Temperature can reverse sexual conflict, facilitating population growth

Sexual conflict can lead to adaptations that increase male reproductive success at the expense of harming females (‘male harm’) and decreasing population growth. Studying the ecology of male harm is paramount to understanding how sexual conflict unfolds in nature and its consequences for population viability. We used seed beetles (Callosobruchus maculatus), a species where males harm females through harassment and traumatic insemination, to examine whether temperature (24ºC, 28ºC, 32ºC) modulates pre-copulatory harm (harassment) or pre- and post-copulatory harm (harassment and mating) in females exposed to low or high sexual conflict (one or two males, respectively), vs. once-mated females (no harm). Constant exposure to males decreased female fitness at warmer environments, particularly at 28ºC, and when females were subject to constant harassment and mating under high sexual conflict. In contrast, constant exposure to male harassment and mating increased female fitness at 24ºC, partic..., , , # Data from: Temperature can reverse sexual conflict, facilitating population growth

Datasets:

1. data.txt
2. NetReproductiveRate.txt

**Description - legend**

* data.txt: Data used to analyse LRS and Lifespan of focal females for the experiment.
* NetReproductiveRate.txt: Data used to obtain the Net Reproductive Rate of each focal group of females in the experiment. 

`Net reproductive rate of our populations as the sum of the lx (the number of surviving individuals at the beginning of age class X) and mx (the number of living individuals born per female in each interval class), following equation: R~0~ = Σ lxmx. It was calculated for ‘no harm’ (control; E) and ‘mating and harassment’ treatments (both under low- and high-intensity sexual conflict; A y B) (see Fig. 3)`

**Variables**

* Variable \"Temp\". Three temperatures: cold=24°C,med=28°C,hot=32°C
* Variable \"Treatment\". Five levels of treatments (i.e. \"treatment\"): low or high sexual conflict in mating and harassment (A or B trea...,