cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.79310
title: Data from: What makes a multimodal signal attractive? A preference function approach

description: Courtship signals are often complex and include components within and
 across sensory modalities. Unfortunately, the evidence for how multimodal
 signals affect female preference functions is still rather limited. This
 is an important scientific gap because preference function shape can
 indicate which male traits are under the strongest selection. We modelled
 how preference function shape can be altered under 4 scenarios of varying
 signal content, including both redundant and non-redundant signals. The
 model was tested with the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater); we
 manipulated male song attractiveness and visual display intensity, and
 assessed female preferences in an audiovisual playback study. We found
 that the intensity of a visual display can modify how attractive a song is
 for females. This indicates that the visual and acoustic male signal
 components are non-redundant and modulate each other. Our study shows a
 change in the direction of female preference functions for one signalling
 modality resulting from changes in the attractiveness of the other
 modality. Overall, our findings suggest that male signals in this species
 may not be under the typical directional selection documented in other
 species, but rather selection may favour males that possess a range of
 different signals that can be used strategically during different social
 contexts.
description: Preference functions of
 female brown headed cowbirds for male multimodal signalsThis is an excel file
 noting the three behaviors we examined during our mating trials: (1)
 whether females gave a copulatory solicitation display (CSD) to a given
 male, (2) the CSD duration and (3) the latency to begin a CSD. The file is
 organized chronologically so that the readers can see the experimental
 block, trial day, and experimental order on a given day for the females
 (i.e., birds) in the experiment. Male signals are described categorically,
 as high/low intensity visual display and high/low potency song and also
 continuously as song factor 1-3 and visual display factor 1-2. Finally, we
 have some descriptive data on each female, including her mass and her
 estrogen levels measured at the end of the experiment.ForDryad.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.d52p3
title: Data from: Climate and atmospheric change impacts on sap-feeding herbivores: a mechanistic explanation based on functional groups of primary metabolites

description: Global climate and atmospheric change are widely predicted to affect many
 ecosystems. Herbivorous insects account for 25% of the planet's
 species so their responses to environmental change are pivotal to how
 future ecosystems will function. Atmospheric change affects feeding guilds
 differently, however, with sap-feeding herbivores consistently identified
 as net beneficiaries of predicted increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide
 concentrations (eCO2). The mechanistic basis for these effects remains
 largely unknown, and our understanding about how multiple environmental
 changes, acting in tandem, shape plant–insect interactions is incomplete.
 This study investigated how increases in temperature (eT) and eCO2
 affected the performance of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) via
 changes in amino acid concentrations in the model legume, lucerne
 (Medicago sativa). Aphid performance increased under eCO2 at ambient
 temperatures, whereby aphid fecundity, longevity, colonization success and
 rm increased by 42%, 30%, 25% and 21%, respectively. eT negated the
 positive effects of eCO2 on both fecundity and rm, however, and
 performance was similar to when aphids were reared at ambient CO2. We
 identified discrete functional groups of amino acids that underpinned the
 effects of climate and atmospheric change, in addition to plant genotype,
 on aphid performance. Effects of eT and eCO2 held true across five M.
 sativa genotypes, demonstrating the generality of their effects. Combining
 this knowledge with amino acid profiles of existing cultivars raises the
 possibility of predicting future susceptibility to aphids and preventing
 outbreaks of a global pest. Moreover, environmentally induced changes in
 the nutritional ecology of aphids have the capacity to change life-history
 strategies of aphids and their direct and indirect interactions with many
 other organisms, including mutualists and antagonists.
description: Aphid performance
 datasheetDatasheet containing
 aphid performance measurements on plants inoculated with
 aphidsaphid
 performance.csvAmino acid
 datasheetFile containing
 individual amino acid concentrations for all runs and
 treatmentsamino
 acids.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.hn050
title: Data from: Artificial barriers prevent genetic recovery of small isolated populations of a low-mobility freshwater fish

