cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1ct66
title: Data from: Does water temperature affect the timing and duration of remigial moult in sea ducks? An experimental approach

description: Aquatic birds have high cost of thermoregulation, especially during the
 moulting period, yet the effect of water temperature on the moulting
 strategy of aquatic birds has rarely been studied. Our general hypothesis
 is that energy savings associated with lower thermoregulation costs would
 be allocated to moulting processes. We predicted that aquatic birds
 moulting in warm water would have a higher level of body reserves, a
 faster growth rate of feathers, and an earlier remigial moult onset
 compared with birds moulting in cold water. We used the common eider
 (Somateria mollissima dresseri), a large sea duck, as the model species.
 Captive individuals were experimentally exposed to warm (18 °C) and cold
 (8 °C) water treatments during a three year period with individuals
 swapped between treatments. We found a similar feather growth rate for the
 two water temperature treatments and in contrast to our predictions,
 eiders exposed to warm water had a lower body mass and showed a delayed
 onset of remigial moult of approximately 7 days compared with those
 exposed to cold water. Our data indicate that body mass variations
 influence the timing of moult in unexpected ways and we suggest that it
 likely controls the occurrence of wing moult through a hormonal cascade.
 This study emphasizes the importance of improving our knowledge of the
 effects of water temperature on remigial moult of aquatic birds, to better
 assert the potential effects of global warming on their survival.
description: Data_PONE-D-15-53646Data of body mass, feather growth rate and flightlessness duration of common eiders (Somateria mollissima dresseri) exposed to warm and cold water treatments.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7v475
title: Data from: Ecosystem engineering strengthens bottom-up and weakens top-down effects via trait-mediated indirect interactions

description: Trophic interactions and ecosystem engineering are ubiquitous and powerful
 forces structuring ecosystems, yet how these processes interact to shape
 natural systems is poorly understood. Moreover, trophic effects can be
 driven by both density- and trait-mediated interactions. Microcosm studies
 demonstrate that trait-mediated interactions may be as strong as
 density-mediated interactions, but the relative importance of these
 pathways at natural spatial and temporal scales is underexplored. Here, we
 integrate large-scale field experiments and microcosms to examine the
 effects of ecosystem engineering on trophic interactions while also
 exploring how ecological scale influences density- and trait-mediated
 interaction pathways. We demonstrate that (i) ecosystem engineering can
 shift the balance between top-down and bottom-up interactions, (ii) such
 effects can be driven by cryptic trait-mediated interactions, and (iii)
 the relative importance of density- versus trait-mediated interaction
 pathways can be scale dependent. Our findings reveal the complex interplay
 between ecosystem engineering, trophic interactions, and ecological scale
 in structuring natural systems.
description: Data
 Files
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9ds7r
title: Data from: Mechanisms and implications of a type IV functional response for short-term intake rate of dry matter in large mammalian herbivores

