Data from: The predictive adaptive response: modeling the life history evolution of the butterfly, Bicyclus anynana, in seasonal environments.

dc.contributor.affiliationLeiden University - Heuvel, Joost van den
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Saastamoinen, Marjo
dc.contributor.affiliationLeiden University - Brakefield, Paul M.
dc.contributor.affiliationNewcastle University - Kirkwood, Thomas B. L.
dc.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Research - Zwaan, Bas J.
dc.contributor.affiliationNewcastle University - Shanley, Daryl P.
dc.contributor.authorHeuvel, Joost van den
dc.contributor.authorSaastamoinen, Marjo
dc.contributor.authorBrakefield, Paul M.
dc.contributor.authorKirkwood, Thomas B. L.
dc.contributor.authorZwaan, Bas J.
dc.contributor.authorShanley, Daryl P.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-24T15:19:09Z
dc.date.issued2012-08-22
dc.date.issued2012-08-22
dc.descriptionA predictive adaptive response (PAR) is a type of developmental plasticity where the response to an environmental cue is not immediately advantageous but instead is later in life. The PAR is a way for organisms to maximize fitness in varying environments. Insects living in seasonal environments are valuable model systems for testing the existence and form of PAR. Previous manipulations of the larval and the adult environments of the butterfly Bicyclus anynana have shown that individuals that were food restricted during the larval stage coped better with forced flight during the adult stage compared to those with optimal conditions in the larval stage. Here, we describe a state-dependent energy allocation model, which we use to test whether such a response to food restriction could be adaptive in nature where this butterfly exhibits seasonal cycles. The results from the model confirm the responses obtained in our previous experimental work and show how such an outcome was facilitated by resource allocation patterns to the thorax during the pupal stage. We conclude that for B. anynana, early-stage cues can direct development toward a better adapted phenotype later in life and, therefore, that a PAR has evolved in this species.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kg45v
dc.identifier.urihttps://hydatakatalogi-test-24.it.helsinki.fi/handle/123456789/10418
dc.rightsOpen
dc.rights.licensecc-zero
dc.subjectEcology: evolutionary
dc.subjectEvolution: physiological
dc.subjectModeling: stochastic spatial
dc.subjectTrade offs
dc.subjectTheory
dc.subjectResource allocation
dc.subjectBicyclus anynana
dc.subjectModeling: individual based
dc.subjectpolymorphism
dc.titleData from: The predictive adaptive response: modeling the life history evolution of the butterfly, Bicyclus anynana, in seasonal environments.
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