Table 1.
Early‐season herbivory treatments in two consecutive years, applied in a common‐garden field experiment on wild perennial Brassica oleracea plants. ‘M’ indicates treatment plots that were monitored in both 2012 and 2013; the other plots were monitored in 2013 only
| Early‐season herbivore year 1 (2012) | Early‐season herbivore year 2 (2013) | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Aphids Brevicoryne brassicae | Aphids B. brassicae | AA |
| Aphids B. brassicae | Caterpillars Plutella xylostella | AC |
| Aphids B. brassicae, M | No early‐season herbivore | AN |
| Caterpillars P. xylostella | Aphids B. brassicae | CA |
| Caterpillars P. xylostella | Caterpillars P. xylostella | CC |
| Caterpillars P. xylostella, M | No early‐season herbivore | CN |
| No early‐season herbivore | Aphids B. brassicae | NA |
| No early‐season herbivore | Caterpillars P. xylostella | NC |
| No early‐season herbivore, M | No early‐season herbivore | NN |