Biodemographic data for the paper titled "Stabilizing adaptation in an invasive species: alfalfa weevil as a case study"

Biodemographic data for alfalfa weevil strains used in the paper titled “Stabilizing adaptation in an invasive species: alfalfa weevil as a case study” (Gutierrez et al. under review). All data were sourced from the scientific literature. The biodemographic functions were estimated from published laboratory age-specific life table data in Levi-Mourao et al. (2021, 2022) for strain S, from Zahiri et al. (2010a, 2010b) for strain I, and from Butler & Ritchie (1967) and Gutierrez et al. (1976) for strain E (for other references to data used in the study, see the Methods section of Gutierrez et al. under review). The life table data should be requested from the authors of the cited papers. All the functions used in the model are present in the text and figures.

The dataset is provided as an XLSX worksheet.

References:

Butler, G.D., Jr. & Ritchie, P.L., Jr. (1967) The life cycle of Hypera brunneipennis and a parasite, Bathyplectes curculionis, in relation to temperature. Journal of Economic Entomology, 60, 1239–1241.

Gutierrez, A.P., Christensen, J.B., Merritt, C.M., Loew, W.B., Summers, C.G. & Cothran, W.R. (1976) Alfalfa and the Egyptian alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Canadian Entomologist, 108, 635–648.

Gutierrez, A. P., Ponti, L., Levi-Mourao, A., Pons, X., Cure, J. R., Neteler, M., & Simmons, G. (under review). Stabilizing adaptation in an invasive species: alfalfa weevil as a case study. Agricultural and Forest Entomology.

Levi-Mourao, A., Madeira, F., Meseguer, R., García, A. & Pons, X. (2021) Effects of temperature and relative humidity on the embryonic development of Hypera postica Gyllenhal (Col.: Curculionidae). Insects, 12, 250.

Levi-Mourao, A., Madeira, F., Meseguer, R. & Pons, X. (2022) Effects of temperature on the fitness of the alfalfa weevil (Hypera postica). Pest Management Science, 78, 4223–4233.

Zahiri, B., Fathipour, Y., Khanjani, M., Moharramipour, S. & Zalucki, M.P. (2010a) Modeling demographic response to constant temperature in Hypera postica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 103, 292–301.

Zahiri, B., Fathipour, Y., Khanjani, M., Moharramipour, S. & Zalucki, M.P. (2010b) Preimaginal development response to constant temperatures in Hypera postica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): picking the best model. Environmental Entomology, 39, 177–189.