Data from: A collection of Australian Drosophila datasets on climate adaptation and species distributions

The Australian Drosophila Ecology and Evolution Resource (ADEER) collates
Australian datasets on drosophilid flies, which are aimed at investigating
questions around climate adaptation, species distribution limits and
population genetics. Australian drosophilid species are diverse in
climatic tolerance, geographic distribution and behaviour. Many species
are restricted to the tropics, a few are temperate specialists, and some
have broad distributions across climatic regions. Whereas some species
show adaptability to climate changes through genetic and plastic changes,
other species have limited adaptive capacity. This knowledge has been used
to identify traits and genetic polymorphisms involved in climate change
adaptation and build predictive models of responses to climate change.
ADEER brings together 103 datasets from 39 studies published between
1982–2013 in a single online resource. All datasets can be downloaded
freely in full, along with maps and other visualisations. These historical
datasets are preserved for future studies, which will be especially useful
for assessing climate-related changes over time.