cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.750p3
title: Data from: Herteliana schuyleriana (Squamarinaceae), a new crustose lichen widespread in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America

description: Herteliana schuyleriana is described as new to science based on
 collections from throughout the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North
 America. Taxonomic placement is inferred from molecular phylogenic
 analysis of mtSSU sequence data that recovered the taxon as sister to the
 type species of Herteliana, H. gagei, and strongly supported these taxa as
 embedded within the Squamarinaceae. The new species is characterized by
 its occurrence on non-calcareous shaded rocks in inland forested habitats
 (vs. exposed maritime oceanic habitats), its greenish-blue crustose
 thallus, presence of abundant blastidia on the thallus surface, frequent
 sterility, and by the production of roccellic/angardianic acid together
 with occasional trace amounts of psoromic acid as accessories to
 atranorin.
description: Herteliana_data_packetThis is a zipped folder containing 1) the nrITS alignment used to examine sequence distance (NEXUS format), 2) the mtSSU alignment used for Bayes Inference (BI) analyses (NEXUS format), the mtSSU alignment used for Maximum Likelihood analyses (PHYLIP format), the mtSSU alignment used for Maximum Parsimony analyses (NEXYS format).
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.61400
title: Data from: Gliding lizards use the position of the sun to enhance social display

description: Effective communication requires animal signals to be readily detected by
 receivers in the environments in which they are typically given. Certain
 light conditions enhance the visibility of colour signals and these
 conditions can vary depending on the orientation of the sun and the
 position of the signaller. We tested whether Draco sumatranus gliding
 lizards modified their position relative to the sun to enhance the
 conspicuousness of their throat-fan (dewlap) during social display to
 conspecifics. The dewlap was translucent, and we found that lizards were
 significantly more likely to orient themselves perpendicular to the sun
 when displaying. This increases the dewlap's radiance, and likely,
 its conspicuousness, by increasing the amount of light transmitted through
 the ornament. This is a rare example of a behavioural adaptation for
 enhancing the visibility of an ornament to distant receivers.
description: Raw
 dataD. sumatranus
 orientation dataSM_rawdata.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.669qn
title: Data from: Learning to cope: vocal adjustment to urban noise is correlated with prior experience in black-capped chickadees

description: Urban noise can interfere with avian communication through masking, but
 birds can reduce this interference by altering their vocalizations.
 Although several experimental studies indicate that birds can rapidly
 change their vocalizations in response to sudden increases in ambient
 noise, none have investigated whether this is a learned response that
 depends on previous exposure. Black-capped chickadees (Poecile
 atricapillus) change the frequency of their songs in response to both
 fluctuating traffic noise and experimental noise. We investigated whether
 these responses to fluctuating noise depend on familiarity with noise. We
 confirmed that males in noisy areas sang higher-frequency songs than those
 in quiet areas, but found that only males in already-noisy territories
 shifted songs upwards in immediate response to experimental noise.
 Unexpectedly, males in more quiet territories shifted songs downwards in
 response to experimental noise. These results suggest that chickadees may
 require prior experience with fluctuating noise to adjust vocalizations in
 such a way as to minimize masking. Thus, learning to cope may be an
 important part of adjusting to acoustic life in the city.
description: Average frequency use
 and local ambient noiseAverage frequency
 measures of singing black-capped chickadees. Measures are provided as
 average Hz and as averages made from songs which were first log10
 transformed ('from log'). Habitat urbanization index and spl
 (dB(Z)) measures for each male's territory are also
 provided.dryad_data_pre.csvResponse to experimental noiseAverage changes in frequency measure made by black-capped chickadees in response to experimental noise. Mean change is calculated for songs in Hz and for songs which were first log10 transformed ('from log'). Habitat urbanization index and spl (dB(Z)) measures for each male's territory are also provided.dryad_data_exp.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k4r4927
title: Data from: Size-dependent mating pattern in a nuptial gift-giving insect

