To publish or not the publish? A response to Lortie and Dyer.

Presents a response to a criticism of one of the authors' papers. Summary of the paper, which focused on patterns in plant and herbivore interactions in gall-inducing sawflies; Criticisms made by Lortie and Dyer, including that the data did not support the hypothesis tested and that plants can gain protection from herbivory by associating with plants of lower palatability; Rebuttal to Lortie and Dyer's claims.