These datasets provide the original data for a series of laboratory and field studies, and associated research publications, with Pieris rapae from multiple populations in North America, between 2000 and 2012. Details of the study site, methodology, and associated publications for each study are described in the associated document file: OPUS.Pieris_rapae_datasets.2000_2013.May2024.doc. The dataset for each study is provided as a separate MS .xls file.  Below we describe the focus of each study; the common data fields included in every datafile; and the unique data fields included in each particular study and datafile. For all datafiles and data fields, the value NA indicates not available.

Brief description of each study

- QG.TPCGrowth: quantitative genetics of thermal performance curves for larval growth rate

- TRNGrowth: thermal reaction norms for larval growth rate on leaves and diet

- TPCGrowthxDiet: thermal performance for larval growth rate on leaves and diet

- LHTRN.Popn:  thermal reaction norms for life history traits for four populations

- LarvalTimeSize.FieldSeln: phenotypic selection of larval size and development time in the field

Common fields in all studies

- Species: Species worked with during that study

- Population or Site: Site where the individuals were collected

- UniID: Unique numeric identifier of that individual

- Year: Year of study

Data fields in each study

QG.TPCGrowth studies

-       Datafile:  Ketal2004.ExptII.TPC11to40.2000.finalreduced.allbatches

-Species:         species

-Population:     Source population

-Batch:            Experimental batch

-Mom:             mother (full-sib families)

-ID:                  individual within mother

-UniID:             unique ID

-temp:              temperature in C

-JulianDate:     Julian date of year

-Year:              year

-Mi:                  initial mass at start of trial in mg

-active?:          active feeding? Yes or no

-time:               initial time of trial

-duration:         duration of trial in hr

-mgain:                        mass gain during trial in mg

-grorate:          growth rate in mg/hr

-RGR:             relative growth rate in mg/mg/h

-       Datafile: Ketal2004.ExptI.TPC8to35.2000.finalreduced.combined
 
-Species:         species

-Population:     Source population

-Expt:              Experiment

-Exp_Mom      mother (full-sib families)

-ID:                  individual within mother

-UniID:             unique ID

-temp:              temperature in C

-JulianDate:     Julian date of year

-Year:              year

-Mi:                  initial mass at start of trial in mg

-active?:          active feeding? Yes or no

-time:               initial time of trial

-duration:         duration of trial in hr

-mgain:                        mass gain during trial in mg

-grorate:          growth rate in mg/hr

-RGR:             relative growth rate in mg/mg/h

TRNGrowth studies

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-       Datafile:  Prapae.NC&WA.2003.TRNs.diet

-CaseNum:      case number

-YEAR:            year

-Species:         species

-Popn: source population

-Food:              larval food

-batch:             experimental batch

-ID:                  ID number

-UniID:             unique ID

-Temp:             temperature in degrees C

-Jdate.start:     start date (Julian date of year)

-M0:                 starting mass in mg

-i.wt:                initial mass at start of trial in mg

-f.wt:                final mass at end of trial in mg

-Active:            Active feeding? (Y or N)

-Near.Pupating:          nearing pupation? (Y or N)

-notes:             notes

-time:               starting time in h

-time.grp:         time group in h

-t.in:                 initial time in trial (hr.mn)

-t.out:               final time in trial (hr.mn)

-duration:         duration of trial in hr

-mgain:            mass gain during trial in mg

-       Datafile:  Prapae.NC&WA.2000.TRNs.leaf

-CaseNum:      case number

-YEAR:            year

-Species:         species

-Popn: source population

-Food:              larval food

-Mom:              Mom (full-sib family)

-ID:                  ID number

-UniID:             unique ID

-temp:              temperature in degrees C

-Mi:                  initial mass in mg

-Mf:                  final mass in mg

-Active:            Active feeding? (Y or N)

-duration:         duration of trial in hr

-mgain:            mass gain in mg

 
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TPCGrowthxDiet studies

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-       Datafiles: Prapae.WA2002.leaf.FinalTPCs.16Jan2024 and Prapae.WA2002.diet.FinalTPCs.18Jan2024

-RecNum:       record number

-Species:         species

-Year:              year

-Population:     source population

-Food:              types of larval food (leaf or diet)

-batch:             batch number

-date:               date of measurement in M/D/Y

-temp:              temperature in degrees C

-Mom:              mother (full-sib families)

-ID:                  individual within mother

-UniID:             unique ID

-Mo:                 mass at start of first trial in mg

-Mi:                  mass at start of trial in mg

-Active?:          active feeding? (y or n)

-tin:                  time at start of trial in hr.mn (24h)

-duration:         duration of trial in hr

-mgain:            mass gain during trial in mg

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LHTRN.Popn studies

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-       Datafiles: Prapae.TRNs.NApopulations.Seiterdata.OPUSdata.jul2023

-id:                   unique ID assigned to each individual

-species:          species

-year:               year the experiment was conducted

-pop:                population where the butterflies were collected

-family:            family of individuals within a given population

-individual:       each individual in the trial

-sex:                sex of individual

-temp:              temperature treatment of the individual in degrees C

-expmt:            sometimes denotes a specific treatment

-hatchDate:     date the eggs hatched

-pupaDate:      date the larva pupated

-pupaTime:      length of time from hatching to pupation in days

-pupaMass:     mass of pupa in mg

-eclosDate:      date the adult eclosed

-devTime:        length of time from hatching to emergence as an adult

-eclosMass:     mass of adult at eclosion in mg

-mortLarvae:   whether the individuals died as larvae

-mortPupa:      whether the individuals died as pupa

-mortTotal:      sum of the previous two columns

LarvalTimeSize.FieldSeln studies

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-       Datafile:  Prapae.FieldSelndata.2012.OPUSJul2023

 

-Recnum:        record number

-Species:         species

-Site:                Study site

-Year:              year

-Study:            study season (Spring or Summer)

-ID:                  individual ID

-mother:          mother (full-sib group) ID

-Jdate.Hatch:  hatch date, Julian date of year

-Plant.ID:         plant ID number

-Time.2nd:       time from hatching to start of 2nd instar

-Time.3rd:       time from hatching to start of 3rd instar

-Time.4th:        time from hatching to start of 4th instar

-Time.5th:        time from hatching to start of 5th instar

-Time.Pupa:    time from hatching to pupation

-Time.Eclos:    time from hatching to eclosion

-Mass.2nd:      mass at start of 2nd instar in mg

-Mass.5th:       mass at start of 5th instar in mg

-Mass.Pupa:    mass at pupation in mg

-Mass.Eclos:   mass at eclosion in mg

-Surv.Pupa:     survival to pupation? Y or N

-Surv.Eclos:    survival to eclosion? Y or N

-Sex:               sex (M or F)

-Eggs:              number of eggs laid

-       Micrometeorological data:  SpringTemps.2012.final

-Date.Time:     Date and time (MO/DY/YEAR hr:mn)

-Site:                study site

-Year:              year

-Study:             study season

-Case: case number

-Solar: Horizontal solar radiative flux density (mW/cm2)

-Tm1:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm2:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm3:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm4:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm5:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm6:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm7:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm8:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm9:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm10:             caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

 
-       Micrometeorological data:  SummerTemps.2012.final

-Date:              Date

-Time:              time

-AM.PM:          am or pm of time

-Site:                study site

-Year:              year

-Study:             study system

-Case:            case number

-Solar: Horizontal solar radiative flux density (mW/cm2)

-Tm1:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm2:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm3:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm4:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm5:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm6:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm7:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm8:              caterpillar model temperature in degrees C

-Tm9:               caterpillar model temperature in degrees C