Data for: Bohenek, J. R., and W. J. Resetarits Jr. 2018. Are direct density cues, not resource competition, driving life history trajectories in a polyphenic salamander? Evolutionary Ecology 32:335–357.

Data for "Are direct density cues, not resource competition, driving life history trajectories in a polyphenic salamander?"Bohenek, J.R. & Resetarits, W.J. Evol Ecol (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-018-9941-8See metadata for comprehensive info.Short description:We investigated proximate cues affecting facultative paedomorphosis in order to understand how larval newts (Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis) assess conspecific density. To isolate the effects of density cues from the effects of resources and agonistic behavior, we caged larval newts in mesocosms in a 2 × 2 factorial design that manipulated both background larval newt densities (high or low) and food levels (ambient or supplemented).