cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6s67t
title: Data from: Divergence in an obligate mutualism is not explained by divergent climatic factors

description: Adaptation to divergent environments creates and maintains biological
 diversity, but we know little about the importance of different agents of
 ecological divergence. Coevolution in obligate mutualisms has been
 hypothesized to drive divergence, but this contention has rarely been
 tested against alternative ecological explanations. Here, we use a
 well-established example of coevolution in an obligate pollination
 mutualism, Yucca brevifolia and its two pollinating yucca moths, to test
 the hypothesis that divergence in this system is the result of mutualists
 adapting to different abiotic environments as opposed to coevolution
 between mutualists. We used a combination of principal component analyses
 and ecological niche modeling to determine whether varieties of Y.
 brevifolia associated with different pollinators specialize on different
 environments. Yucca brevifolia occupies a diverse range of climates. When
 the two varieties can disperse to similar environments, they occupy
 similar habitats.This suggests that the two varieties have not specialized
 on distinct habitats. In turn, this suggests that nonclimatic factors,
 such as the biotic interaction between Y. brevifolia and its pollinators,
 are responsible for evolutionary divergence in this system.
description: Joshua tree presence
 pointsTab-delimited text file
 containing latitude and longitude coordinates in decimal degrees for 5,765
 points at which Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) has been observed, and the
 species of pollinator moth (Tegeticula synthetica or T. antithetica)
 present at those sites.JoTrPresence02202008_dryad.txt
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.80kg5
title: Data from: Complementarity of statistical treatments to reconstruct worldwide routes of invasion: the case of the Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis

description: Inferences about introduction histories of invasive species remain
 challenging because of the stochastic demographic processes involved.
 Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) can help to overcome these
 problems, but such method requires a prior understanding of population
 structure over the study area, necessitating the use of alternative
 methods and an intense sampling design. In this study, we made inferences
 about the worldwide invasion history of the ladybird Harmonia axyridis by
 various population genetics statistical methods, using a large set of
 sampling sites distributed over most of the species’ native and invaded
 areas. We evaluated the complementarity of the statistical methods and the
 consequences of using different sets of site samples for ABC inferences.
 We found that the H. axyridis invasion has involved two bridgehead
 invasive populations in North America, which have served as the source
 populations for at least six independent introductions into other
 continents. We also identified several situations of genetic admixture
 between differentiated sources. Our results highlight the importance of
 coupling ABC methods with more traditional statistical approaches. We
 found that the choice of site samples could affect the conclusions of ABC
 analyses comparing possible scenarios. Approaches involving independent
 ABC analyses on several sample sets constitute a sensible solution,
 complementary to standard quality controls based on the analysis of
 pseudo-observed datasets, to minimize erroneous conclusions. This study
 provides biologists without expertise in this area with detailed
 methodological and conceptual guidelines for making inferences about
 invasion routes when dealing with a large number of sampling sites and
 complex population genetic structures.
description: GENOTYPES_H_axyridis_Lombaert_et_al_MOLECULAR_ECOLOGY_MEC-14-0576The file "GENOTYPES_H_axyridis_Lombaert_et_al_MOLECULAR_ECOLOGY_MEC-14-0576.txt" contains the genotypes of 1442 individuals from 47 site samples of the Asian Ladybird Harmonia axyridis. These genotypes were used in the paper "Complementarity of statistical treatments to reconstruct worldwide routes of invasion: the case of the Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis" in Molecular Ecology - MEC-14-0576. This is a GENEPOP format file. Here are the information associated with each of the 47 site samples (see also table S1. The names are as in Lombaert et al. MEC-14-0576):
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6475n
title: Data from: Spatial distribution of oak mistletoe as it relates to habits of oak woodland frugivores

