a65dbd74-c5b4-4c33-a658-9941cac0a049 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:24:00 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Body size, lifespan, behaviour and body temperature in relation to environmental variables in wild field crickets (Gryllus campestris) in a meadow in Northern Spain, May and June, 2017 2025-10-22 publication 2025-10-06 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a65dbd74-c5b4-4c33-a658-9941cac0a049 10.5285/a65dbd74-c5b4-4c33-a658-9941cac0a049 doi: Tregenza, T., Rodríguez-Muñoz, R. (2025). Body size, lifespan, behaviour and body temperature in relation to environmental variables in wild field crickets (Gryllus campestris) in a meadow in Northern Spain, May and June, 2017. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/a65dbd74-c5b4-4c33-a658-9941cac0a049 We provide data on how the body temperature of field crickets Gryllus campestris rises and falls in relation to exposure to the sun and environmental factors include ground and air temperature, diffuse and shortwave radiation, and wind speed. Crickets were in a meadow in N. Spain from May to June 2017. Individual crickets were retained in a controlled area using a line attached to a copper ring glued to their thorax. Crickets were maintained in captivity and randomly selected every day to run the temperature increase trials. Trials were carried out in an area with mown grass. Before entering the trial, each individual was cooled to a temperature of 13ºC. During the cooling process, ambient temperature, humidity and reflected apparent temperature were measured using a thermal imagining camera (FLIR T4). Once the cricket reached the base temperature, it was released in the arena and its temperature measured at 1 minute intervals with the same camera, for a minimum of 20 minutes. These data were acquired to assess behavioural thermoregulation in crickets in the wild and were collected by researchers at the University of Exeter. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a65dbd74-c5b4-4c33-a658-9941cac0a049 Tom Tregenza University of Exeter T.Tregenza@Exeter.ac.uk pointOfContact Tregenza, T. University of Exeter t.tregenza@exeter.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4182-2222 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Rodríguez-Muñoz, R. University of Exeter r.rodriguez-munoz@exeter.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6067-845X ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author University of Exeter EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher solar radiation GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Animal behaviour Phenology Climate and climate change Thermoregulation Body temperature Body mass otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Tregenza, T., Rodríguez-Muñoz, R. (2025). Body size, lifespan, behaviour and body temperature in relation to environmental variables in wild field crickets (Gryllus campestris) in a meadow in Northern Spain, May and June, 2017. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/a65dbd74-c5b4-4c33-a658-9941cac0a049 tin 10 English utf8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere environment biota 2017-05-01 2017-06-30 -5.803 -5.603 43.417 43.519 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/a65dbd74-c5b4-4c33-a658-9941cac0a049 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/a65dbd74-c5b4-4c33-a658-9941cac0a049.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Crickets in the body temperature dataset were collected in the wild in 2017 and then used to measure their body temperature changes with time under sun exposure. Crickets in the basic and behavioural traits datasets, were reared in captivity from parents collected at ten different populations, and then released in the study meadow after adult emergence. Data on body temperature increase were obtained from a sample of crickets collected in the wild and retained in a controlled area outside using a line attached to a copper ring glued to their thorax. Crickets were maintained in captivity and randomly selected every day to run the temperature increase trials. Trials were carried out in an area with mown grass. Before entering the trial, each individual was cooled to a temperature of 13ºC. During the cooling process, ambient temperature, humidity and reflected apparent temperature were measured using a thermal imagining camera (FLIR T4). Once the cricket reached the base temperature, it was released in the arena and its temperature measured at 1 minute intervals with the same camera, for a minimum of 20 minutes. Trial ended when the temperature plateaued and remained stable for approximately 2 minutes.