cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.97cj5
title: Data from: Effect of management on natural capital stocks underlying ecosystem service provision: a ‘provider group’ approach

description: Land management practices directly impact on the occurrence and condition
 of natural capital stocks, which can be measured using species diversity
 and abundance metrics. Species identity and abundance drive ecosystem
 service supply, either through effects of local diversity and/or through
 the presence of service providing species. However, the influence of
 management practices on the provision of ecosystem services is not
 adequately understood. We grouped grassland plant species into six groups
 according to desirable attributes (palatability and nutritional value to
 livestock; medicinal or aromatic compounds; nectar production; pollen
 production; nitrogen fixation; and endemic and red listed species), which
 we recognise as ecosystem service ‘provider groups’, and tested the
 influence of three land management practices (abandonment of mowing,
 grazing, and mowing) on diversity and abundance within these groups in
 upland temperate grasslands of Transylvania (Romania). All three
 management practices favoured at least one provider group, but hay making
 in upland grasslands favoured more provider groups than abandonment of
 mowing or grazing. The effects of management on diversity and abundance
 within several provider groups diverged from the effects on overall
 species diversity and abundance. Management, through changes in species
 composition, favours certain provider groups, and hence ecosystem
 services, over others. The provider group approach is more useful than
 overall species diversity metrics for assessing the provision of ecosystem
 services from landscapes and can be used to inform the development of
 agri-environment schemes and conservation policies aimed at meeting
 priorities for ecosystem service provision.
description: Maseyk et
 al_BiodivConserv_Data&RScripts1. R code DataPrep (R
 script for data compilation and file preparation); 2. R code LMM and
 graphs (R script for Linear Mixed Models and plotting); 3. Masterfile.csv
 (raw data file); 4. Abandoned.csv, Mowed.csv and Grazed.csv (input data by
 management type); 5. Count.csv, Cover.csv, Evar.csv, InvSimpson.csv (input
 data by metric).Final Data and R
 code.zip
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.92jq2km
title: Data from: Effects of winter food provisioning on the phenotypes of breeding blue tits

description: Throughout the Western World huge numbers of people regularly supply food
 for wild birds. However, evidence of negative impacts of winter feeding on
 future reproduction has highlighted a need to improve understanding of the
 underlying mechanisms shaping avian responses to supplementary food. Here,
 we test the possibility that carry-over effects are mediated via their
 impact on the phenotypes of breeding birds, either by influencing the
 phenotypic structure of populations through changes in winter survival
 and/or by more direct effects on the condition of breeding birds. Using a
 landscape-scale three-year study of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), we
 demonstrate the importance of nutritional composition of supplementary
 food in determining carry-over effect outcomes. We show that breeding
 populations which had access to vitamin E-rich foods during the previous
 winter were comprised of individuals with reduced feather carotenoid
 concentrations, indicative of lower pre-feeding phenotypic condition,
 compared to fat-fed and unfed populations. This suggests that
 supplementary feeding in winter can result in altered population
 phenotypic structure at the time of breeding, perhaps by enhancing
 survival and recruitment of lower quality individuals. However,
 supplementation of a fat-rich diet during winter was detrimental to the
 oxidative state of breeding birds, with these phenotypic differences
 ultimately found to impact upon reproductive success. Our findings
 demonstrate the complex nature by which supplementary feeding can
 influence wild bird populations.
description: Breeding blue tit
 phenotypesData describing
 phenotypic condition and productivity of breeding blue tits in 2008-2010
 following experimental food supplementation in winter. Phenotypic
 condition measures include concentrations of total carotenoids in
 feathers, plasma concentrations of total carotenoids, alpha-tocopherol and
 malondialdehyde (MDA), and body mass. Measures of breeding productivity
 include lay date, numbers of offspring hatched and fledged, and mean
 nestling mass and head-bill length.Plummer_BTphenotypes_dataset.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1pj40
title: Data from: A qualitative study exploring the health literacy issues in the care of Chinese American immigrants with diabetes

