Purpose
The dataset and script were developed to
- estimate the fitness landscape for Darwin's ground finch species (Geospiza spp.) at El Garrapatero over 2003 to 2020, and
- use the fitness landscape to consider theoretical expectations and previous empirical assertions regarding the topology of fitness and adaptive landscapes.
Brief Methodology
To fulfil these aims, we used the data from our long-term monitoring site El Garrapatero on Santa Cruz in the Galápagos, Ecuador. We calculated lifespan as a fitness proxi from our recapture data to construct a fitness and adaptive landscape using the beak length and depth.
Data
Please, download and consult the
README text file which explains the contents of
adaptive.landscapes.finches.zip. The
.zip file preserves the folder structure needed to run the scripts. The main program needed for the analysis is R (open-source), but to fully reproduce all the code, ImageMagick (open-source) and FFMPEG (open-source) programs.
References
- GitHub repository of 'adaptive.landscapes.finches'
- The scripts and data and for the R language (R Core Team 2023; R version, 4.2.1 (Funny-Looking Kid)).
Notes: License
The data and the code (see
adaptive.landscapes.finches.zip file) do not have the same licence. For the code, please look at the LICENSE file. The license for data is provided in the 'License/Data Use Agreement' section.