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Brightness and fecundity of female glow-worms
A data frame with 26 observations on the following 2 variables.
Lantern
Length of glow lantern (in mm)
Eggs
Number of eggs laid
Data on 26 female glow-worms captured in Finland. Female glow-worms attract males by glowing with part of their abdomen (lantern). Researchers believe the brightness of glow might be related to mating success.
Hopkins J, Baudry G, Candolin U, Kaitala A. (2015), "I'm sexy and I glow it: female ornamentation in a nocturnal capital breeder," Biol. Lett. 11: 20150599.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0599
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