Data and code supporting the article: Resurrected in the field: benefits of rapid adaptati

Nine populations of the endemic annual plant Erythranthe laciniata were studied across its range in 2021. The dataset contains records from over 2,100 replicates sown in three common gardens at low, central, and high elevations, tracking phenology and flower production to estimate lifetime fitness. It was created by Lillie Pennington to support research on rapid adaptation to historic drought.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate adaptation based on fitness differences between pre-drought and drought-generation seeds.
• Analyzing range edge dynamics based on performance data from low, central, and high elevation gardens.
• Studying phenological evolution based on recorded flowering times and development rates.
• Investigating adaptive lag and population mismatch based on comparative fitness of low and central elevation populations.

Strengths

• Includes data from over 2,100 plant replicates, providing a substantial sample size for analysis.
• Experimental design covers nine populations across the species' range and three distinct elevation-based gardens.
• Data supports temporal comparison with seeds collected before and at the height of a historic drought.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single year (2021), limiting longitudinal analysis.

Provenance

Source

Lillie Pennington via figshare.

Collection Method

Data collected from a common garden experiment where resurrected seeds were sown and monitored.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-25 19:02:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Populations across the range of Erythranthe laciniata, including low, central, and high elevation sites.