description: The reproductive interests of females and males often diverge in terms of
 the number of mating partners, an individual’s phenotype, origin, genes
 and parental investment. This conflict may lead to a variety of
 sex-specific adaptations and also affect mate choice in both sexes. We
 conducted an experiment with the bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae), a species in which females receive direct
 nutritional benefits during mating. Mated individuals could be assigned
 due to the genotype of male spermatodoses, which are stored in the
 female’s spermatheca. After three weeks of possible copulations in
 established mating groups which were random replications with four females
 and males we did not find consistent assortative mating preference
 regarding to body size of mates. However, our results showed that the
 frequency of within-pair copulations (192 analyzed mating events in 128
 possible pair-wise combinations) was positively associated with the body
 size of both mated individuals with significant interaction between sexes
 (having one mate very large, association between body size and the number
 of copulations has weaken). Larger individuals also showed a higher degree
 of polygamy. This suggests that body size of this nuptial gift-giving
 insect species is an important sexual trait according to which both sexes
 choose their optimal mating partner.
description: 01 Body size and
 spermatodosesThis data file contains
 female and male body size (mm), the number of copulations executed by a
 pair and the total volume of received spermatodoses (mm3) in 128 possible
 pair-wise combinations in randomly established eight mating groups of
 Pholidoptera griseoaptera collected in two populations (central Slovakia).
 The adult body size was measured in females and males of field collected
 nymphs reared under standard laboratory conditions.1_body-size_spermatodoses.csv02 Microsatellite markersThis data set contains raw genotypes of six microsatellite markers for 32 Pholidoptera griseoaptera individuals collected in two populations (central Slovakia).2_microsatellite-markers.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.m7j4q
title: Data from: Salient eyes deter conspecific nest intruders in wild jackdaws (Corvus monedula)

description: Animals often respond fearfully when encountering eyes or eye-like shapes.
 Although gaze aversion has been documented in mammals when avoiding
 group-member conflict, the importance of eye coloration during
 interactions between conspecifics has yet to be examined in non-primate
 species. Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) have near-white irides, which are
 conspicuous against their dark feathers and visible when seen from outside
 the cavities where they nest. Because jackdaws compete for nest sites,
 their conspicuous eyes may act as a warning signal to indicate that a nest
 is occupied and deter intrusions by conspecifics. We tested whether
 jackdaws’ pale irides serve as a deterrent to prospecting conspecifics by
 comparing prospectors’ behaviour towards nest-boxes displaying images with
 bright eyes (BEs) only, a jackdaw face with natural BEs, or a jackdaw face
 with dark eyes. The jackdaw face with BEs was most effective in deterring
 birds from making contact with nest-boxes, whereas both BE conditions
 reduced the amount of time jackdaws spent in proximity to the image. We
 suggest BEs in jackdaws may function to prevent conspecific competitors
 from approaching occupied nest sites.
description: supplementaryData_jackdawVisitstoNestBoxesNumber of approaches to nest boxes and duration on perches
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.f4925
title: Data from: Mandible-powered escape jumps in trap-jaw ants increase survival rates during predator-prey encounters

description: Animals use a variety of escape mechanisms to increase the probability of
 surviving predatory attacks. Antipredator defenses can be elaborate,
 making their evolutionary origin unclear. Trap-jaw ants are known for
 their rapid and powerful predatory mandible strikes, and some species have
 been observed to direct those strikes at the substrate, thereby launching
 themselves into the air away from a potential threat. This potential
 escape mechanism has never been examined in a natural context. We studied
 the use of mandible-powered jumping in Odontomachus brunneus during their
 interactions with a common ant predator: pit-building antlions. We
 observed that while trap-jaw ant workers escaped from antlion pits by
 running in about half of interactions, in 15% of interactions they escaped
 by mandible-powered jumping. To test whether escape jumps improved
 individual survival, we experimentally prevented workers from jumping and
 measured their escape rate. Workers with unrestrained mandibles escaped
 from antlion pits significantly more frequently than workers with
 restrained mandibles. Our results indicate that some trap-jaw ant species
 can use mandible-powered jumps to escape from common predators. These
 results also provide a charismatic example of evolutionary co-option,
 where a trait that evolved for one function (predation) has been co-opted
 for another (defense).
description: SummaryData summarizing the outcomes of trials between unrestrained trap-jaw ants (Odontomachus brunneus) and pitbuilding antlionsbrunneus.csvRestraint Experiment.csv file with the outcome data for predatory trials in the restraint experimentrestraint.csv
DOI: 10.18167/dvn1/arrymn
title: Exploring biotic and abiotic factors influencing cucurbit-fruit fly damage and diversity in cucurbit crop production systems

