Plant responses to herbivory shift the contributions of different pollinator taxa to plant reproduction

Both mutualistic and antagonistic interactions affect plant survival and reproduction. Plant responses to antagonists such as herbivores are expected to negatively impact plant interactions with mutualistic pollinators and plant fitness, but there is mixed support for this idea. Bee taxa vary in their effectiveness as pollinators and their preferences for floral traits, both of which may be affected by herbivory. Therefore, the behavioral responses of specific pollinators to herbivory could determine if and how herbivory exerts reproductive costs for plants. We manipulated herbivory on Physalis philadelphica (tomatillo) using Lema daturaphila beetles and simulated the plant’s physiological response to herbivory using jasmonic acid (JA). We evaluated how herbivory and JA treatments affected overall pollinator importance to plant reproduction by different bee taxa (generalists Apis mellifera, Bombus, Augochlorini, Lasioglossum and the specialist Colletes latitarsis). We calculated pollina..., , # Data from: Plant responses to herbivory shift the contributions of different pollinator taxa to plant reproduction

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.xpnvx0kvp](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.xpnvx0kvp)

## Description of the data and file structure

### Files and variables

#### File: Oikos_2020_bee_behavior_observations.csv

**Description:** contains information on bee visit duration and bee visitation frequency (per foraging bout).

##### Variables

* \"block\" refers to the spatial block where the plant was growing in the field
* \"treat\" refers to the experimental treatment: C = control, H = herbivore-treated with beetles, J = JA-treated with jasmonic acid
* \"id\" refers to the unique ID assigned to the plant
* \"n_flow\" refers to the number of flowers on the plant on the day the observation occurred
* \"morphosp\" refers to the bee taxon, identified to the lowest taxonomic resolution possible (genus or species)
* \"total_sec_flow\" refers to the time the bee spent visiting flowers during the o...,