The fitness landscape of a community of Darwin’s finches

Purpose The dataset and script were developed to estimate the fitness landscape for Darwin's ground finch species (Geospiza spp.) at El Garrapatero over 2003 to 2020, and use the fitness landscape to consider theoretical expectations and previous empirical assertions regarding the topology of fitness and adaptive landscapes. Brief Methodology To fulfil these aims, we used the data from our long-term monitoring site El Garrapatero on Santa Cruz in the Galápagos, Ecuador. We calculated lifespan as a fitness proxi from our recapture data to construct a fitness and adaptive landscape using the beak length and depth. Data Please, download and consult the README text file which explains the contents of adaptive.landscapes.finches.zip. The .zip file preserves the folder structure needed to run the scripts. The main program needed for the analysis is R (open-source), but to fully reproduce all the code, ImageMagick (open-source) and FFMPEG (open-source) programs. References GitHub repository of 'adaptive.landscapes.finches' The scripts and data and for the R language (R Core Team 2023; R version, 4.2.1 (Funny-Looking Kid)).