This dataset includes original raw data associated with the paper Wei, X. & Zhang, Z.Q. Transgenerational plasticity ameliorates adverse effects of predation stress on prey fitness in mites.
There are five spread sheets: 1development: contains the data of development; 2reproduction: contains data of reproduction; 3lifespan: contains data of lifespan; 4lifespan&fecundity: contains data for lifespan in relation to fecundity; and 5lifespan&bodylength: contains data for lifespan in relationship to body size (represented by prodorsal shield length).
In 1development, there are 7 columns: Egg (days), Larva (days), Protonymph (days), Tritonymph (days), total developmental time (days), gender, and treatment. The former four columns present the length (days) of 4 developmental stages.
In 2reproduction, there are 5 columns: treatment, pre-oviposition (days), oviposition (days), post-oviposition (days), fecundity. The former four columns present the length (days) of 5 periods of adult females.
In 3lifespan, there are 4 columns: treatment, gender, lifespan (days), and Status. In column Status, 0 presents censored individuals while 1 presents existed ones.
In 4chapter7lifespan&fecudity, there are 3 columns: fecundity, treatment and lifespan.
In 5chapter7lifespan&bodylength, there are 4 columns: treatment, gender, lifespan and body size (prodorsal shield length in µm).
For treatment column in each spread sheet: “NN” presents the NN group: the individuals in this group did not have predation stress during either the first or second generation; “YN” presents the YN group: the individuals had predation stress during the first generation, but did not have predation stress during the second generation; “NY” presents the NY group: This contrasts with the YN group. While the individuals of the NY group did not have predation stress during the first generation, they had predation stress during the second generation; “YY” presents the YY group: the individuals of this group were given predation stress during both the first and second generations.