Female mate choice in an arachnid with exclusive paternal care: males in good condition have higher mating success, but only if they can advertise it

Female mate choice in an arachnid with exclusive paternal care: males in good condition have higher mating success, but only if they can advertise it

This repository contains the .csv files used for the statistical analyses of the study "Female mate choice in an arachnid with exclusive paternal care: males in good condition have higher mating success, but only if they can advertise it". In case of questions, please email Laís A. Grossel: [e-mail]

Data files and structure

We have files for verifying the manipulation of males' body condition and a file to assess males' mating success.

With the file morphometry.csv we determined the body density of all males included in our experiment, using the formula of the ellipsoid: Volume = 4/3 * π * BL/2 * BW/2 * BH/2. In this file, we have the headers:

maleID: identity of manipulated males

visit: visits to the field, with 7 levels

manipulation: the moment of taking the measures, with 2 levels: before manipulation and after manipulation

diet: diet experimental group, with 2 levels: good and poor

body_length: in mm

body_width: in mm

body_height: in mm

body_mass: to the nearest 0.001 g

With the file diet_manipulation.csv we compared the body density of parental males before and after manipulation within each experimental group. In this file, we have the headers:

maleID: identity of manipulated males

diet: diet experimental group, with 2 levels: good and poor

density_before: body density before manipulation of diet

density_after: body density after manipulation of diet

With the file density_difference.csv we compared the body density between males of the two experimental groups after manipulation. In this file, we have the headers:

diet: diet experimental group, with 2 levels: good and poor

body_density: after manipulation, in g/mm3

With the file clutches.csv we analysed the mating success of the males in the experimental groups after manipulation. In this file, we have the headers:

maleID: identity of manipulated males

visit: visits to the field, with 7 levels

diet: diet experimental group, with 2 levels: good and poor

glands: glands experimental group, with 2 levels: blocked and unblocked

exp_group: experimental group combining the manipulation of diet and glands, with 4 levels: GCBG (good condition and blocked glands), GCUG (good condition and unblocked glands), PCBG (poor condition and blocked glands) and PCUB (poor condition and unblocked glands)

clutch: if the male received eggs from females 15 or 30 days after manipulation, with 2 levels: 0 if the male did not receive eggs and 1 if the male received eggs

eggs_number: number of eggs received from females 15 or 30 days after manipulation