cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.373mg
title: Data from: Linkage of plant trait space to successional age and species richness in boreal forest understory vegetation

description: Determining the changes in within- and between-species functional
 diversity in plant communities, and their contribution to overall species
 trait overlap, can enhance efforts at understanding mechanisms of species
 coexistence. However, little is known about how variation in species
 functional diversity influences variation in species trait overlap among
 contrasting environments. Here, we studied the understorey vegetation in a
 well-characterized 5000-year-old chronosequence involving 30 forested
 islands that differ greatly in size, soil fertility, and species
 diversity. Across this chronosequence we expected consistent changes in
 both within- and between-species functional diversity that would lead to
 decreasing overall species trait overlap with increasing successional age,
 species richness, understorey vegetation density and spatial heterogeneity
 of soil resources. For each island we measured specific leaf area (SLA) of
 each of ten individuals of each plant species present. Using a variance
 decomposition method, we partitioned the total community functional
 diversity of SLA on each island into within- and between-species
 functional diversity. Further, we estimated overall species trait overlap
 as the ratio of within-species functional diversity to total functional
 diversity. Using regression analyses we then explored relationships of
 within- and between-species functional diversity, and of overall species
 trait overlap, with several environmental variables across the 30 islands.
 Consistent with our hypotheses, overall species trait overlap decreased
 with successional age due to a statistically significant decrease in
 within-species functional diversity, and decreased with species richness
 due to a simultaneous decrease in within-species functional diversity and
 increase in between-species functional diversity. Against our predictions,
 overall species trait overlap increased in more competitive environments
 and did not change with increasing spatial heterogeneity of soil N or P.
 Synthesis: Our study suggests niche packing as a key mechanism for species
 coexistence in plant communities. Using SLA as an integrator of plant
 ecological strategy we show that community successional age and species
 richness are significantly linked to trait space distribution of plant
 individuals of boreal forest understorey vegetation and therefore to local
 species coexistence. Our results also suggest that the trait space of
 dominant and subordinate species may respond differently to local
 environmental variables.
description: Kumordzi et al.
 2015_dataF
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.09rd4
title: Data from: Effects of biochar on fate and toxicity of herbicide fenoxaprop-ethyl in soil

description: The biochar as soil amendment in agriculture has attracted considerable
 attention. In the study, the fate and toxicity of the herbicide
 fenoxaprop-ethyl were evaluated in soils with and without 5% rice husk
 biochar amendment. Fenoxaprop-ethyl and metabolite fenoxaprop degraded
 followed first-order kinetics in the two soils. Fenoxaprop-ethyl decreased
 fast with half-lives less than 2 days. Large amounts of fenoxaprop formed
 and remained in control soil. However, fenoxaprop was much lower in
 biochar-amended soil with reduction over 85% at the 35th day. The
 estimated half-lives of fenoxaprop were 56.9 and 1.5 days in control and
 biochar-amended soils, respectively. Biochar restrained the formation and
 promoted the dissipation of fenoxaprop. Biological indicator earthworms
 (Eisenia fetida) were used in a 14-day acute toxicity test.
 Fenoxaprop-ethyl shown low toxic to earthworms with LC50 value of 322.9
 μg/g. Biochar amendment was nontoxic to earthworms and effectively reduced
 the toxicity. The results suggested that the application of biochar may
 reduce the risks of fenoxaprop-ethyl in the soil environment.
description: Fate of fenoxaprop-ethyl
 and fenoxapropConcentration and SD of
 fenoxaprop-ethyl and fenoxaprop in control and biochar-amended soils
 during the incubationDATA.docx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3565g
title: Data from: Exotic species enhance response diversity to land-use change but modify functional composition

description: Two main mechanisms may buffer ecosystem functions despite biodiversity
 loss. First, multiple species could share similar ecological roles, thus
 providing functional redundancy. Second, species may respond differently
 to environmental change (response diversity). However, ecosystem function
 would be best protected when functionally redundant species also show
 response diversity. This linkage has not been studied directly, so we
 investigated whether native and exotic pollinator species with similar
 traits (functional redundancy) differed in abundance (response diversity)
 across an agricultural intensification gradient. Exotic pollinator species
 contributed most positive responses, which partially stabilized overall
 abundance of the pollinator community. However, although some functionally
 redundant species exhibited response diversity, this was not consistent
 across functional groups and aggregate abundances within each functional
 group were rarely stabilized. This shows functional redundancy and
 response diversity do not always operate in concert. Hence, despite exotic
 species becoming increasingly dominant in human-modified systems, they
 cannot replace the functional composition of native species.
description: Species abundances per
 siteThis data file contains
 abundances for all pollinator species at each sampling site used in
 response diversity analyses.response_diversity.csvPollinator trait valuesThis file contains trait values for pollinator species used in functional redundancy analyses.traits.csvSampling site co-ordinatesThis file contains coordinates for all pollinator sampling sites.site_coordinates.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.558pt7j
title: Data from: Plasticity for desiccation tolerance across Drosophila species is affected by phylogeny and climate in complex ways

