cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5x69p8d2v
title: Data from: Microclimate-based species distribution models in complex terrain indicate widespread cryptic refugia under climate change

description: Aim: Species’ climatic niches may be poorly predicted by regional climate
 estimates used in species distribution models (SDMs) due to microclimatic
 buffering of local conditions. Here, we compare SDMs generated using a
 locally validated below-canopy microclimate model to those based on
 interpolated weather station data at two spatial scales to determine the
 effects of scale, topography, and forest cover on potential future
 ground-level warming and species distributions. Location: Great Smoky
 Mountains National Park (2090 km2; NC, TN, USA) Time period: 1970 – 2006
 Major taxa: Vascular plant species of the Southern Appalachians Methods:
 We compared the fit and predictions of SDMs generated using a database of
 plant occurrences and three climate models: macroclimate (1 km,
 WorldClim), fine-scale (30 m) interpolation of macroclimate with
 elevation, and fine-scale below-canopy microclimate from a ground-level
 sensor network. Results: We found that, although SDM fit was similar
 across models, microclimate-derived SDMs predicted substantially greater
 species persistence with 4 °C of regional warming, with a difference of
 50% of the species pool in some areas. Microclimate SDMs predicted higher
 stability of mid-elevation species, particularly in thermally buffered
 areas near streams, and critically, less change in species composition at
 high elevation. In contrast, predictions of macroclimate and interpolation
 models were similar despite improved resolution. Main conclusions: Our
 results demonstrate that careful selection of climate drivers, including
 local near-ground validation rather than interpolation, is critical for
 projecting distributions. They also suggest that some species at risk from
 climate change might persist, even with 4 °C of macroclimate warming, in
 cryptic refugia buffered by microclimate, pointing to the roles of forest
 cover and topography in explaining slower-than-expected changes in
 understory communities. However, certain species, such as those currently
 occurring on low-elevation ridges that are sensitive to atmospheric
 changes, may be at more risk than macroclimate or interpolated SDMs
 suggest.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.zkh18939m
title: The chicken or the egg? Plastome evolution and an independent loss of the inverted repeat in papilionoid legumes

description: The plastid genome (plastome), while surprisingly constant in gene order
 and content across most photosynthetic angiosperms, exhibits variability
 in several unrelated lineages.  During the
 diversification history of the legume family Fabaceae, plastomes have
 undergone many rearrangements, including inversions, expansion,
 contraction and loss of the typical inverted repeat (IR), gene loss and
 repeat accumulation in both shared and independent
 events.  While legume plastomes have been the subject of
 study for some time, most work has focused on agricultural species in the
 IR-lacking clade (IRLC) and the plant model Medicago
 truncatula.  The subfamily Papilionoideae, which
 contains virtually all of the agricultural legume species, also comprises
 most of the plastome variation detected thus far in the
 family.  In this study three non-papilioniods were
 included among 34 newly sequenced legume plastomes, along with 33 publicly
 available sequences, to assess plastome structural evolution in the
 subfamily.  In an effort to examine plastome variation
 across the subfamily, just ~20% of the sampling represents the IRLC with
 the remainder selected to represent the early-branching papilionoid
 clades. A number of IR-related and repeat-mediated changes were identified
 and examined in a phylogenetic context.  Recombination
 between direct repeats associated with ycf2 resulted in
 intraindividual plastome heteroplasmy. Although loss of the inverted
 repeat has not been reported in legumes outside of the IRLC, one genistoid
 taxon was found to completely lack the typical plastome
 IR.  The role of the IR and non-IR repeats in the
 progression of plastome change is discussed.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.wdbrv15p0
title: Parallel and non-parallel divergence within polymorphic populations of brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans (Actinopterygii: Gasterosteidae)

