Data from: A sink host allows a specialist herbivore to persist in a seasonal source

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. Database - N: the sample collected during 2012-2014 surveys; O: the sample collected during 2007-2014 surveys
5. Host - the plant species collected
6. GPS lat. [N] - the latitude in the northern hemisphere
7. GPS long. [E] - the longitude in the eastern hemisphere
8. n - the number of all plant shoots examined
9. k - the number of plant shoots infested