description: Comparative analyses of ectotherm susceptibility to climate change often
 focus on thermal extremes, yet responses to aridity may be equally
 important. Here we focus on plasticity in desiccation resistance, a key
 trait shaping distributions of Drosophila species and other small
 ectotherms. We examined the extent to which 32 Drosophila species, varying
 in their distribution, could increase their desiccation resistance via
 phenotypic plasticity involving hardening, linking these responses to
 environment, phylogeny and basal resistance. We found no evidence to
 support the seasonality hypothesis; species with higher hardening
 plasticity did not occupy environments with higher and more seasonal
 precipitation. As basal resistance increased, the capacity of species to
 respond via phenotypic plasticity decreased, suggesting plastic responses
 involving hardening may be constrained by basal resistance. Trade-offs
 between basal desiccation resistance and plasticity were not universal
 across the phylogeny and tended to occur within specific clades.
 Phylogeny, environment and trade-offs all helped to explain variation in
 plasticity for desiccation resistance but in complex ways. These findings
 suggest some species have the ability to counter dry periods through
 plastic responses, whereas others do not; and this ability will depend to
 some extent on a species’ placement within a phylogeny, along with its
 basal level of resistance.
description: Trait means and
 environmental data for the 33 speciesDesiccation hardening
 (HRR and HC 3.5) for all 33 species. Environmental data averaged across
 the entire range of each species.Kellermann
 dryad.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8m0k4
title: Data from: Immune responses in hibernating little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) with white-nose syndrome

description: White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease responsible for decimating
 many bat populations in North America. Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd),
 the psychrophilic fungus responsible for WNS, prospers in the winter
 habitat of many hibernating bat species. The immune response that Pd
 elicits in bats is not yet fully understood; antibodies are produced in
 response to infection by Pd, but they may not be protective and indeed may
 be harmful. To understand how bats respond to infection during
 hibernation, we studied the effect of Pd inoculation on the survival and
 gene expression of captive hibernating Myotis lucifugus with varying
 pre-hibernation antifungal antibody titres. We investigated gene
 expression through the transcription of selected cytokine genes (Il6,
 Il17a, Il1b, Il4 and Ifng) associated with inflammatory, Th1, Th2 and Th17
 immune responses in wing tissue and lymph nodes. We found no difference in
 survival between bats with low and high anti-Pd titres, although anti-Pd
 antibody production during hibernation differed significantly between
 infected and uninfected bats. Transcription of Il6 and Il17a was higher in
 the lymph nodes of infected bats compared with uninfected bats. Increased
 transcription of these cytokines in the lymph node suggests that a
 pro-inflammatory immune response to WNS is not restricted to infected
 tissues and occurs during hibernation. The resulting Th17 response may be
 protective in euthermic bats, but because it may disrupt torpor, it could
 be detrimental during hibernation.
description: Complete data file for
 little brown myotis immune responses WNS paperData were collected from
 field captured animals that were hibernated in captivity and samples
 collected from them. See details in the paper and in the "notes"
 tab of this spreadsheet.all_PCB_data.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.0ss0k
title: Data from: Pregnancy is detected via odour in a wild cooperative breeder

description: Among mammals, scent has long been known to encode oestrus; however, in
 many species, detecting pregnancy may also be important in terms of both
 competition and mate-choice. Here, we show, through odour presentation
 experiments, that pregnancy is discernible via scent by both sexes in the
 cooperatively breeding banded mongoose, Mungos mungo. Males spent more
 time investigating and were more likely to scent mark the odours of
 non-pregnant females, compared to pregnant females. Females showed
 increased levels of scent marking when odours were of the same
 reproductive state as themselves. These results present the first direct
 demonstration that pregnancy is detectable via scent in wild cooperative
 breeders. Detecting pregnancy may be particularly important in cooperative
 breeders as, in addition to the competition between males for receptive
 mates, there is also intense competition between females for access to
 alloparental care. Consequently, dominant females benefit from targeting
 reproductive suppression towards subordinates that represent direct
 threats, such as pregnant females.
description: Data used in all models
 of responses to scentsData used to determine
 responses to scents from pregnant and non-pregnant females. The excel file
 contains two sheets - one for female recipients and one for male
 recipients. The response terms are in the last three columns. Throughout
 the file 1 = pregnant female and 0 = non-pregnant
 female.Data.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cb11j
title: Data from: Highly masculinized and younger males attain higher reproductive success in a social rodent