description: Studying parallel evolution allows us to draw conclusions about the
 repeatability of adaptive evolution. Whereas populations likely experience
 similar selective pressures in similar environments, it is not clear if
 this will always result in parallel divergence of ecologically relevant
 traits. Our study investigates the extent of parallelism associated with
 the evolution of pelvic spine reduction in brook stickleback populations.
 We find that populations with parallel divergence in pelvic spine
 morphology do not exhibit parallel divergence in head and body morphology
 but do exhibit parallel divergence in diet. In addition, we compare these
 patterns associated with pelvic reduction in brook stickleback to
 well-studied patterns of divergence between spined and unspined threespine
 stickleback. Whereas spine reduction is associated with littoral habitats
 and a benthic diet in threespine stickleback, spine reduction in brook
 stickleback is associated with a planktonic
 diet.  Hence, we find that pelvic spine
 divergence is associated with largely non-parallel ecological consequences
 across species.
description: For the morphological dataset, to quantify two-dimensional body
 shape, we digitized 27 anatomical landmarks on left-lateral photographs
 using tpsDIG2w32, version 2.31 (Rohlf, 2018). All landmarks were visible
 from the lateral side of the fish. The locations of landmarks are shown in
 Figure in the manuscript text. The landmark data is stored as a TPS file.
 Other data associated with the samples, including pelvic morphology,
 source population, sex, size, and year of collection, are in a separate
 CSV file (see README file). For the stable isotopes
 analysis, stickleback, zooplankton, and benthic macroinvertebrate tissues
 were thawed then rinsed with distilled H<sub>2</sub>O to clean
 off any lake-debris or mud. We then dried each sample at 65°C for 48 hrs
 in an incubator oven, ground it into a powder in liquid nitrogen using a
 mortar and pestle, then packed the ground tissue into 4 x 6 mm tin
 capsules for isotope analysis. Stable isotope analysis was performed on
 packed capsules using a Carbon and Nitrogen Ratio Mass Spectrophotometer
 at the University of Calgary Geosciences Isotope Analysis
 Laboratory. Stable isotope ratios are expressed as a delta notation (δ)
 which is defined as the parts per million (‰) difference from a universal
 standard. The standard material for δ13C is Pee Dee belemnite (PDB)
 limestone, and for δ15N it is atmospheric nitrogen (both ‰ values
 arbitrarily set at 0 ‰). Stable isotope data and all other data associated
 with the samples, including pelvic morphology, source population, sex,
 size, and year of collection, are in a single CSV file (see README file
 for more details).
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k0p2ngf87
title: Data from: Scaling of maneuvering performance in baleen whales: larger whales outperform expectations

description: Despite their enormous size, whales make their living as voracious
 predators. To catch their much smaller, more maneuverable prey, they have
 developed several unique locomotor strategies that require high energetic
 input, high mechanical power output, and a surprising degree of agility.
 To better understand how body size affects maneuverability at the largest
 scale, we used bio-logging data, aerial photogrammetry, and a
 high-throughput approach to quantify the maneuvering performance of seven
 species of free-swimming baleen whales. We found that as body size
 increases, absolute maneuvering performance decreases: larger whales use
 lower accelerations and perform slower pitch-changes, rolls, and turns
 than smaller species. We also found that baleen whales exhibit positive
 allometry of maneuvering performance: relative to their body size, larger
 whales use higher accelerations, and perform faster pitch-changes, rolls
 and certain types of turns than smaller species. However, not all
 maneuvers were impacted by body size in the same way, and we found that
 larger whales behaviorally adjust for their decreased agility by using
 turns that they can perform more effectively. The positive allometry of
 maneuvering performance suggests that large whales have compensated for
 their increased body size by evolving more effective control surfaces and
 by preferentially selecting maneuvers that play to their strengths.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ghx3ffbnr
title: Threshold models improve estimates of molt parameters in datasets with small sample sizes

description: The timing of events in birds’ annual cycles is important to understanding
 life history evolution and response to global climate change. Molt timing
 is often measured as an index of the sum of grown feather proportion or
 mass within the primary flight feathers.  The distribution of
 these molt data over time has proven difficult to model with standard
 linear models. The parameters of interest are at change points in model
 fit over time, and so least squares regression models that assume molt is
 linear violate the assumption of even variance.  This has led to
 the introduction of other nonparametric models to estimate molt
 parameters. Hinge models directly estimate changes in model fit, and have
 been used in many systems to find change points in data distributions.
 Here, we apply a hinge model to molt timing, through the introduction of a
 double-hinge threshold model. We then examine its performance in
 comparison to current models using simulated and empirical data. We find
 that the Underhill-Zuchinni (UZ) and Pimm models perform well under many
 circumstances, and appears to outperform the threshold model in datasets
 with very high variance. The double-hinge threshold model outperforms the
 UZ model at low sample sizes of birds in active molt, and shorter molt
 durations, and provides more realistic confidence intervals at small
 sample sizes.   
description: Code for simulations and analysis were written by Ryan S.
 Terrill. Hinge Model functions and the R package "chngpt" were
 written by Youyi Fong. Painted Bunting data were collected at the Moore
 Lab of Zoology, and in the field in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico, by Ryan S.
 Terrill.
description: Code is provided to simulate and analyze molt data. Painted
 Bunting data is provided here. The other dataset used (Sanderlings) is
 available in the R package "moult."
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cfxpnvx51
title: Raw data for: Biomechanical demands of percussive techniques in the context of early stone toolmaking