description: This study addresses the underlying spatial distribution of oak mistletoe,
 Phoradendron villosum, a hemi-parasitic plant that provides a continuous
 supply of berries for frugivorous birds overwintering the oak savanna
 habitat of California's outer coast range. As the winter community of
 birds consuming oak mistletoe varies from group-living territorial species
 to birds that roam in flocks, we asked if mistletoe volume was spatially
 autocorrelated at the scale of persistent territories or whether the
 patterns predicted by long-term territory use by western bluebirds are
 overcome by seed dispersal by more mobile bird species. The abundance of
 mistletoe was mapped on trees within a 700 ha study site in Carmel Valley,
 California. Spatial autocorrelation of mistletoe volume was analyzed using
 the variogram method and spatial distribution of oak mistletoe trees was
 analyzed using Ripley's K and O-ring statistics. On a separate set of
 45 trees, mistletoe volume was highly correlated with the volume of
 female, fruit-bearing plants, indicating that overall mistletoe volume is
 a good predictor of fruit availability. Variogram analysis showed that
 mistletoe volume was spatially autocorrelated up to approximately 250 m, a
 distance consistent with persistent territoriality of western bluebirds
 and philopatry of sons, which often breed next door to their parents and
 are more likely to remain home when their parents have abundant mistletoe.
 Using Ripley's K and O-ring analyses, we showed that mistletoe trees
 were aggregated for distances up to 558 m, but for distances between 558
 to 724 m the O-ring analysis deviated from Ripley's K in showing
 repulsion rather than aggregation. While trees with mistletoe were
 aggregated at larger distances, mistletoe was spatially correlated at a
 smaller distance, consistent with what is expected based on persistent
 group territoriality of western bluebirds in winter and the extreme
 philopatry of their sons.
description: Female misltetoe volume
 and total mistletoe volume per treeA dbase 3 file with
 total mistletoe volume and total volume of female mistletoe per
 treeFemVol.dbfMistletoe volume per georeferenced treeCollected in the field in 2001-2003mistle.post.dbfWEBL natal dispersal distancesNatal dispersal distances for western bluebirds wintering on natal territoryNatsdispd.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.83r6m
title: Data from: Detailed monitoring of a small but recovering population reveals sublethal effects of disease and unexpected interactions with supplemental feeding

description: 1. Infectious diseases are widely recognized to have substantial impact on
 wildlife populations. These impacts are sometimes exacerbated in small
 endangered populations, and therefore, the success of conservation
 reintroductions to aid the recovery of such species can be seriously
 threatened by outbreaks of infectious disease. Intensive management
 strategies associated with conservation reintroductions can further
 compound these negative effects in such populations. 2. Exploring the
 sublethal effects of disease outbreaks among natural populations is
 challenging and requires longitudinal, individual life-history data on
 patterns of reproductive success and other indicators of individual
 fitness. 3. Long-term monitoring data concerning detailed reproductive
 information of the reintroduced Mauritius parakeet (Psittacula echo)
 population collected before, during and after a disease outbreak was
 investigated. 4. Deleterious effects of an outbreak of beak and feather
 disease virus (BFDV) were revealed on hatch success, but these effects
 were remarkably short-lived and disproportionately associated with
 breeding pairs which took supplemental food. Individual BFDV infection
 status was not predicted by any genetic, environmental or conservation
 management factors and was not associated with any of our measures of
 immune function, perhaps suggesting immunological impairment. Experimental
 immunostimulation using the PHA (phytohaemagglutinin assay) challenge
 technique did, however, provoke a significant cellular immune response. 5.
 We illustrate the resilience of this bottlenecked and once critically
 endangered, island-endemic species to an epidemic outbreak of BFDV and
 highlight the value of systematic monitoring in revealing inconspicuous
 but nonetheless substantial ecological interactions. Our study
 demonstrates that the emergence of such an infectious disease in a
 population ordinarily associated with increased susceptibility does not
 necessarily lead to deleterious impacts on population growth and that
 negative effects on reproductive fitness can be short-lived.
description: Reproductive data fro P.
 echo over 12 year periodTollington_et_al_2015.xlsx
DOI: 10.15468/dl.9mp6bd
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 51 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 The dataset includes 51 records from 1 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0000706-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t3fg2
title: Data from: As old as the mountains: the radiations of the Ericaceae