description: Abstract: Alternative morphotypes have been reported in males of different
 taxa. In some mammals highly masculinized and slightly masculinized males
 represent two opposite ends along a gradient of phenotypic variation in
 males. This phenotypical gradient originates during prenatal development.
 Laboratory studies have documented how highly and slightly masculinized
 males differ in several traits, including their reproductive success.
 However, the extent to which these reported differences materialize in
 natural populations remains unknown. We quantified the impact of male
 morphotype on male reproductive success in a natural population of Octodon
 degus, a highly social rodent. We assessed male morphotype through a
 continuous gradient of anogenital distance. We also tested the hypothesis
 that the social environment interacts with male morphotype to influence
 male reproductive success. We found that individual attributes, including
 masculinization level and age, impacted male reproductive success. Highly
 masculinized and younger males had greater reproductive success.
 Additionally, male body weight had a small magnitude but positive effect
 on male reproductive success. Male reproductive success was not affected
 by social attributes such as group composition. Thus, the number of males
 and females within a group did not affect male reproductive success, nor
 did the average male anogenital distance within a group. Our results
 support the hypothesis that the prenatal environment can result in
 long-term effects on individual life history and cause intrasexual
 phenotypical variation in natural populations. Our findings suggest that
 male phenotypical masculinization could be an adaptive trait, regardless
 of the social environment.
description: Data 1.Masculinized and
 younger males attain higher reproductive success in a social
 rodentI attached only one
 excel file with all data about males. File includes data about: N°
 offspring sired, male AGD, male mean body weight, male age (1,2), female
 number in social group, male number in social group, mean group AGD,
 social group ID and year
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.83873
title: Data from: Fractal geometry of a complex plumage trait reveals bird's quality

description: Animal coloration is key in natural and sexual selection, playing
 significant roles in intra- and interspecific communication because of its
 linkage to individual behaviour, genetics and physiology. Simple animal
 traits such as the area or the colour intensity of homogeneous patches
 have been profusely studied. More complex patterns are widespread in
 nature, but they escape our understanding because their variation is
 difficult to capture effectively by standard, simple measures. Here, we
 used fractal geometry to quantify inter-individual variation in the
 expression of a complex plumage trait, the heterogeneous black bib of the
 red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa). We show that a higher bib fractal
 dimension (FD) predicted better individual body condition, as well as
 immune responsiveness, which is condition-dependent in our study species.
 Moreover, when food intake was experimentally reduced during moult as a
 means to reduce body condition, the bib's FD significantly decreased.
 Fractal geometry therefore provides new opportunities for the study of
 complex animal colour patterns and their roles in animal communication.
description: Perez-Rodriguez_et_al_2013_correlThis file contains the data used to analyse the relationship between bib size and FD and body condition and immunocompetence of red-legged partridgesPerez-Rodriguez_et_al_2013_expThis file contains the data of the experiment used to analyze the effect of food restriction during moult on bib size and bib FD in red legged partridgesPerez-Rodriguez_et_al_2013_weightsThis file contains weights of the birds included in the experiment designed to analyze the effect of food restriction during moult on bib size and bib FD in red legged partridges.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.p78p5
title: Data from: Novel evolutionary pathways of sex-determining mechanisms

description: Evolutionary transitions between sex-determining mechanisms (SDMs) are an
 enigma. Among vertebrates, individual sex (male or female) is primarily
 determined by either genes (genotypic sex determination, GSD) or embryonic
 incubation temperature (temperature-dependent sex determination, TSD), and
 these mechanisms have undergone repeated evolutionary transitions. Despite
 this evolutionary lability, transitions from GSD (i.e. from male
 heterogamety, XX/XY, or female heterogamety, ZZ/ZW) to TSD are an
 evolutionary conundrum, as they appear to require crossing a fitness
 valley arising from the production of genotypes with reduced viability
 owing to being homogametic for degenerated sex chromosomes (YY or WW
 individuals). Moreover, it is unclear whether alternative (e.g. mixed)
 forms of sex-determination can persist across evolutionary time. It has
 previously been suggested that transitions would be easy if
 temperature-dependent sex-reversal (e.g. XX male or XY female) were
 asymmetrical, occurring only in the homogametic sex. However, only
 recently has a mechanistic model of sex determination emerged that may
 allow such asymmetrical sex-reversal. We demonstrate that selection for
 TSD in a realistic sex-determining system can readily drive evolutionary
 transitions from GSD to TSD that do not require the production of YY or WW
 individuals. In XX /XY systems, sex-reversal (female to male) occurs in a
 portion of the XX individuals only, leading to the loss of the Y allele
 (or chromosome) from the population as XX individuals mate with each
 other. The outcome is a population of XX individuals whose sex is
 determined by incubation temperature (TSD). Moreover, our model reveals a
 novel evolutionarily stable state representing a mixed-mechanism system
 that has not been revealed by previous approaches. This study solves two
 long-standing puzzles of the evolution of sex-determining mechanisms by
 illuminating the evolutionary pathways and endpoints.
description: TauDataTableParameters and results from simulation runs that allowed the threshold, tau, to evolve. The file lists: 'Run#' - internal designation of run based on researchers' simulations; 'SDM' - whether the system was initiated as XX/XY or ZZ/ZW; 'rho' - the relative survival of an atypical genotype (WW or YY) compared to other genotypes; Tau_start - the single value of tau that all individuals in the population had at the beginning of the simulation; Tau_end_mean - the mean value of tau across individuals in the population after 10,000 iterations of the simulation; Tau_end_min - the minimum value of tau across individuals in the population after 10,000 iterations of the simulation; Tau_end_max - the maximum value of tau across individuals in the population after 10,000 iterations of the simulation; Tau_end_SD - the standard deviation of tau across individuals in the population after 10,000 iterations of the simulation.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18384681
title: Data and scripts for "Constrained Padé Ensembles for Thermal N=4 SYM"

