Osmia Bicornis Bee Fertility Traits Under Heatwave Stress

A 54.1 KB dataset by Jamie Smith, last updated in May 2026, accompanies a study on the lasting impacts of sublethal prepupal heatwaves on the solitary bee Osmia bicornis. It contains raw data and R code for reproducing analyses on male and female reproductive traits and offspring survival. The dataset includes experimental temperature regimes, sperm and oocyte measurements, and survival records.

Use Cases

• Modeling the impact of temperature stress on insect fertility based on experimental temperature regime data.
• Analyzing correlations between heatwave exposure and sperm quantity, length, and motility.
• Investigating effects of developmental stress on female reproductive output based on oocyte number and size.
• Studying offspring survival rates and sex ratios under different temperature conditions.

Strengths

• Includes all raw data and R code required to fully reproduce the published statistical analyses and figures.
• Covers multiple reproductive traits for both male and female bees, as well as offspring survival data.
• Dataset is small (54.1 KB) and well-structured with a README file describing the workflow.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the README after download.
• Data may reflect experimental bias inherent to the specific laboratory conditions described.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Experimental data collected from a controlled study on Osmia bicornis bees.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 15:00:19; freshness should be verified.