description: Qualitative and quantitative results of samplings and surveys of cucurbit fields in Côte d'Ivoire (2023) in order to characterize the damages and diversity of fruit flies and explore which biotic and abiotic factors influence the most these variables. Global and local, environmental and agricultural variables, as well as counting of infested fruit to estimate the damages, have been surveyed in each plot and gathered in the plot dataset to analyse which variables are involved in the field damages of fruit flies. A dozen of fruits (cucumber and/or zucchini) have been collected in each plot, individually characterized (weight, length, number of fly punctures, ...) and monitored in the lab until fruit fly emergences. Flies have been counted and identified (sex, species). Fruit charcteristics and number of emerged flies have been gathered in the fruit dataset to analyse what kind of fruit are preferred for female oviposition and larval development. Finally, the total number of flies and fly species in collected fruits per plot have been reported in the plot dataset in order to analyse which surveyed variables are involved in the infestation level and diversity of fruit flies.
description: The original dataset included missing data for some variables in some plots, which have been filled with the R function "missForest" from package "missForest" prior to deposition on this dataverse. Be careful to decimal separators when importing datasets to R and analysing data.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6nt07
title: Data from: An experimental demonstration that house finches add cigarette butts in response to ectoparasites

description: Urban species encounter resources that are uncommon in nature, such as
 materials found in city waste. Many studies have shown that these can be
 harmful to wildlife. In Mexico City, house finches bring cigarette butts
 to their nests, which reduces the amount of ectoparasites, but also
 induces genotoxic damage in chicks and parents. Yet, the reason for this
 behaviour is unknown. One possibility is that birds extract the cellulose
 fibres from discarded butts simply because they resemble feathers.
 Alternatively, disassembled cigarette butts may be brought to the nests
 because they repel ectoparasites. Here we tested the latter hypothesis by
 assessing whether house finches Carpodacus mexicanus increase the amount
 of cigarette butts in their nests in response to a raise in ectoparasite
 load. When present, fibres from butts are concentrated in the nest lining.
 By taking it away, we simultaneously removed most of the butt material and
 collected the bulk of the tick population infesting each nest, as these
 parasites cluster in the lining. We removed the bedding of nests when
 chicks had recently hatched, and randomly assigned each nests to one of
 the following treatments: 1) addition of live ticks, 2) addition of dead
 ticks and 3) simulation of tick addition. Females in the live ticks’
 treatment added more butt fibres to their nests than parents in control
 treatments. Additionally, the amount of butt fibres in the original lining
 also predicted the amount of fibres added after the manipulation. It seems
 that the tendency to bring to the nest cigarette butts is at least
 partially a response to current, and perhaps also past, parasite load.
description: Suarez-Rodriguez and
 Macias Garcia JABThis is an Excel file
 containing data in one spreadsheet (Sheet1). The top row contains the
 label of each column, and the description of each of the labels is found
 in columns L and M. Data correspond to 32 nests, one per row, and include
 the amount of cellulose fibres from cigarette butts found on the original
 nest lining (FL; Column D) and in the artificial lining with which the
 former was substituted (AL; Column C), as well as the temperature
 (Celsius) measured twice in two occasions (Columns E, F, G and H) and the
 average of each of the two occasions (Columns I and J). Column A indicates
 the identity number of each nest, and Column B indicates the treatment to
 which the nest was randomly assigned (addition of dead parasites -DE-,
 live parasites -LE- or no parasites -NE-).
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.gg5k0
title: Data from: Phylogeny of the Stachys coccinea (Lamiaceae) complex based on molecular and morphological data

