T014806/1