Dataset: Metadata for studies from meta-analysis investigating covariance between genetic and environmental (CovGE) effects in phenotypic results

We searched the Web of Science database for experimental studies that evaluated differences in phenotypic responses across different genotypes and environments. We conducted the initial search on June 24, 2019. We used the search terms, ("cogradient variation" OR "countergradient variation" OR" cogradient selection" OR "countergradient selection" OR "co-gradient variation" OR "counter-gradient variation" OR "co-gradient selection" OR "counter-gradient selection") OR ("GxE" OR "genotype by environment" or "gene by environment") OR ("nonadaptive plast*" OR "non-adaptive plast*" OR "maladaptive plast*" OR "adaptive plast*") OR ("phenotypic plast*" AND "adapt*") AND ("common garden" OR "reciprocal transplant"). Initial searches returned approximately 5,900 hits. Results were further refined by including only those articles within Web of Science categories that related to ecology, evolution, or any ecological or evolutionary subdiscipline (e.g., papers categorized as engineering or biomedical were excluded). Refining reduced the search results to 4,458 studies. We also added studies that were included in previously published meta-analyses by Murren et al. (2015) and Hereford (2009) for screening.

After compiling studies, we measured CovGE and GxE magnitude on phenotypic data. More methods can be found in the manuscript published in Ecology Letters in 2022.

See Related Dataset Albecker et al. (2022) for model code.