Data describing how four different levels of induced plant defenses change cannibalism among larval lepidopterans and alter consumption of plant tissue by larval lepidopterans.

A dataset comprised of three experiments: Experiment 1. Data describing how four different levels of induced
plant defenses change cannibalism among larval lepidopterans and alter
consumption of plant tissue by larval lepidopterans. The experiment
was conducted at UW-Madison in Birge Hall. Experiment 2. Data describing how two levels of induced plant defenses
and two levels of food provision (presence or absence of dead
conspecifics) changes cannibalism, herbivory, and growth among larval
lepidopterans. Experiment 3. Data describing mass loss of tomato leaves that were
clipped and allowed to dry for two days. These data are to determine
estimates of natural (autogenic) weight loss due to evaporation for
comparison of weight loss due to herbivory and evaporation as part of
feeding trials with armyworms (see other two associated datasets in
this series). The experiment was conducted at the Department of
Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University.