description: One of the largest genera within the Lamiaceae, Stachys, is in extreme
 need of taxonomic revision due to its demonstrated phylogenetic polyphyly.
 Among the New World Stachys, a group of seven species belonging to the
 Stachys coccinea complex is widely distributed in Mexico, where four of
 the species in this complex are considered endemic. The members of this
 complex are characterized by having large and red, orange, or purple
 corollas. The observed morphological variation, however, may
 insufficiently circumscribe this number of species, and an assessment
 combining the use of morphological and molecular data is needed. Here, we
 evaluated the circumscription of the Stachys coccinea complex and
 relationships among its members using phylogenetic analyses of chloroplast
 (cp) DNA sequence data and numerical analysis applied to morphological
 data. We found that morphological variation in this complex insufficiently
 circumscribed members of the complex, possibly caused by plasticity of
 diagnostic morphological characters. In addition, the utilized cpDNA
 regions, which are commonly used in plant phylogenetic reconstruction
 (trnL intron, trnL-F spacer, and rps16 intron sequences), render
 relationships among most of the species in the complex unresolved. We
 propose that the Stachys coccinea complex be recircumscribed, reducing the
 number of members to three species: Stachys coccinea, S. lindenii, and S.
 albotomentosa, keeping the original circumscription of these species and
 including S. pacifica, S. manantlanensis, S. torresii, and S.
 jaimehintonii as varieties of S. coccinea.
description: SCC_MorphoDataMatrixData matrix of morphological characters used to evaluate the phylogeny of the Stachys coccinea complex based in morphological data.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.33cn2r9
title: Data from: Development and validation of quality of life instruments for chronic diseases—chronic gastritis version 2 (QLICD-CG V2.0)

description: Quality of life is an important outcome indicator to evaluate whether
 treatment is successful or not. Chronic gastritis leads to ongoing
 deterioration of subjectively perceived quality of life. There are several
 generic measures, but they are not developed particularly to assess
 chronic gastritis problems. The Quality of Life Instruments for Chronic
 Diseases—Chronic Gastritis (QLICD-CG V2.0) questionnaire is a 39-item,
 multi-dimensional, self-report instrument to assess chronic gastritis
 patients’ perception of their health related quality of life in four
 domains. The instrument was developed in China. The current study aimed to
 evaluate the psychometric properties of the QLICD-CG V2.0. 194 patients
 with chronic gastritis were enrolled from 4 hospitals in China. The
 QLICD-CG V2.0 was administered to patients by trained research assistants.
 In addition, their demographic characteristics were also recorded. The
 psychometric testing included construct validity, convergent validity,
 discriminant validity, test-retest, and responsiveness. The results showed
 good internal consistency and acceptable floor and ceiling effects
 (Cronbach’s alpha range from 0.80 to 0.93). CFA showed that the instrument
 structure has a reasonable fitness (RMSEA = 0.063, 95%CI = [0.057 0.079],
 CFI = 0.93, GFI = 0.95, SRMR = 0.028). The convergent validity was
 considered appropriate, with 38 of the 39 items correlated stronger with
 their assigned scale than a competing scale, except for GPS1. Known groups
 comparisons showed that the QLICD-CG V2.0 discriminated well between
 subgroups on the basis of gender, marriage status, and economy status,
 thus providing evidence of discriminative validity. Convergent validity
 testing revealed that the QLICD-CG V2.0 domain scores correlated
 significantly with SF-36 dimension scores, which ranged from 0.21 to 0.58.
 Test-retest coefficients were satisfactory. A majority of intraclass
 correlation coefficients were above 0.70, except the psychological domain
 (0.60) and the items of social support/security (0.61). Responsiveness was
 tested on 157 patients. Significant differences were found on all QLICD-CG
 V2.0 domains, between baseline responses and after a treatment, except for
 the items of appetite and sleep. Robust sensitivity to change was
 observed. The QLICD-CG V2.0 appears to be a valid and reliable instrument
 to measure QOL in chronic gastritis patients. Scores were reproducible.
description: Development and
 validation of quality of life instruments for chronic diseases -- chronic
 gastritis version 2 (QLICD-CG V2.0)Development and
 validation of quality of life instruments for chronic diseases -- chronic
 gastritis version 2 (QLICD-CG V2.0)cfa.sav
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.72c92
title: Data from: Edge effects and geometric constraints: a landscape-level empirical test

