Metadata Earlier flowering of winter oilseed rape compensates for higher pest pressure in warmer climates Fricke U, Redlich S, Zhang J, Tobisch C, Rojas-Botero S, Benjamin C S, Englmeier J, Ganuza C, Riebl R, Uhler J, Uphus L, Steffan-Dewenter I Data type: processed experimental data per plant sampled during ripening Winter oilseed rape plants were sampled during crop ripening on 29 study sites across a spatial multi-annual mean temperature gradient (1981-2010) in Bavaria, Germany, and were dried for yield assessment. To obtain seed yield values per plant, number of pods per ripe, air-dried plant were counted as well as the number of seeds per pod for 20 pods, and 400 seeds per plant were weighted. See method section of the respective manuscript for further details. Data were processed in the way that seed yield per plant was calculated based on the number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and seed weight using the accompanying R-scripts on data processing. Data standardization and analysis on yield is performed based on this data set. Columns PlotID = Unique identifier per study site PlantID = Unique identifier per plant Transect = Oilseed rape plants were sampled along two parallel transects from the field edge towards the field centre Distance = Five plants were sampled along each transect (in total 10) beginning 1m from field edge and then every 6m Plant_yield = Seed yield per plant [g] MAT = Multi-annual mean temperature [°C](1981-2010, retrieved from the DWD, Deutscher Wetter Dienst) Date.flowering = Calculated Julian date of flowering based on biweekly growth stage observation PB_adults_mean = Study-site-averaged number of adult pollen beetles per plant (added from data of plants sampled during flowering) SW_larvae_mean = Study-site-averaged number of stem weevil larvae per plant (added from data of plants sampled during flowering) bud_damage_prop_mean = Study-site-averaged proportion of bud loss (added from data of plants sampled during flowering) stem_damage_prop_mean = Study-site-averaged proportion of stem damage (added from data of plants sampled during flowering)