10.5061/DRYAD.T0HD4
Thurman, Timothy J.
McGill University
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Brodie, Emily
University of California, Davis
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Evans, Elizabeth
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
McMillan, William Owen
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Data from: Facultative pupal mating in Heliconius erato: implications for
mate choice, female preference, and speciation
Dryad
dataset
2018
Heliconius erato
Mate choice
2018-10-21T00:00:00Z
2018-10-21T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3624
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Mating systems have broad impacts on how sexual selection and mate choice
operate within a species, but studies of mating behavior in the laboratory
may not reflect how these processes occur in the wild. Here, we examined
the mating behavior of the neotropical butterfly Heliconius erato in the
field by releasing larvae and virgin females and observing how they mated.
H. erato is considered a pupal-mating species (i.e., males mate with
females as they emerge from the pupal case). However, we observed only two
teneral mating events, and experimentally released virgins were almost all
mated upon recapture. Our study confirms the presence of some pupal-mating
behavior in H. erato, but suggests that adult mating is likely the
prevalent mating strategy in this species. These findings have important
implications for the role of color pattern and female mate choice in the
generation of reproductive isolation in this diverse genus.
pupal_mating_dataThis file contains raw data from the pupal mating
experiments describe din the paper. Sheet 1 contains behavior observations
from experiment 1. Sheet 2 contains butterfly capture/recapture data from
experiments 1 and 2. Sheet 3 contains the information of the virgin
females released as part of experiment 2. Sheet 4 contains the measures of
forewing length from experiments 1 and 2. Sheet 5 contains information on
the number of butterflies observed at each site. Sheet 6 contains the data
on the experimental larvae placed out at each site. Sheet 7 gives the data
on male discovery of experimental
pupae.data_archive.xlsxR_density_analysisR script used to compare density
of adults across sites. This uses the data from sheet 5 of the Excel
file.density_comparison.RR_wing_length_analysisR script to perform our
wing length analysis and create figure 2. This uses the data from sheet 4
of the Excel file.wing_length_analysis.RSupplemental_rmarkdownThe
Rmarkdown file used to generate the supplemental material document. Some
file paths may need to be changed to recreate this document on your own
computer.supplemental.Rmd
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