description: Edge effects are pervasive in landscapes yet their causal mechanisms are
 still poorly understood. Traditionally, edge effects have been attributed
 to differences in habitat quality along the edge-interior gradient of
 habitat patches, under the assumption that no edge effects would occur if
 habitat quality was uniform. This assumption was questioned recently after
 the recognition that geometric constraints tend to reduce population
 abundances near the edges of habitat patches, the so-called “geometric
 edge effect” (GEE). Here we present the first empirical, landscape-level
 evaluation of the importance of the GEE in shaping abundance patterns in
 fragmented landscapes. Using a dataset on the distribution of small
 mammals across 18 forest fragments, we assessed whether the incorporation
 of the GEE into the analysis changes the interpretation of edge effects
 and the degree to which predictions based on the GEE match observed
 responses. Quantitative predictions were generated for each fragment using
 simulations that took into account home range, density and matrix use for
 each species. The incorporation of the GEE into the analysis changed
 substantially the interpretation of overall observed edge responses at the
 landscape scale. Observed abundances alone would lead to the conclusion
 that the small mammals as a group have no consistent preference for forest
 edges or interiors, and that the black-eared opossum Didelphis aurita (a
 numerically dominant species in the community) has on average a preference
 for forest interiors. In contrast, incorporation of the GEE suggested that
 the small mammal community as a whole has a preference for forest edges,
 whereas D. aurita has no preference for forest edges or interiors.
 Unexplained variance in edge responses was reduced by the incorporation of
 GEE, but remained large, varying greatly on a fragment-by-fragment basis.
 This study demonstrates how to model and incorporate the GEE in analyses
 of edge effects, and that this incorporation is necessary to properly
 interpret edge effects in landscapes. It also suggests that geometric
 constraints alone are unlikely to explain the variability in edge
 responses of a same species among different areas, highlighting the need
 to incorporate other ecological factors into explanatory models of edge
 effects.
description: Observed and Predicted
 abundanceThis file contains the
 observed and predicted abundances for the whole small mammal community
 (“Total abundance”), and for Didelphis aurita and Philander frenatus
 separately, across 18 forest fragments.observed_and_predicted_abundance.txtData for simulationThese data were used to simulate (model) the Geometric Edge Effect (GEE)data_for_simulation1.txt
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.92n50
title: Data from: Ecological immunization: In situ training of free-ranging predatory lizards reduces their vulnerability to invasive toxic prey

description: In Australia, large native predators are fatally poisoned when they ingest
 invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina). As a result, the spread of cane
 toads has caused catastrophic population declines in these predators.
 Immediately prior to the arrival of toads at a floodplain in the Kimberley
 region, we induced conditioned taste aversion in free-ranging varanid
 lizards (Varanus panoptes), by offering them small cane toads. By the end
 of the 18-month study, only one of 31 untrained lizards had survived
 longer than 110 days, compared to more than half (nine of 16) of trained
 lizards; the maximum known survival of a trained lizard in the presence of
 toads was 482 days. In situ aversion training (releasing small toads in
 advance of the main invasion front) offers a logistically simple and
 feasible way to buffer the impact of invasive toads on apex predators.
description: Survival curve
 data_DryadThis is the data used
 for the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis in our study. It includes the
 location of the individuals at our field site (North and South) that we
 analysed separately to account for different invasion histories. The
 grouping for the analysis is 'Trained' - Y/N, the censor code
 classifies mortalities and the dependent variable is
 'Survival'.CTA survival
 data.xlsx
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18385402
title: Data for article "How Corporate Social Responsibility Drives Performance in Commercial Banking"
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18385403
title: Data for article "How Corporate Social Responsibility Drives Performance in Commercial Banking"