description: 1. The functional response (i.e. the relationship between consumers’
 intake rate and resource density) is central in plant-herbivore
 interactions. Its shape and the biological processes leading to it have
 significant implications for both foraging theory and ecology of grazing
 systems. 2. A type IV functional response (i.e. dome-shaped relationship)
 of short-term intake rate of dry matter (intake while grazing) has rarely
 been reported for large herbivores and the conditions that can lead to it
 are poorly understood. 3. We report a type IV functional response observed
 in heifers grazing monocultures of Cynodon sp. and Avena strigosa. The
 mechanisms and consequences of this type of functional response for grazed
 system dynamics are discussed. 4. Intake rate was higher at intermediate
 than at short or tall sward heights in both grass species. The type IV
 functional response resulted from changes in bite mass instead of a longer
 time needed to encounter and process bites. Thus, the decrease of intake
 rate of dry matter in tall swards is not explained by a shift from process
 3 (potential bites are concentrated and apparent) to process 2 (potential
 bites are apparent but dispersed, Spalinger & Hobbs 1992). Bite
 mass was smaller in tall than in intermediate swards due to a reduction of
 bite volume possibly caused by the greater proportion of stem and sheath
 acting as a physical barrier to bite formation. 5. It is generally
 accepted that potential bites are abundant and apparent in most grassland
 and meadow systems, as they were in the present experiments. Therefore, a
 type IV response of intake rate not directly related to digestive
 constraints may determine the dynamics of intake and defoliation under a
 much larger set of conditions than previously thought. These results have
 implications for foraging theory and stability of grazing systems. For
 example, if animals prefer patches of intermediate stature that yield the
 highest intake rate, grazing should lead to the widely observed bimodal
 distribution of plant mass per unit area, even when tall patches are not
 of significantly lower digestive quality than the pasture average.
description: Functional response for
 short-term intake rate of dry matter in heifersThis file contains the
 data of the short-term intake rate of dry matter experiment published in
 Mezzalira et al. 2017, Journal of Animal Ecology. The objective of the
 study is to understand the mechanisms and implication of the type 4
 functional response (dome-shaped) observed in this experiment. The readme
 file contains description of the variables present in the data
 file.Mezalira_et_al_JAE_2017.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j90q0
title: Data from: The efficacy of activated protein C for the treatment of sepsis: incorporating observational evidence with a Bayesian approach

description: Objective: The present study aimed to combine observational evidence with
 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) by using the Bayesian approach. Data
 sources: Electronic databases, including PubMed, Cochrane Central Register
 of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), ISI Web of Science, EMBASE and EBSCO were
 searched from inception to January 2014. Study eligibility: RCTs and
 observational studies (OS) investigating the effectiveness of activated
 protein C (aPC) on mortality reduction were included for analysis.
 Participants: Patients with sepsis. Intervention: aPC. Synthesis methods:
 Observational evidence was incorporated into the analysis by using power
 transformed priors in a Bayesian. Trial sequential analysis was performed
 to examine changes over time and whether further studies need to be
 conducted. Main results: a total of 7 RCTs and 12 OS were included for the
 analysis. There was moderate heterogeneity among included RCTs (I2=48.6%,
 p=0.07). The pooled OR for mortality from RCTs was 1.00 (95% CI 0.84 to
 1.19). In OS, there was potential publication bias as indicated by the
 funnel plot and the pooled OR for mortality with the use of aPC was 0.67
 (95% CI 0.62 to 0.72). The pooled effect sizes of RCTs were changed by
 using different power transform priors derived from observational
 evidence. When observational evidence was used at its ‘face value’, the
 treatment effect of aPC was statistically significant in reducing
 mortality. Conclusions: while RCT evidence showed no beneficial effect of
 aPC on sepsis, observational evidence showed a significant treatment
 effect of aPC. By using power transform priors in Bayesian model, we
 explicitly demonstrated how RCT evidence could be changed by observational
 evidence. Trial registration number: The protocol for the current study
 was registered in PROSPERO (registration number: CRD42014009562).
description: data
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.d7j02
title: Data from: Long-lived groupers require structurally stable reefs in the face of repeated climate change disturbances

