PHYTODIV_DATASET: Plant Chemical Diversity and Herbivore Defense Data

PHYTODIV_DATASET is a collection of data and SAS code from the study "Plant chemical diversity enhances defense against herbivory". The dataset includes caterpillar sequestration, growth, fly survival, and sodium pump inhibition assays related to cardenolide toxins. It was created by Xosé López‐Goldar of Cornell University to accompany the published research.

Use Cases

• Analyze caterpillar growth and cardenolide sequestration relationships based on the MonteCarlo_seqgrwt.csv data.
• Model fly survival and feeding rates on toxic diets using the CAFEassay.csv data.
• Compare sodium pump inhibition from single toxins versus mixtures using the Enzyme_assay.csv data.
• Replicate statistical analyses of herbivore defense using the provided SAS code files.

Strengths

• Includes raw data and complete SAS code for replicating all analyses from the associated research paper.
• Covers multiple experimental assays: sequestration, growth, fly survival, and enzyme inhibition.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cornell University

Collection Method

Experimental data from ecological studies on plant chemical defense and herbivory.