description: Recent discoveries in archaeology and palaeoanthropology highlight that
 stone stool knapping could have emerged first within the genera
 Australopithecus or Kenyanthropus rather than Homo. To explore the
 implications of this hypothesis  determining the physical demands
 and motor control needed for performing the percussive movements during
 the oldest stone toolmaking technology (i.e. Lomekwian) would help. We
 analysed the joint-angle patterns and muscle activity of a knapping expert
 using three stone tool replication techniques: unipolar flaking on passive
 hammer (PH), bipolar flaking on anvil (BP), multidirectional and
 multifacial flaking with free hand (FH). PH presents high levels of
 activity for Biceps brachii and the wrist extensors and flexors. By
 contrast, BP and FH are characterised by high solicitation of forearm
 pronation. The synergy analyses depict a high muscular and kinematic
 coordination. Whereas the muscle pattern is very close between the
 techniques, kinematic pattern is more variable, especially for PH. FH
 displays better muscle coordination and conversely lesser joint-angle
 coordination. These observations suggest that the transition from anvil
 and hammer to freehand knapping techniques in early hominins have been
 made possible by the acquisition of a behavioural repertoire producing an
 evolutionary advantage that gradually would have been beneficial for stone
 tool production.
description: The dataset was collected at the University of Poitiers (PPrime
 Institute) and has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the
 Royal Society Interface.
description: Please find attached the raw EMG and kinematic data for each
 trial of each technique. In addtion, there are the 5th metacarpal bone
 marker (R_MC1) files to detect each strike cycle. The
 readme file contains an explanation of each dataset and how to process
 them with the matlab codes avaible from this link : https://github.com/mdomalai/BiomechStoneToolmaking_RSI.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18397016
title: THE INTEGRATION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN MODERN EDUCATION AS A PRESSING PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18397017
title: THE INTEGRATION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN MODERN EDUCATION AS A PRESSING PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGE
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j6q573ndn
title: Data from: Spatial patterns in the size of Chinese lizards are driven by multiple factors

description: Background: For almost two centuries, ecologists examined
 geographical patterns in the evolution of body size and the associated
 determinants. During that time, one of the most common patterns to have
 emerged is the increase in body size with increasing latitude (referred to
 as Bergmann’s rule). Typically, this pattern is explained in terms of an
 evolutionary response that serves to minimize heat loss in colder
 climates, mostly in endotherms. In contrast, however, this rule rarely
 explains geographical patterns in the evolution of body size among
 ectotherms (e.g., reptiles). Location: China Aim: In this study, we
 assembled a dataset comprising the maximum sizes of 211 lizard species in
 China and examined the geographical patterns in body size evolution and
 its determinants. Specifically, we assessed the relationship between body
 size and climate among all lizard species and within four major groups at
 both assemblage and interspecific levels. Results: Although we found that
 the body size of Chinese lizards was larger in warmer regions, we
 established that at the assemblage level, size was correlated with
 multiple climatic factors, and that body size–climate correlations
 differed within the four major groups. Phylogenetic analysis at the
 species level revealed that no single climatic factor was associated with
 body size, with the exception of agamids, for which size was found to be
 correlated with temperature. Main conclusions: Geographical patterns in
 Chinese lizard body size are driven by multiple factors, and overall
 patterns are probably influenced by those of the major groups. We suggest
 that our analyses at two different levels may have contributed to the
 inconsistent results obtained in this study. Further studies investigating
 the effects of altitude and ecological factors are needed to gain a more
 comprehensive understanding of the evolution of ectotherm body size.
description: Data of Chinese lizard body size (Snout-vent length) were
 collected from published studies, wild and museum specimens.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.05qfttf2t
title: Visual obstruction, but not moderate traffic noise, increases reliance on heterospecific alarm calls

description: Animals rely on both personal and social information about danger to
 minimise risk, yet environmental conditions constrain information. Both
 visual obstructions and background noise can reduce detectability of
 predators, which may increase reliance on social information, such as from
 alarm calls. Furthermore, a combination of visual and auditory constraints
 might greatly increase reliance on social information, because the loss of
 information from one source cannot be compensated by the other. Testing
 these possibilities requires manipulating personal information while
 broadcasting alarm calls. We therefore experimentally tested the effects
 of a visual barrier, traffic noise and their combination on the response
 of Australian magpies, Cracticus tibicen, to heterospecific alarm calls.
 The barrier blocked only visual cues, while playback of moderate traffic
 noise could mask subtle acoustic cues of danger, such as of a predator’s
 movement, but not alarm-call playback. We predicted that response to alarm
 calls would increase with either visual or acoustic constraint, and that
 there would be a disproportionate response when both were present. As
 predicted, individuals responded more strongly to alarm calls when there
 was a visual barrier. However, moderate traffic noise did not affect
 responses, and the effect of the visual barrier was not greater during
 traffic-noise playback. We conclude that a reduction of personal, visual
 information led to a greater reliance on social information from alarm
 calls, confirming indirect evidence from other species. The absence of a
 traffic-noise effect could be because in Australian magpies hearing subtle
 cues is less important than vision in detecting predators.
description: The methods of data collection are in the paper.
description: Please read the "README_for_Ratnayake_et_al 2021.txt"
 file. We have also added a pdf file with the R code to aid in
 interpretation of the data, and show how they were used in
 analyses.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.mcvdnck13
title: A novel mitochondrial Kv1.3-caveolin axis controls cell survival and apoptosis

