Data from: A sink host allows a specialist herbivore to persist in a seasonal source
Authors/Creators
- 1. Population Ecology Lab, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
- 2. cE3c, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Edifício C2, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
- 3. Section of Applied Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
- 4. Department of Biological Sciences, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois 61455, USA
Description
Filename: 1_Population_growth_rate.xlsx
Variables:
1. Source host - the plant species from which experimental females were transferred
2. Target host - the plant species to which experimental females were transferred
3. Generations - tested time period, in generations
4. N0 - the number of females placed at the beginning of the experiment
5. N - the number of mites (being a progeny of N0 females) counted after each tested time period
Filename: 2_Emigration_dispersal.xlsx
Variables:
1. Source host - the plant species infested by mites and exposed to wind
2. Target host - the plant species toward which mites could disperse
3. N - population size on the source host
4. D - the number of individuals that dispersed from the source host
Filename: 3_Emigration_acceptance.xlsx
Variables:
1. Source host - the plant species from which experimental females were transferred
2. Target host - the plant species to which experimental females were transferred
3. N - the number of females placed on the experimental arena
4. R - the number of females that stayed on the experimental arena after incubation
Filename: 4_Experimental_evolution.xlsx
Variables:
1. Regime - host selection regime (W - wheat; B - brome; WB - wheat-brome alternating each three generations on each host species)
2. Generations - the number of generations the population survived
3. Status - 0 - censored observation; 1 - observed event of extinction
Filename: 5_Field_database.xlsx
Variables:
1. Sampling date - date of plant collection in the field
2. Day - the day of the year when the sample was collected
3. Year - the year of the sample collection
4. Host - the plant species collected
5. n - the number of all plant shoots examined
6. k - the number of plant shoots infested