description: Objectives: To investigate why first-generation Chinese immigrants with
 diabetes have difficulty obtaining, processing and understanding diabetes
 related information despite the existence of translated materials and
 translators. Design: This qualitative study employed purposive sampling.
 Six focus groups and two individual interviews were conducted. Each group
 discussion lasted approximately 90 min and was guided by semistructured
 and open-ended questions. Setting: Data were collected in two community
 health centres and one elderly retirement village in Los Angeles,
 California. Participants: 29 Chinese immigrants aged ≥45 years and
 diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for at least 1 year. Results: Eight key
 themes were found to potentially affect Chinese immigrants' capacity
 to obtain, communicate, process and understand diabetes related health
 information and consequently alter their decision making in self-care.
 Among the themes, three major categories emerged: cultural factors,
 structural barriers, and personal barriers. Conclusions: Findings
 highlight the importance of cultural sensitivity when working with
 first-generation Chinese immigrants with diabetes. Implications for health
 professionals, local community centres and other potential service
 providers are discussed.
description: raw data_QL
 study_20141125preliminary
 analysis
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.pv84f
title: Data from: Evolution of cultural traits occurs at similar relative rates in different world regions

description: A fundamental issue in understanding human diversity is whether or not
 there are regular patterns and processes involved in cultural change.
 Theoretical and mathematical models of cultural evolution have been
 developed and are increasingly being used and assessed in empirical
 analyses. Here, we test the hypothesis that the rates of change of
 features of human socio-cultural organization are governed by general
 rules. One prediction of this hypothesis is that different cultural traits
 will tend to evolve at similar relative rates in different world regions,
 despite the unique historical backgrounds of groups inhabiting these
 regions. We used phylogenetic comparative methods and systematic
 cross-cultural data to assess how different socio-cultural traits changed
 in (i) island southeast Asia and the Pacific, and (ii) sub-Saharan Africa.
 The relative rates of change in these two regions are significantly
 correlated. Furthermore, cultural traits that are more directly related to
 external environmental conditions evolve more slowly than traits related
 to social structures. This is consistent with the idea that a form of
 purifying selection is acting with greater strength on these more
 environmentally linked traits. These results suggest that despite
 contingent historical events and the role of humans as active agents in
 the historical process, culture does indeed evolve in ways that can be
 predicted from general principles
description: Currie_Mace_2014_ProcB_CultRates_EA_dataCoded Ethnographic Data from Murdock's Ethnographic Atlas matched to Bantu and Austronesian-speaking societies
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t9q56
title: Data from: Resting and daily energy expenditures during reproduction are adjusted in opposite directions in free-living birds

description: 1. Reproduction is energetically expensive, and daily energy expenditure
 (DEE) often peaks during the period of rearing young. The “potentiation”
 hypothesis predicts that high DEE needs to be sustained by a corresponding
 up-regulation of metabolic machinery, thus a concomitant increase of the
 resting metabolic rate (RMR) is expected. Alternatively, the
 “compensation” hypothesis predicts that DEE and RMR are regulated
 independently and animals may maintain low RMR to maximize the energy
 available for reproduction. This might particularly be the case if DEE was
 limited, e.g. by extrinsic food supply or intrinsic physiological factors.
 2. We tested these hypotheses in free-living seabirds by manipulating
 their energy demands (experimentally reduced or increased brood size) and
 supplies (providing supplemental food), and simultaneously measuring their
 DEE and RMR (by the doubly-labeled water method and an indirect hormonal
 proxy, respectively). 3. In support of the ‘compensation’ hypothesis,
 metabolic rates were adjusted independently and in opposite directions
 with an increase of DEE and a decrease of the hormonal proxy for RMR in
 individuals rearing young compared to birds with removed broods. Energy
 expenditure of unfed birds with chicks appeared to be limited as
 experimental brood enlargement did not cause an increase in DEE.
 Supplemental feeding did not allow DEE to exceed this apparent limitation.
 4. We propose that a reduction of the resting metabolism is a strategy to
 increase allocation of energy to reproduction when DEE is constrained, and
 that this constraint is unlikely to be related to food supply.
description: complete experimental
 dataFile containing DEE,
 fT3, body temperature and cort measurements of manipulated an control
 nestsDEE-RMR_kittiwake.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.979f850
title: Data from: Morphological and genetic characterization of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) landraces in the Canary Islands