description: Data and scripts for "Constrained Padé Ensembles for Thermal N=4 SYM: Quantified Uncertainties and Next-Order Predictions".

**v2 (January 2026):** Updated η/s analysis with corrected NLL weak-coupling anchor from Caron-Huot et al. (PRL 98, 172303). Implements multi-ansatz ensemble (Ansatz A: Hermite splice + Ansatz B: harmonic mixing) with curvature-based crossover diagnostic.

Contents:- eta_over_s_zenodo_v2.zip containing:  - eta_over_s_analysis.py: Python script for η/s interpolation and figures  - eta_over_s_band_loglog_AB_noMarker_centralMedianLC.png: Ensemble band plot  - eta_over_s_curvature_centralMedianLC.png: Curvature diagnostic (λ_c ≈ 7.85)

Previous v1 files (thermodynamics and other transport figures) remain available in version history.

License: CC BY 4.0

Citation: Please cite this dataset and the article: arXiv:2510.22583
DOI: 10.15468/dl.sxsqh8
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 117 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Dimorphanthera dekockii",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "BasisOfRecord is one of (Specimen)"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 117 records from 12 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0001275-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17568719
title: Data and scripts for "Constrained Padé Ensembles for Thermal N=4 SYM"

description: Data and scripts for "Constrained Padé Ensembles for Thermal N=4 SYM: Quantified Uncertainties and Next-Order Predictions".

**v2 (January 2026):** Updated η/s analysis with corrected NLL weak-coupling anchor from Caron-Huot et al. (PRL 98, 172303). Implements multi-ansatz ensemble (Ansatz A: Hermite splice + Ansatz B: harmonic mixing) with curvature-based crossover diagnostic.

Contents:- eta_over_s_zenodo_v2.zip containing:  - eta_over_s_analysis.py: Python script for η/s interpolation and figures  - eta_over_s_band_loglog_AB_noMarker_centralMedianLC.png: Ensemble band plot  - eta_over_s_curvature_centralMedianLC.png: Curvature diagnostic (λ_c ≈ 7.85)

Previous v1 files (thermodynamics and other transport figures) remain available in version history.

License: CC BY 4.0

Citation: Please cite this dataset and the article: arXiv:2510.22583
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18384723
title: Developmental density shapes adult mate guarding strategies in an invertebrate

description: This repository contains the data and R script associated with an experimental study examining how developmental social environment shapes post-copulatory mate-guarding behaviour in the nuptial gift–giving cricket Gryllodes sigillatus. Males and females were reared under high or low same-sex densities in a full factorial design and crossed in standardized no-choice mating trials. The dataset includes measures of mate-guarding duration, female feeding time on the spermatophylax, ampulla retention time, post-copulatory touches, and body mass for both sexes. All analyses were conducted in R, with scripts designed to run from raw data to final results without manual intervention.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18301356
title: Developmental density shapes adult mate guarding strategies in an invertebrate

description: This repository contains the data and R script associated with an experimental study examining how developmental social environment shapes post-copulatory mate-guarding behaviour in the nuptial gift–giving cricket Gryllodes sigillatus. Males and females were reared under high or low same-sex densities in a full factorial design and crossed in standardized no-choice mating trials. The dataset includes measures of mate-guarding duration, female feeding time on the spermatophylax, ampulla retention time, post-copulatory touches, and body mass for both sexes. All analyses were conducted in R, with scripts designed to run from raw data to final results without manual intervention.