Data for: Tolerance of high temperature and associated effects on reproduction in euedaphic Collembola

Tropical and mid-latitude terrestrial ectotherms are more vulnerable to global warming than species from high latitudes. However, thermal tolerance studies from these regions still lack soil invertebrates. We chose six euedaphic species of Collembola (of the genera Onychiurus and Protaphorura) sampled across latitudes ranging from 31°N to 64°N and first determined their upper thermal limit (UTL) by static assays. Based on their upper thermal limit, we exposed them to temperatures 32 ℃ to 36 ℃ depending on the species for 1-2 hours, which was expected to result in heat-induced injuries equivalent to 5% to 30% mortality within each species. Survivors from this series of increasing heat injuries were used to determine the time to first oviposition, and the number of eggs produced following heat exposure.
We found the upper thermal limit positively correlates to the soil temperature of the sampling site. Species have different UTL60 indicating they have different tolerance to high temperatu..., This dataset is associated with a paper entitled \"Tolerance of high temperature and associated effects on reproduction in euedaphic Collembola\" in the Journal of Thermal Biology. Data contains original data (i.e. survivals, time to first oviposition, number of eggs) and processed data (i.e. values extracted from models). Original data was collected from the experiment described in detail in paper section 2. Methodology.,