description: Barley has been continuously cultivated in the Canary archipelago for
 millennia, and to this day landrace barley is the preferred choice for
 cultivation. We have morphologically and genetically characterized 57
 landraces collected during the 21st century and conserved in genebanks.
 The majority of accessions were of the six-row type. Although landraces
 from the same island tended to be similar, the results showed
 morphological and genetic diversity both within and in the case of genetic
 data among islands. Accessions from the easternmost islands were
 genetically distinct from those from the central and western islands.
 Accessions from the western islands often had a mixed genetical
 composition, suggesting more recent exchange of plant material with the
 central islands. The geographic distribution of diversity suggests that
 conservation of barley genetic resources needs to consider all islands in
 the archipelago. Landrace barley from the Canary archipelago was found to
 be morphologically distinct from continental landrace barley. We suggest
 the uniqueness of Canarian barley, in terms of morphology and genetic
 diversity, can be used for marketing purposes providing added market value
 to the crop.
description: CanaryBarleyDataset accompanying Hagenblad et al. Morphological and genetic characterization of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) landraces in the Canary Islands, Genet Res Crop Evol.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g4q06
title: Data from: The role of frugivory in plant diversity maintenance- a simulation approach

description: Frugivores may play a key role in plant species coexistence by equalizing
 the species’ representation in the seed rain. Rare species may benefit
 from enhanced dispersal if frugivores prefer locally scarce fruits, or if
 rare plants are found in neighborhoods of high fruit density. Using a
 simulation model of frugivorous birds foraging on landscapes we tested if
 increased diversity in the seed rain could emerge from rare-biased fruit
 selection, from the spatial configuration of plants, or both. In the
 absence of rare-biased fruit selection, frugivores were not able to
 increase the diversity of the seed rain in any of our simulated
 landscapes. In contrast, when frugivores were attracted to locally scarce
 fruits, we found increased diversity in the seed rain whenever frugivore
 mobility across the landscape was high and plant species were well-mixed
 in the fruiting neighborhoods. Irrespectively of the behavioral mechanism
 involved, landscape fragmentation lead to losses in diversity and species
 richness of simulated communities. In all simulations, density-dependent
 mortality of dispersed seeds increased diversity in the community of
 seedlings. However, landscape homogenization at the scale of frugivores
 movements decreased the magnitude of this diversification effect. In
 summary, our study shows that frugivory has the potential to increase
 diversity in the seed rain when frugivores display rare-biased fruit
 choices, provided that rare and common plants form heterogeneous
 neighborhoods. They also show that fragmentation is a major threat for
 diversity maintenance in the early-regenerating community. Finally, they
 show that rarity confers advantages during regeneration only if it occurs
 at the scale of frugivores’ foraging decisions.
description: data_dryad_doi:
 10.1111/ecog.03220Changes in efective
 number of species as well as changes in species abundance in the seed
 availabiltiy seed rain transition. Changes in diversity in the seed rain
 seedling transition.data_dryad_Ecgr2017_TML.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.mq282
title: Data from: A new hybodont shark (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Triassic Tiki Formation of India with remarks on its dental histology and biostratigraphy

