The lifelong effects of anoxia hormesis in solitary bees

The stimulatory and protective response known as hormesis elicits an often over compensatory response resulting in exposure survival and life history trait improvements. There are an array of abiotic and biotic agents that have been shown to trigger hormesis; most commonly studied are chemicals, temperature, and low oxygen. Investigations into low-oxygen exposures that activate the hormetic response date back nearly 50 years. This body of work reveals that insect performance is dramatically improved by single short low-oxygen events while focusing on the transitory nature of the improvements. Few reports examine whether the effect is longer lasting or lifelong. We previously reported that one hour of anoxia was enough to induce this hormetic response in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Here we investigated whether that response is transitory or long-lasting by looking at starvation resistance, flight, and locomotory activity throughout the li..., , , This Wilkinson and Lopez-Martinez README.txt file was generated on 2024-11-5 by Giancarlo Lopez-Martinez

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: The lifelong effects of anoxia hormesis in solitary bees
2. Author Information
Corresponding Investigator
Name: Dr Giancarlo Lopez-Martinez
Institution: North Dakota State University
Email: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])

Co-investigator 1
Name: Michaelyne Wilkinson
Institution: New Mexico State University
3. Date of data collection: 2021-2022
4. Geographic location of data collection: Fargo, ND
5. Funding sources that supported the collection of the data: National Science Foundation of the USA
6. Recommended citation for this dataset:

DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. Description of dataset

This is the accompanying dataset to a publication titled: The lifelong effects of anoxia hormesis in solitary bees (DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvaf013). The variables in this data set are Nx: normoxia, which refers to a no...,