description: Mountains are often more species-rich than lowlands. This could be the
 result of migration from lowlands to mountains, of a greater survival rate
 in mountains, or of a higher diversification rate in mountains. We
 investigated this question in the globally distributed family Ericaceae,
 which includes c. 4426 species ranging from sea level to &gt; 5000 m.
 We predict that the interaction of low specific leaf area (SLA) and
 montane habitats is correlated with increased diversification rates. A
 molecular phylogeny of Ericaceae based on rbcL and matK sequence data was
 built and dated with 18 fossil calibrations and divergence time estimates.
 We identified radiations using bamm and correlates of diversification rate
 changes using binary-state speciation and extinction (BiSSE) and
 multiple-state speciation and extinction (MuSSE) analyses. Analyses
 revealed six largely montane radiations. Lineages in mountains diversified
 faster than nonmountain lineages (higher speciation rate, but no
 difference in extinction rate), and lineages with low SLA diversified
 faster than high-SLA lineages. Further, habitat and trait had a positive
 interactive effect on diversification. Our results suggest that the
 species richness in mountains is the result of increased speciation rather
 than reduced extinction or increased immigration. Increased speciation in
 Ericaceae was facilitated by low SLA.
description: Ericaceae
 phylogeniesMolecular phylogenies of
 Ericaceae. Dated maximum clade credibility (MCC) tree as inferred using
 BEAST. Based on rbcL and matK sequence data from GenBank and dated with 18
 fossil calibrations and divergence time estimates. Different formats and
 taxon-subsamples as used in analyses (details see
 README).Ericaceae_Schwery_et_al_NewPhytologist.zip
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.2vk43
title: Data from: Experimentally decoupling reproductive investment from energy storage to test the functional basis of a life-history tradeoff

description: The ubiquitous life-history trade-off between reproduction and survival
 has long been hypothesized to reflect underlying energy-allocation
 trade-offs between reproductive investment and processes related to
 self-maintenance. Although recent work has questioned whether
 energy-allocation models provide sufficient explanations for the survival
 cost of reproduction, direct tests of this hypothesis are rare, especially
 in wild populations. This hypothesis was tested in a wild population of
 brown anole lizards (Anolis sagrei) using a two-step experiment. First,
 stepwise variation in reproductive investment was created using unilateral
 and bilateral ovariectomy (OVX) along with intact (SHAM) control. Next,
 this manipulation was decoupled from its downstream effects on energy
 storage by surgically ablating the abdominal fat stores from half of the
 females in each reproductive treatment. As predicted, unilateral OVX
 (intermediate reproductive investment) induced levels of growth, body
 condition, fat storage and breeding-season survival that were intermediate
 between the high levels of bilateral OVX (no reproductive investment) and
 the low levels of SHAM (full reproductive investment). Ablation of
 abdominal fat bodies had a strong and persistent effect on energy stores,
 but it did not influence post-breeding survival in any of the three
 reproductive treatments. This suggests that the energetic savings of
 reduced reproductive investment do not directly enhance post-breeding
 survival, with the caveat that only one aspect of energy storage was
 manipulated and OVX itself had no overall effect on post-breeding
 survival. This study supports the emerging view that simple
 energy-allocation models may often be insufficient as explanations for the
 life-history trade-off between reproduction and survival.
description: FebPt 2010 OVX
 experimentData describing SVL,
 mass, treatment group, growth, and fat mass for wild females at February
 point. Survival and recapture rates are also calculated from these
 data.Plasma estradiol levels
 and associated dataPlasma estradiol,
 treatment groups, SVL, mass, fat, and condition data for captive and wild
 anoles.Unilateral
 fecundityNumber of offspring
 produced for each pair of females assigned to 1OVX or SHAM treatments,
 used to determine effects of manipulation on reproductive
 investment.Unilateral OVX hatchling
 sizeMass and SVL of
 hatchlings, used to test for differential reproductive investment by
 captive 1OVX and SHAM females.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k33hv85c
title: Data from: Selection in a fluctuating environment leads to decreased genetic variation and facilitates the evolution of phenotypic plasticity

description: Changes in the environment are expected to induce changes in the
 quantitative genetic variation, which influences the ability of a
 population to adapt to environmental change. Furthermore, environmental
 changes are not constant in time, but fluctuate. Here we investigate the
 effect of rapid, continuous and/or fluctuating temperature changes in the
 seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus, using an evolution experiment
 followed by a split brood experiment. In line with expectations,
 individuals responded in a plastic way and had an overall higher potential
 to respond to selection after a rapid change in the environment. After
 selection in an environment with increasing temperature, plasticity
 remained unchanged (or decreased) and environmental variation decreased,
 especially when fluctuations were added; these results were unexpected. As
 expected, the genetic variation decreased after fluctuating selection. Our
 results suggest that fluctuations in the environment have major impact on
 the response of a population to environmental change; in a highly variable
 environment with low predictability a plastic response might not be
 beneficial and the response is genetically and environmentally canalized
 resulting in a low potential to respond to selection and low environmental
 sensitivity. Interestingly, we found greater variation for phenotypic
 plasticity after selection, suggesting that the potential for plasticity
 to evolve is facilitated after exposure to environmental fluctuations. Our
 study highlights that environmental fluctuations should be considered when
 investigating the response of a population to environmental change.
description: JEB-2012-00108_data_developmental_timeCollected in the laboratory, based on split brood design, individual based data; split temp = two temperatures of the split brood, Fam = Family, emergence day = number of days from mating to emergence of adult individualJEB-2012-00108_data_weightCollected in the laboratory, based on split brood design, individual based data; split temp = two temperatures of the split brood, time point = (early, intermediate, late) indicate time point of sampling during emergence period of beetles, Fam = FamilyJEB-2012-00108_data_fecundityCollected in the laboratory, based on split brood design, individual based data; split temp = two temperatures of the split brood, Fam = Family, fecundity = number of offspringJEB-2012-00108_data_hatchingCollected in the laboratory, based on split brood design; split temp = two temperatures of the split brood, Fam = Family, hatched = number of individuals hatched per family
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g8r7t
title: Data from: Can physiographic regions substitute for genetically-determined conservation units? A case study with the threatened plant, Silene spaldingii