description: Benthic recovery from climate-related disturbances does not always warrant
 a commensurate functional recovery for reef-associated fish communities.
 Here, we examine the distribution of benthic groupers (family Serranidae)
 in coral reef communities from the Lakshadweep archipelago (Arabian Sea)
 in response to structural complexity and long-term habitat stability.
 These coral reefs that have been subject to two major El Niño Southern
 Oscillation-related coral bleaching events in the last decades (1998 and
 2010). First, we employ a long-term (12-yr) benthic-monitoring dataset to
 track habitat structural stability at twelve reef sites in the
 archipelago. Structural stability of reefs was strongly driven by exposure
 to monsoon storms and depth, which made deeper and more sheltered reefs on
 the eastern aspect more stable than the more exposed (western) and
 shallower reefs. We surveyed groupers (species richness, abundance,
 biomass) in 60 sites across the entire archipelago, representing both
 exposures and depths. Sites were selected along a gradient of structural
 complexity from very low to high. Grouper biomass appeared to vary with
 habitat stability with significant differences between depth and exposure;
 sheltered deep reefs had a higher grouper biomass than either sheltered
 shallow or exposed (deep and shallow) reefs. Species richness and
 abundance showed similar (though not significant) trends. More
 interestingly, average grouper biomass increased exponentially with
 structural complexity, but only at the sheltered deep (high stability)
 sites, despite the availability of recovered structure at exposed deep and
 shallow sites (lower-stability sites). This trend was especially
 pronounced for long-lived groupers (life span &gt;10 yrs). These
 results suggest that long-lived groupers may prefer temporally stable
 reefs, independent of the local availability of habitat structure. In
 reefs subject to repeated disturbances, the presence of structurally
 stable reefs may be critical as refuges for functionally important,
 long-lived species like groupers.
description: Grouper, reef structural
 complexity and structural stability data from the Lakshadweep
 archipelagoThis dataset is from
 Karkarey, R., Kelkar, N., Lobo, A.S. et al. Coral Reefs (2014)
 33:289–302.DOI 10.1007/s00338-013-1117-yLakshadweepdataset.zip
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.271k9
title: Data from: Conflict between background matching and social signalling in a colour-changing freshwater fish

description: The ability to change coloration allows animals to modify their patterning
 to suit a specific function. Many freshwater fishes, for example, can
 appear cryptic by altering the dispersion of melanin pigment in the skin
 to match the visual background. However, melanin-based pigments are also
 used to signal dominance among competing males; thus colour change for
 background matching may conflict with colour change for social status
 signalling. We used a colour-changing freshwater fish to investigate
 whether colour change for background matching influenced aggressive
 interactions between rival males. Subordinate males that had recently
 darkened their skin for background matching received heightened aggression
 from dominant males, relative to males whose coloration had not changed.
 We then determined whether the social status of a rival male, the focal
 male's previous social status, and his previous skin coloration,
 affected a male's ability to change colour for background matching.
 Social status influenced skin darkening in the first social encounter,
 with dominant males darkening more than subordinate males, but there was
 no effect of social status on colour change in the second social
 encounter. We also found that the extent of skin colour change (by both
 dominant and subordinate males) was dependent on previous skin coloration,
 with dark males displaying a smaller change in coloration than pale males.
 Our findings suggest that skin darkening for background matching imposes a
 significant social cost on subordinate males in terms of increased
 aggression. We also suggest that the use of melanin-based signals during
 social encounters can impede subsequent changes in skin coloration for
 other functions, such as skin darkening for background matching.
description: Experiment 1 - body
 sizeBody size of the fish in
 experiment 1 as described in the manuscript, in mm.exp1 - body
 size.csvExperiment 1 -
 male-female interactionsCounts of interactions
 directed from both dominant and subordinate male towards the female in
 experiment 1exp1 - male-female
 interactions.csvExperiment 1 - male-male
 aggressionCounts of aggressive
 interactions between dominant and subordinate males in experiment
 1exp1 -
 male-male aggression.csvExperiment 2 - colour
 changeDetails of percentage
 black body colouration before and after each interaction in experiment
 2exp2 -
 colour change.csv
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18384834
title: A Review of Software Architecture Evaluation Methods for Sustainability Assessment (Replication Package)

description: Replication Package for the paper "A Review of Software Architecture Evaluation Methods for Sustainability Assessment" published in ICSA 2023 (Poster Track)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18384835
title: A Review of Software Architecture Evaluation Methods for Sustainability Assessment (Replication Package)

description: Replication Package for the paper "A Review of Software Architecture Evaluation Methods for Sustainability Assessment" published in ICSA 2023 (Poster Track)
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b21q1
title: Data from: Wolves adapt territory size, not pack size to local habitat quality

