Spider Mating Trials Measuring Offspring Number and Morphological Traits

16.5 KB of data from mating trials across four experimental treatments and two single-male controls. The dataset includes morphological measurements for male and female spiders, such as carapace length, width, and area, as well as mating duration and offspring number. It was authored by Shichang Zhang and last updated on 2026-05-31.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between male morphological traits and mating success based on Male_cara_area and Mating_duration.
• Analyzing the effect of mating treatments on female reproductive output based on Offspring_number.
• Investigating correlations between female body size and hatchling size based on Female_mass and Hatchling_cara_length.
• Studying the impact of male age and size on reproductive outcomes based on Male_age and Male_mass.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 15 distinct morphological and behavioral variables per observation.
• Data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open sharing and reuse.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Shichang Zhang via figshare

Collection Method

Result of controlled mating trials.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-31 12:28:20; freshness should be verified.