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Population and trait dynamics of hosts and parasitoids from an 18-month microcosm experiment under gradually increasing temperature to plus 2 or 4 degrees Celsius

[This nonGeographicDataset is embargoed until June 30, 2026]. This dataset contains population and trait dynamic and life history data of the host organism Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella, and its parasitoide wasp Venturia canescens in response to temperature changes, from an 18-month microcosm experiment. Variables in this dataset include weekly dead adult count of hosts or parasitoids, leg length (proxy to adult body size), and multi-variate life history measures (survival, development time, sizes). During the experiment, lines of hosts, with or without parasitoids, were exposed to gradual increases in temperature at either +2 or +4 degrees celsius over 18 months, in the presence or absence of stochastic fluctuations. This dataset was created as part of a study to investigate the impact of long-term climate warming on generational multispecies interactions, The data will be beneficial for any studies related to population cycles, long-term dynamics, density-dependence responses and climate change projection. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b

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Date (Publication)
2026-02-23
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b
Other citation details
Li, D., Coste, C.F.D., Newton, J., Yuan, C., Fowler, M.S., Sait, S.M. (2026). Population and trait dynamics of hosts and parasitoids from an 18-month microcosm experiment under gradually increasing temperature to plus 2 or 4 degrees Celsius. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b
Point of contact
  University of Leeds - Dongbo Li
Author
  University of Leeds - Li, D.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0471-7917
Author
  Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - Coste, C.F.D.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-5049
Author
  University of Leeds - Newton, J.
Author
  Swansea University - Yuan, C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0486-5450
Author
  Swansea University - Fowler, M.S.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1544-0407
Author
  University of Leeds - Sait, S.M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7208-8617
Owner
  Swansea University
Owner
  University of Leeds
Publisher
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
  • long-term experiment
  • global warming
Keywords
  • Climate and climate change
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This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Use constraints
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Li, D., Coste, C.F.D., Newton, J., Yuan, C., Fowler, M.S., Sait, S.M. (2026). Population and trait dynamics of hosts and parasitoids from an 18-month microcosm experiment under gradually increasing temperature to plus 2 or 4 degrees Celsius. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Distribution format
  • Comma-separated values (CSV) ()

Distributor
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Hierarchy level
nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
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nonGeographicDataset

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data were collected by manually removing and counting dead adults from the microcosm experiment. The following well-established laboratory protocols were used to ensure minimum sampling errors: 1) A small insect hoover tube was used to separate live adults from dead adults prior to the counting procedure. 2) Dead adults were picked using forecepts and the removed dead insects were counted using a hand tally counter. 3) All fragments of dead insects were cleaned ensuring no duplicated counts. 4) The side and edge of the microcosms were checked by the second person ensuring no missing counts each week. 5) Live adults in the hoover tube were placed back to the microcosm after counting.
File identifier
e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
Hierarchy level
nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
Hierarchy level name
nonGeographicDataset
Date stamp
2026-02-23T14:36:25
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
 
 

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Environmental Monitoring Facilities

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