Data_PEPYS_20.01.21.xlsx

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