description: 1. Although local variation in territorial predator density is often
 correlated with habitat quality, the causal mechanism underlying this
 frequently observed association is poorly understood and could stem from
 facultative adjustment in either group size or territory size. 2. To test
 between these alternative hypotheses, we used a novel statistical
 framework to construct a winter population-level utilization distribution
 for wolves (Canis lupus) in northern Ontario, which we then linked to a
 suite of environmental variables to determine factors influencing wolf
 space use. Next, we compared habitat quality metrics emerging from this
 analysis as well as an independent measure of prey abundance, with pack
 size and territory size to investigate which hypothesis was most supported
 by the data. 3. We show that wolf space use patterns were concentrated
 near deciduous, mixed deciduous/coniferous and disturbed forest stands
 favoured by moose (Alces alces), the predominant prey species in the diet
 of wolves in northern Ontario, and in proximity to linear corridors,
 including shorelines and road networks remaining from commercial forestry
 activities. 4. We then demonstrate that landscape metrics of wolf habitat
 quality – projected wolf use, probability of moose occupancy and
 proportion of preferred land cover classes – were inversely related to
 territory size but unrelated to pack size. 5. These results suggest that
 wolves in boreal ecosystems alter territory size, but not pack size, in
 response to local variation in habitat quality. This could be an adaptive
 strategy to balance trade-offs between territorial defence costs and
 energetic gains due to resource acquisition. That pack size was not
 responsive to habitat quality suggests that variation in group size is
 influenced by other factors such as intraspecific competition between wolf
 packs.
description: Wolf pack size, 95% and
 50% territory sizes and quality metricsTable describing wolf
 packs, territories and quality metrics used to evaluate whether wolves
 adjust pack size or territory size to match habitat
 qualityJAE_accepted_final_Table
 S1_supporting_05032015.xlsx
DOI: 10.15468/dl.5257rx
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 554 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Leucopogon australis",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "BasisOfRecord is one of (Specimen)"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 554 records from 25 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0001336-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7m7p25k
title: Data from: Genetic constraints of population expansion of the Carpathian lynx at the western edge of its native distribution range in Central Europe

description: Even though populations of many large carnivores are expanding throughout
 Europe, the Eurasian lynx population in the Western Carpathians seems
 unable to spread beyond the western boundaries of its current
 distributional range. Many factors, both extrinsic and intrinsic, can
 influence the potential for range expansion: landscape fragmentation,
 natal philopatry, low natural fecundity and high mortality, and low and
 sex-biased dispersal rates. In this study we used non-invasive genetic
 sampling to determine population size fluctuation, sub-structuring and
 social organisation of the peripheral lynx population at the Czech-Slovak
 border. Even though the population size has been relatively stable over
 the period studied (2010-2016), the individual inbreeding coefficients of
 residents at the end of the study were much higher than those of founders
 at the beginning of the study. While non-resident individuals
 (predominantly males) occurred regularly in the study population, only
 resident individuals with well-established home ranges participated in
 breeding and produced offspring. Almost half the offspring detected in the
 study (predominantly females) settled in or near the natal area.
 Subsequent incestuous mating resulted in production of inbred individuals,
 reduction of effective population size of the population, and
 sub-structuring of the population through formation of two distinct family
 lineages. Our study illustrates how social constraints, such as
 territoriality, breeding of residents and natal philopatry of females lead
 to incestuous mating in small-sized populations, especially at the
 periphery of their distribution. This threat should be taken into account
 in planning of conservation and population recovery of species with
 similar social structure.
description: Krojerová_Prokešová et
 al. 2018_genotypesFile with genotypes of
 all lynx individuals detected during the studyKrojerova_Prokešová et al.
 2018_genotypes.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ms172
title: Data from: Evidence for Batesian mimicry in a polymorphic hoverfly

