Data_PEPYS_20.01.21.xlsx

The data contain the individual bryophagous beetles of the family Byrrhidae (<b>Beetle_ID</b>), which chose among the five morphotypes of the moss <i>Hypnum cupressiforme</i> Hedw. (<b>Moss_morphotype</b>). The selection of the given morphotype is marked in the <b>Response </b>column. The beetles selected either from mosses with preserved morphological structure or removed morphological structure (<b>Design</b>). Mosses were collected from three localities (<b>Locality</b>), the beetles were of two species: <i>Cytilus sericeus</i> (Forster, 1771) and <i>Byrrhus pilula</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) (<b>Beetle_species</b>). The experiment lasted 14 days (<b>Day_of_exp</b>) and was evaluated at 8:00, 14:00 and 20:00 (<b>Daytime</b>). For moss morphotypes, some of their structural properties were recorded in mm: length of stems (<b>stem_length_mm</b>), width of branches (<b>branch_width_mm</b>), minimal free spaces among stems (<b>free_space_min</b>), maximal free spaces among stems (<b>free_space_max</b>), their ratio (<b>space_log</b>), and tendencies of a given morphotype to epiphytism (<b>epiphytous</b>).