Figure 2. Model-estimated maximum accepted style lengths across all galled ovules in both experimental and wild datasets, in the summer (♦) and the winter (▵).
Style lengths are higher in syconia with more galled ovules, but the relationship between style lengths and galls/ovule is invariant across seasons (linear model, max_style = (1.26×%galls) + (0.0040×season)−(0.076×%galls:season), p-values: <0.001, 0.95, 0.58 respectively, R2 with season = 0.565, R2 without season = 0.565. Accordingly, differences in oviposition behavior do not explain seasonal differences in the relationship between galls and seeds.