description: A new lonchidiid genus, Pristrisodus, from the Upper Triassic Tiki
 Formation of India is described based on multiple, well-preserved,
 isolated teeth. Comparative analysis resulted in synonymizing Parvodus
 tikiensis and Lissodus duffini, which are known from the same horizon and
 resulted in a new taxon, Pristrisodus tikiensis n. comb. These teeth are
 elongated with mesiodistal length greater than or equal to twice the
 labiolingual width and have a high principal cusp, lateral cusplets, a
 distinct ridge near the crown-root junction labially and higher up on the
 crown lingually, weak ornamentation, and linear depression along the
 crown-root junction. Five morphotypes based on overall shape, robustness
 and crown height are determined. The teeth show a gradual monognathic
 heterodonty. The anterolateral teeth (morphotypes I−II) have high,
 pyramidal principal cusp with two or three small but pointed cusplets, and
 triangular labial and lingual protuberance. The posterolateral teeth
 (morphotypes III−IV) have four incipient cusplets, relatively low
 principal cusp, bilobed/rounded, hanging labial and incipient lingual
 protuberances. Morphotype V comprises anterior teeth that are broad,
 triangular and robust, and have rounded/blunt principal cusp, one cusplet,
 and low, hanging labial peg. Multivariate analyses corroborate the
 qualitative assessment of the Indian hybodonts. Dental histology of
 Pristrisodus n. gen., shows that it is distinctly different from other
 lonchidiid genera. The assemblage of freshwater sharks, along with other
 vertebrate microfossils of the Tiki Formation, shows similarity with that
 of the lower Tecovas Formation of the Chinle Group, USA. The euryhaline
 nature resulted in the adaptation of the hybodonts to freshwater systems
 in India during the Carnian.
description: Bhat et al_Supplemental
 DataSupplemental Data 1.
 Measured parameters of the isolated teeth of Pristrisodus tikiensis
 examined in the current work Supplemental Data 2. Measured parameters of
 the available lateral teeth of different hybodont taxa used in PCA and
 CVA.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.11504
title: Data from: The effect of elevated CO2 on growth and competition in experimental phytoplankton communities

description: We report an experiment designed to identify the effect of elevated CO2 on
 species of phytoplankton in a simple laboratory system. Major taxa of
 phytoplankton differ in their ability to take up CO2, which might lead to
 predictable changes in the growth rate of species and thereby shifts in
 the composition of phytoplankton communities in response to rising CO2.
 Six species of phytoplankton belonging to three major taxa (cyanobacteria,
 diatoms and chlorophytes) were cultured in atmospheres whose CO2
 concentration was gradually increased from ambient levels to 1000 parts
 per million over about 100 generations and then maintained for a further
 200 generations at elevated CO2. The experimental design allowed us to
 trace a predictive sequence, from physiological features to the growth
 response of species to elevated CO2 in pure culture, from the growth
 response in pure culture to competitive ability in pairwise mixtures and
 from pairwise competitive ability to shifts in the relative abundance of
 species in the full community of all six species. CO2 altered the dynamics
 of growth in a fashion consistent with known differences among major taxa
 in their ability to take up and use CO2. This pure-culture response was
 partly successful in predicting the outcome of competition in pairwise
 mixtures, especially the enhanced competitive ability of chlorophytes
 relative to cyanobacteria, although generally statistical support was
 weak. The competitive response in pairwise mixtures was a good predictor
 of changes in competitive ability in the full community. Hence, there is a
 potential for forging a logical chain of inferences for predicting how
 phytoplankton communities will respond to elevated CO2. Clearly further
 extensive experiments will be required to validate this approach in the
 greater complexity found in diverse communities and environments of
 natural systems.
description: Complete data and R
 analysis scriptsLaboratory
 studyAnalysis.zip
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7c06s
title: Data from: Female mate choice predicts paternity success in the absence of additive genetic variance for other female paternity bias mechanisms in Drosophila serrata

