firefly {ADER}

Mating in Fireflies

Description

Number of eggs laid by female fireflies (Photinus ignitus (Fall, 1927)) after mating either with just one male or sequentially with three males.

Usage

data("firefly")

Format

A data frame with 40 observations on the following 3 variables.

weight

Weight of each female firefly.

eggs

Number of eggs produced after mating.

mating

Type of experimental mating: either single male or triple mating with tree different males.

Source

Rooney, J. and Lewis, S. M. 2002 Fitness advantage from nuptial gifts in female fireflies. Ecological Entomology 27: 373-377.

Examples

data(firefly)
str(firefly)