e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 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 2026-02-23T14:36:25 UK GEMINI 2.3 Population and trait dynamics of hosts and parasitoids from an 18-month microcosm experiment under gradually increasing temperature to plus 2 or 4 degrees Celsius 2026-02-23 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b 10.5285/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b doi: Li, D., Coste, C.F.D., Newton, J., Yuan, C., Fowler, M.S., Sait, S.M. (2026). Population and trait dynamics of hosts and parasitoids from an 18-month microcosm experiment under gradually increasing temperature to plus 2 or 4 degrees Celsius. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b [This nonGeographicDataset is embargoed until June 30, 2026]. This dataset contains population and trait dynamic and life history data of the host organism Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella, and its parasitoide wasp Venturia canescens in response to temperature changes, from an 18-month microcosm experiment. Variables in this dataset include weekly dead adult count of hosts or parasitoids, leg length (proxy to adult body size), and multi-variate life history measures (survival, development time, sizes). During the experiment, lines of hosts, with or without parasitoids, were exposed to gradual increases in temperature at either +2 or +4 degrees celsius over 18 months, in the presence or absence of stochastic fluctuations. This dataset was created as part of a study to investigate the impact of long-term climate warming on generational multispecies interactions, The data will be beneficial for any studies related to population cycles, long-term dynamics, density-dependence responses and climate change projection. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b Dongbo Li University of Leeds d.b.li@leeds.ac.uk pointOfContact Li, D. University of Leeds d.b.li@leeds.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0471-7917 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 Coste, C.F.D. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research christophe.coste@nina.no https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-5049 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 Newton, J. University of Leeds jamespnewton15@gmail.com author Yuan, C. Swansea University C.Yuan@Swansea.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0486-5450 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 Fowler, M.S. Swansea University M.S.Fowler@Swansea.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1544-0407 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 Sait, S.M. University of Leeds S.M.Sait@leeds.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7208-8617 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 Swansea University EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner University of Leeds EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication long-term experiment global warming GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Climate and climate change otherRestrictions Embargoed otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Li, D., Coste, C.F.D., Newton, J., Yuan, C., Fowler, M.S., Sait, S.M. (2026). Population and trait dynamics of hosts and parasitoids from an 18-month microcosm experiment under gradually increasing temperature to plus 2 or 4 degrees Celsius. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e5958a3f-af7a-4d90-abd7-eeaba98aca8b English utf8 environment Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 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 Data were collected by manually removing and counting dead adults from the microcosm experiment. The following well-established laboratory protocols were used to ensure minimum sampling errors: 1) A small insect hoover tube was used to separate live adults from dead adults prior to the counting procedure. 2) Dead adults were picked using forecepts and the removed dead insects were counted using a hand tally counter. 3) All fragments of dead insects were cleaned ensuring no duplicated counts. 4) The side and edge of the microcosms were checked by the second person ensuring no missing counts each week. 5) Live adults in the hoover tube were placed back to the microcosm after counting.