Phenotypic traits of laboratory-housed field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) bred from parents with a range of ages

The data comprises records of phenotypic traits of outbred Gryllus bimaculatus that were bred in a laboratory. Inbreeding was minimized by avoiding crossing family lines. Traits that were measured include adult body mass, development time, and lifespan. The data were collected in 2023 by researchers from the University of Glasgow to investigate the effects of parental age and temperature conditions on offspring life-history. We chose this species because we have complementary field projects on field crickets and they are easily maintained in a lab. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/085ec3ff-110d-4dbf-96da-7418ab9a7c5a

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2025-06-25
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/085ec3ff-110d-4dbf-96da-7418ab9a7c5a
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doi: / 10.5285/085ec3ff-110d-4dbf-96da-7418ab9a7c5a
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Pitt, M., Sheen, T., O'Connor, B., Boonekamp, J. (2025). Phenotypic traits of laboratory-housed field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) bred from parents with a range of ages. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/085ec3ff-110d-4dbf-96da-7418ab9a7c5a
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  University of Glasgow - Jelle Boonekamp
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  University of Glasgow - Pitt, M.
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  University of Glasgow - Sheen, T.
Author
  University of Glasgow - O'Connor, B.
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  University of Glasgow - Boonekamp, J.
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  University of Glasgow
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Pitt, M., Sheen, T., O'Connor, B., Boonekamp, J. (2025). Phenotypic traits of laboratory-housed field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) bred from parents with a range of ages. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/085ec3ff-110d-4dbf-96da-7418ab9a7c5a
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EnglishEnglish
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utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Farming
Begin date
2023-01-02
End date
2023-12-22
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
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Crickets were housed in individual boxes (approximately 18x10x7cm) from hatching . All individuals were kept at 28 degrees Celsius. Development time and lifespan data were obtained by weekly survival and adult emergence checks. Body mass was recorded to the nearest microgram using a calibrated balance. Weakly checks were done to record the date of adult emergence or death. Individuals had access to food (dried grass pellets - rabbit food from Science Selective) and water ad libitum. The data were entered in an Access data base and subsequently exported as csv file.
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EnglishEnglish
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ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
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2025-06-25T15:52:49
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
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