description: Protecting genetic diversity throughout the range of a species is
 important for conservation, as doing so provides for long-term
 evolutionary potential and persistence under a changing environment.
 Conservation of diversity at the intraspecific level requires
 identification of all genetically distinct population segments within
 species; i.e., conservation units (CUs). Silene spaldingii occurs in
 grasslands of the Columbia Plateau region of western North America and is
 listed as threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act. The
 recovery plan identified five physiographic regions across the range of
 the species to use as surrogates for genetic CUs. We collected leaf
 samples from an average of 26 plants from each of 19 of the largest
 populations across all five physiographic regions and used variable
 microsatellite and chloroplast DNA markers to determine how genetic
 variation is distributed across the range of the species and how well
 physiographic regions reflect population structure within this species.
 Results of several multivariate analyses clustered our samples into four
 genetic groups which did not correspond well with the physiographic
 regions. We observed little genetic differentiation among populations in
 the main range of the species which encompasses nearly all of four
 contiguous physiographic regions. However, three other distinct genetic
 groups were identified: two in the disjunct northeast corner and one at
 the southeast edge of the main range. Modification of the CUs to reflect
 the genetic groups rather than the physiographic regions would result in
 CUs which better reflect historical patterns of population structure.
 Moreover, use of the genetic units to inform translocation and genetic
 rescue efforts could improve our ability to mimic natural patterns of gene
 flow. Our results suggest that physiographic regions may not always be an
 accurate reflection of population structure for threatened or endangered
 species.
description: Silene Microsatellite
 DataThis file contains
 genotype data for ten microsatellite loci in Silene spaldingii. Data are
 presented in GENEPOP format.Silene cpDNA
 DataThis file contains
 chloroplast DNA sequences observed in trnF-trnL3 in Silene spaldingii.
 Data are presented in FASTA format.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7j8q0
title: Data from: Disease and freeways drive genetic change in urban bobcat populations

description: Urbanization profoundly impacts animal populations by causing isolation,
 increased susceptibility to disease, and exposure to toxicants. Genetic
 effects include reduced effective population size, increased population
 substructure, and decreased adaptive potential. We investigated the
 influence that urbanization and a disease epizootic had on the population
 genetics of bobcats (Lynx rufus) distributed across a highly fragmented
 urban landscape. We genotyped more than 300 bobcats, sampled from
 1996-2012, for variation at nine neutral and seven immune gene-linked
 microsatellite loci. We found that two freeways are significant barriers
 to gene flow. Further, a 3-year disease epizootic, associated with
 secondary anticoagulant rodenticide exposure, caused a population
 bottleneck that led to significant genetic differentiation between pre-
 and post-disease populations that was greater than that between
 populations separated by major freeways for &gt; 60 years. However,
 balancing selection acted on immune-linked loci during the epizootic,
 maintaining variation at functional regions. Conservation assessments need
 to assay loci that are potentially under selection in order to better
 preserve the adaptive potential of populations at the urban-wildland
 interface. Further, inter-connected regions that contain appropriate
 habitat for wildlife will be critical to the long-term viability of animal
 populations in urban landscapes.
description: Serieys_et_al_2014_EvolutionaryApplications_AccessibleDataSheetData for nine neutral and seven immune-linked microsatellite markers for bobcats sampled in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties of Southern California from 1996-2012. File contains three excel sheets: 1) data for neutral markers, 2) data for immune-linked markers, and 3) an information sheet assist in interpretation of sample data. Sample type, region sampled, year sampled and exact locations included for each sample.