description: After choosing a first mate, polyandrous females have access to a range of
 opportunities to bias paternity, such as repeating matings with the
 preferred male, facilitating fertilization from the best sperm or
 differentially investing in offspring according to their sire. Female
 ability to bias paternity after a first mating has been demonstrated in a
 few species, but unambiguous evidence remains limited by the access to
 complex behaviours, sperm storage organs and fertilization processes
 within females. Even when found at the phenotypic level, the potential
 evolution of any mechanism allowing females to bias paternity other than
 mate choice remains little explored. Using a large population of pedigreed
 females, we developed a simple test to determine whether there is additive
 genetic variation in female ability to bias paternity after a first,
 chosen, mating. We applied this method in the highly polyandrous
 Drosophila serrata, giving females the opportunity to successively mate
 with two males ad libitum. We found that despite high levels of polyandry
 (females mated more than once per day), the first mate choice was a
 significant predictor of male total reproductive success. Importantly,
 there was no detectable genetic variance in female ability to bias
 paternity beyond mate choice. Therefore, whether or not females can bias
 paternity before or after copulation, their role on the evolution of
 sexual male traits is likely to be limited to their first mate choice in
 D. serrata.
description: data, Collet and Blows,
 JEB, 2014Pedigree of each animal
 (sire and dam identity), eye colour of the first male to mate, number of
 offspring with orange or red eye colour
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.07k21
title: Data from: Uropygial gland volume and malaria infection are related to survival in migratory house martins

description: Pathogens such as bacteria, fungi and malaria and related haemosporidians
 provoke negative effects on the fitness of their hosts. Animals have
 developed a range of defensive mechanisms to resist or eliminate these
 parasitic infections and their negative fitness costs. The uropygial gland
 secretion has been proposed to act as defensive barrier of skin and
 plumage in the fight against bacteria and fungi, and may prevent birds
 from acquiring haemosporidian infections. Thus, the secretion of uropygial
 glands of birds may favour survival of individuals. However, whether
 uropygial gland secretion influence survival remains unknown. Here we
 explore if the size of the uropygial gland and malaria infection influence
 survival of house martins Delichon urbica. We showed, for the first time,
 that the volume of the uropygial gland positively predicted survival
 prospects of malaria infected house martins. Malaria infected birds had
 the lowest probability of survival, with the effect of gland size on
 survival prospects depending on infection: Infected house martins with
 larger uropygial glands were better able to survive to the next breeding
 season, while infected birds with small uropygial glands were not. These
 results highlight the importance of uropygial gland secretion in the life
 history of wild birds.
description: Datos botoa uropygial
 glandData from uropygial
 gland volume, malaria infection and survival in house
 martins
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5q22b6g
title: Data from: Phenological patterns in Mediterranean south Iberian serpentine flora

description: Phenological phases, as adaptive strategies, have been studied in
 Mediterranean serpentine shrubland vegetation and their endemisms, in the
 South of the Iberian Peninsula. The aim of this research is to obtain the
 phenological characterization of the serpentine flora and to make a
 comparison between endemic serpentine and non‐serpentine plants in
 different years and altitudes. For this purpose, data were taken in the
 serpentine ecosystem of Sierra Bermeja (Andalusia, Spain) establishing two
 plots on two altitudinal bioclimatic belts and during two different years.
 A total of 28 persistent taxa were studied, focusing on serpentinophytes,
 their allied (magnesicolous) and non‐serpentinophytes, trying to detect
 the possible differences between serpentine endemic taxa and non‐endemic
 plants. Phenological calendars and phenological patterns (phenophasic
 indexes) were obtained. The species showed phenophasic patterns similar to
 those of other studied Mediterranean flora: a phenological pause which
 coincides with summer and most plants behaved as summer semi‐deciduous
 with seasonal dimorphism. There were no statistically significant
 differences in phenology and in phenological indexes due to the altitude,
 to the year of sampling and due to the serpentine affinity. The best
 represented active phenophasic period of the species was 9‐11 months of
 activity although showing the summer phenological pause. Species with low
 index of reproductive/vegetative activity of the species predominated,
 employing more time/resources for vegetative functions, and with
 synchronous phenophases, where flowering and growth coincide (phenophasic
 pattern type I). The phenophasic period of serpentinophytes and
 magnesicolous taxa pointed to a certain delay in the period of flowering
 with respect to the group of non‐serpentinophytes, a result which could
 have reproductive implications.
description: ANOVAS_INDICES_PHENOLOGY_DRYADData analysesANOVA_INDEX_PHENOLOGY_DRYAD.xlsx