description: Palatable Batesian mimics are avoided by predators because they resemble
 noxious or defended species. The striking resemblance of many hoverflies
 to noxious Hymenoptera is a “textbook” example of Batesian mimicry, but
 evidence that selection by predators has shaped the evolution of hoverfly
 patterns is weak. We looked for geographical and temporal trends in
 frequencies of morphs of the polymorphic hoverfly Volucella bombylans that
 would support the hypothesis that these morphs are Batesian mimics of
 different bumblebee species. The frequency of the black and yellow
 hoverfly morph was significantly positively related to the frequency of
 black and yellow bumblebees across 52 sites. Similarly, the frequency of
 the red-tailed hoverfly morph was positively related to the frequency of
 red-tailed bumblebees. However, the frequencies of hoverfly morphs were
 positively spatially autocorrelated, and after controlling for this, only
 one of the two common hoverfly morphs showed a significant positive
 relationship with its putative model. We conclude that the distribution of
 V. bombylans morphs probably reflects geographical variation in selection
 by predators resulting from differences in the frequencies of noxious
 bumblebee species.
description: analysis by site with
 season includedData describe abundances
 of V. bombylans morphs (vbp = plumata; vbb = bombylans; vbh =
 haemorrhoidalis) and Bombus spp (grouped as described in the paper; groups
 were given these names: bt = terrestris; bpr = pratorum; bl = lapidarius;
 bpa = pascuorum; bm = montana; bother = other Bombus species). Total
 numbers of V. bombylans and bees are labelled vtotal and btotal
 respectively. Proportion of V. bombylans in each morph, and Bombus spp. in
 each group, are given in columns headed propXXX. Data come from 52 sites,
 for which the names and latitudes and logitudes are given in columns
 labelled site, lat and long. Observations are pooled across 12 years (2000
 to 2011) but are given for each of three seasons (early = 4th to 22nd of
 June; mid = 23rd June to 6th July; late = 7th July to 8th
 August).Bispham by
 seasonData for the three best
 sampled sites (at Bispham) pooled, but separated by year and season.
 Abbreviations and definitions of seasons are as for main
 file.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b79v5
title: Data from: Dispersal, niche breadth, and population extinction/colonization ratios predict range size in North American dragonflies

description: 1. Species’ range sizes are shaped by fundamental differences in species’
 ecological and evolutionary characteristics, and understanding the
 mechanisms determining range size can shed light on the factors
 responsible for generating and structuring biological diversity. Moreover,
 because geographic range size is associated with a species’ risk of
 extinction and their ability to respond to global changes in climate and
 land use, understanding these mechanisms has important conservation
 implications. 2. Despite hypotheses that dispersal behaviour is a strong
 determinant of species range areas, few data are available to directly
 compare the relationship between dispersal behaviour and range size. Here,
 we overcome this limitation by combining data from a multi-species
 dispersal experiment with additional species-level trait data that are
 commonly hypothesized to affect range size (e.g. niche-breadth, local
 abundance, and body size, etc.). This enables us to examine the
 relationship between these species-level traits and range size across
 North America for fifteen dragonfly species. 3. Ten models based on a
 priori predictions about the relationship between species traits and range
 size were evaluated and two models were identified as good predictors of
 species range size. These models indicated that only two species’ level
 traits, dispersal behaviour and niche breadth were strongly related to
 range size. The evidence from these two models indicated that dragonfly
 species that disperse more often and further had larger North American
 ranges. 4. Extinction and colonization dynamics are expected to be a key
 linkage between dispersal behaviour and range size in dragonflies. To
 evaluate how extinction and colonization dynamics among dragonflies were
 related to range size we used an independent data set of extinction and
 colonization rates for eleven dragonfly species and assessed the
 relationship between these populations rates and North American range
 areas for these species. 5. We found a negative relationship between North
 American range size and species’ extinction to colonization ratios. Our
 results indicate that metapopulation dynamics act to shape the extent of
 species’ continental distributions. These population dynamics are likely
 to interact with dispersal behaviour, particularly at species range
 margins, to determine range limits and ultimately species range sizes.
description: McCauley et
 al._Dryad_JAEExcel file containing
 the data used in analyses relating species North America range area to
 species traits and for analyses relating range area to extinction and
 colonization dynamics.