Flower manipulation experiment with Yucca glauca

DescriptionThis dataset contains processed data for flower retention in response to flower position, presence of basal fruits, and nursery pollinator oviposition from a field experiment using Yucca glauca. Refer to manuscript for details of the study system, study site, and methods. FormatThe file is in .csv format. Each row contains data for an inflorescence.Description of column headersinfl - ID of the inflorescence protected for use in the experiment. All IDs are numeric IDs, except for one that is alphanumeric.x - Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM, Zone 14T, datum WGS 84) Easting coordinate of inflorescencey - Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM, Zone 14T, datum WGS 84) Northing coordinate of inflorescenceelev - Elevation above sea level (m) of inflorescenceht_cm - Height (cm) of the inflorescence from the point of origin at the base of the rosette to the tip.basaldia_mm - Basal diameter (mm) of the inflorescence's rosette (an index of rosette size) measured below the lowest crown of green leavesTrose - Total number of rosettes in the visibly-identifiable Yucca glauca clump with the focal inflorescenceOinfl - Number of other inflorescences in the visibly-identifiable Yucca glauca clump. If inflorescences existed they were broken before the experiment began.buds - Total number of buds/flowers on the inflorescencebeetles - Number of Carpohilus sp. beetles counted on and removed from the focal inflorescence at the time of protecting the inflorescence with a mesh sleeve.aphids - Presence of aphids on the inflorescence at any time during the experiment (binary variable).context - The inflorescence treatment assigned to the inflorescence. F refers to basal fruits B refers to buds. One and 0 refer to presence or absence of fruits or buds. There were three inflorescence treatments, (1) 3 basal experimental flowers with buds above (F0B1), (2) 3 distal experimental flowers with no basal fruits and no buds above (F0B0), and (3) 3 distal experimental flowers with 1 to 3 basal fruits and no buds above (F1B0).ovi - The artificial oviposition treatment assigned to the inflorescence. There were three treatments, (1) no oviposition treatment where no wounds were applied (Z), (2) low oviposition treatment where 6 wounds were applied (L), and (3) high oviposition treatment where 24 wounds were applied (H).Fr - Number of basal fruits on the inflorescence as part of the assigned treatment. Inflorescence treatments F0B1 and F0B0 (see context) had zero basal fruits. The number of basal fruits for inflorescence treatment F1B0 (see context) were recorded.B - Number of buds on the inflorescence as part of the assigned treatment. There were no buds for inflorescence treatments F1B0 and F0B0 (see context). The total number of buds above basal flowers in inflorescence treatment F0B1 (see context) were recorded. The number of buds for one of the inflorescence is missing (NA).donor - ID of the donor plant that was used to hand-pollinate experimental flowers. Some of these included inflorescences used in the experiment and have the same ID as in infl. Contains both numeric and alphanumeric IDs.MD - Date on which the inflorescence was manipulated to obtain the required inflorescence treatment. Manipulations involved removal of flowers and buds, hand-pollination of basal flowers for the F1B0 treatment (see context). Dates are in mm/dd/yyyy format.TD - Date on which the artificial oviposition treatment was applied to the experimental flowers and they were hand-pollinated. This was usually later then manipulation date (MD) for the F1B0 treatment (see context) because time was needed basal fruits to be initiated before the oviposition treatment could be applied. Dates are in mm/dd/yyyy format.CD - Date on which the inflorescence was checked to determine how many experimental flowers (out of 3 total flowers) were retained i.e. developed into fruits. This was 10 days after the treatment date (TD). Dates are in mm/dd/yyyy format.fruitsR - The number of experimental flowers that were retained (out of 3 experimental flowers)FD - Date on which fruits were collected for weighing. This was 25 days after the treatment date (TD).E1W - The mass of the the first fruit from experimental flowers (g), if any. If no fruits existed, or if the fruit was lost, NA was used.E2W - The mass of the second fruit from experimental flowers (g), if any. If no second fruit existed, or if the fruit was lost, NA was used.E3W - The mass of the third fruit from experimental flowers (g), if any. If no third fruit existed, or if the third fruit was lost, NA was used.avgRFwt - The average mass of fruits from experimental flowers (average of E1W, E2W, and E3W). If only one fruit mass was present, that value was used.