description: The voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 plays an apparent dual
 physiological role by participating in activation and proliferation of
 leukocytes as well as promoting apoptosis in several types of tumor cells.
 Therefore, Kv1.3 is considered a potential pharmacological target for
 immunodeficiency and cancer. Different cellular locations of Kv1.3, at the
 plasma membrane or the mitochondria, could be responsible for such
 duality. While plasma membrane Kv1.3 facilitates proliferation, the
 mitochondrial channel modulates apoptotic signaling.  Several
 molecular determinants of Kv1.3 drive the channel to the cell surface, but
 no information is available about its mitochondrial targeting. Caveolins,
 which are able to modulate cell survival, participate in the plasma
 membrane targeting of Kv1.3. The channel, via a caveolin-binding domain
 (CDB), associates with caveolin 1 (Cav1), which localizes Kv1.3 to lipid
 raft membrane microdomains. The aim of our study was to understand the
 role of such interactions not only for channel targeting but also for cell
 survival in mammalian cells. By using a caveolin association-deficient
 channel (Kv1.3 CDBless), we demonstrate here that while the Kv1.3-Cav1
 interaction is responsible for the channel localization in the plasma
 membrane, a lack of such interaction accumulates Kv1.3 in the
 mitochondria. Kv1.3 CDBless severely affects mitochondrial physiology and
 cell survival, indicating that a functional link of Kv1.3 with Cav1 within
 the mitochondria modulates the pro-apoptotic effects of the channel.
 Therefore, the balance exerted by these two complementary mechanisms
 fine-tune the physiological role of Kv1.3 during cell survival or
 apoptosis. Our data highlight an unexpected role for the mitochondrial
 caveolin-Kv1.3 axis during cell survival and apoptosis.
description: Data was collected from independent experiments performed in each
 laboratory partner. All techniques are been freely accessible and
 descriptions and procedures are fully included in materials and methods
 section of the related manuscript.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.zs7h44j8j
title: Ancient geological dynamics impact neutral biodiversity accumulation and are detectable in phylogenetic reconstructions

description: Aim Landmasses have been continuously modified by tectonic activity, the
 breakup and collision of landmasses is thought to have generated or
 suppressed ecological opportunities, altering the rates of speciation,
 dispersal and extinction. However, the extent to which the signatures of
 past geologic events are retained in modern biodiversity patterns - or
 obliterated by recent ecological dynamics - remains unresolved. We aim to
 identify the fingerprint of different scenarios of geological activity on
 phylogenetic trees and geographic range size distributions. Location
 Global. Time period Geological time. Major taxa studied Theoretical
 predictions for any taxa. Methods We conducted spatially explicit
 simulations under a neutral model of range evolution, speciation and
 extinction for three different geological scenarios that differed in their
 geological histories. We set a limit in the number of populations that
 locally can coexist which along with the geographic boundaries of
 landmasses, influences the rate of range expansion. Results Our results
 demonstrate regions of similar size, age and ecological limits will differ
 in richness and macroevolutionary patterns based solely on the geological
 history of landmass breakup-collision even in the absence of species’
 ecological differences i.e., neutrality. When landmasses collide, regional
 richness is higher, lineages exhibit more similar rates of speciation and
 phylogenetic trees are more balanced than in the geologically static
 scenario. Stringent local limits to coexistence yield lower regional
 diversity but in general do not affect our ability to distinguish
 geological scenarios. Main conclusions These findings provide an
 alternative explanation for existence of some hotspots of diversity in
 areas of high geological activity. Although a limit in the number of
 coexisting species largely influences regional diversity, its contribution
 to phylogenetic patterns is lower than variation in per-capita rates of
 speciation and extirpation. Importantly, these findings demonstrate the
 potential for inferring past geological history from distributions of
 phylogenies and range sizes.
DOI: 10.60797/jae.2026.65.8.2
title: Масса туш здоровых особей

description: Journal of Agriculture and Environment, Выпуск 1 (65) 2026