description: Habitat loss and fragmentation often result in small, isolated populations
 vulnerable to environmental disturbance and loss of genetic diversity. Low
 genetic diversity can increase extinction risk of small populations by
 elevating inbreeding and inbreeding depression, and reducing adaptive
 potential. Due to their linear nature and extensive use by humans,
 freshwater ecosystems are especially vulnerable to habitat loss and
 fragmentation. Although the effects of fragmentation on genetic structure
 have been extensively studied in migratory fish, they are less understood
 in low-mobility species. We estimated impacts of instream barriers on
 genetic structure and diversity of the low-mobility river blackfish
 (Gadopsis marmoratus) within five streams separated by weirs or dams
 constructed 45–120 years ago. We found evidence of small-scale (&lt;13
 km) genetic structure within reaches unimpeded by barriers, as expected
 for a fish with low mobility. Genetic diversity was lower above barriers
 in small streams only, regardless of barrier age. In particular, one
 isolated population showed evidence of a recent bottleneck and inbreeding.
 Differentiation above and below the barrier was greatest (FST =0.13) in
 this stream, but in other streams did not differ from background levels.
 Spatially explicit simulations suggest that short-term barrier effects
 would not be detected with our dataset unless effective population sizes
 were very small (&lt;100). Our study highlights that, in structured
 populations, the ability to detect short-term genetic effects from
 barriers is reduced and requires more genetic markers compared to
 panmictic populations. We also demonstrate the importance of accounting
 for natural population genetic structure in fragmentation studies.
description: Coleman et al artificial
 barriers prevent recovery of a low mobility fish raw
 dataRaw microsatellite data
 using 11 loci and 366 fin tissue samples collected from 28 southern river
 blackfish populations across five streams in the Yarra River catchment
 near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Individuals were sampled from 2–3
 sites above and 2–3 sites below artificial barriers in each
 stream.Coleman et al artificial
 barriers prevent recovery of a low mobility fish site
 locationsLocation of survey sites
 where southern river blackfish tissue samples were collected from the
 Yarra River catchment near Melbourne, Victoria,
 Australia.Coleman et al artificial
 barriers prevent recovery of a low mobility fish 8 loci no less than
 60mmRaw microsatellite data
 for the 8 polymorphic loci only and juveniles less than 60mm
 removed.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.44dm3
title: Data from: Epigenetic and genetic variation among three separate introductions of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) into Australia

description: Invasive populations are often associated with low levels of genetic
 diversity due to population bottlenecks at the initial stages of invasion.
 Despite this, the ability of invasive species to adapt rapidly in response
 to novel environments is well documented. Epigenetic mechanisms have
 recently been proposed to facilitate the success of invasive species by
 compensating for reduced levels of genetic variation. Here, we use MS-AFLP
 and microsatellite analyses to compare levels of epigenetic and genetic
 diversity and differentiation across 15 sites in the introduced Australian
 house sparrow population. We find patterns of epigenetic and genetic
 differentiation that are consistent with historical descriptions of three
 distinct, introductions events. However unlike genetic differentiation,
 epigenetic differentiation was higher among sample sites than among
 invasion clusters, suggesting that patterns of epigenetic variation are
 more strongly influenced by local environmental stimuli or sequential
 founder events than the initial diversity in the introduction population.
 Interestingly, we fail to detect correlations between pairwise site
 comparisons of epigenetic and genetic differentiation, suggesting that
 some of the observed epigenetic variation has arisen independently of
 genetic variation. We also fail to detect the potentially compensatory
 relationship between epigenetic and genetic diversity that has been
 detected in a more recent house sparrow invasion in Africa. We discuss the
 potential for this relationship to be obscured by recovered genetic
 diversity in more established populations, and highlight the importance of
 incorporating introduction history into population-wide epigenetic
 analyses.
description: DataHouseSparrowEpigeneticsEpigenetic binary haplotype data for house sparrow DNA samples assayed with MSAFLP.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j9704
title: Data from: Millipede taxonomy after 250 years: classification and taxonomic practices in a mega-diverse yet understudied arthropod group

description: BACKGROUND: The arthropod class Diplopoda is a mega-diverse group
 comprising &gt;12,000 described millipede species. The history of
 taxonomic research within the group is tumultuous and, consequently, has
 yielded a questionable higher-level classification. Few higher-taxa are
 defined using synapomorphies, and the practice of single taxon
 descriptions lacking a revisionary framework has produced many monotypic
 taxa. Additionally, taxonomic and geographic biases render global species
 diversity estimations unreliable. We test whether the ordinal taxa of the
 Diplopoda are consistent with regards to underlying taxonomic diversity,
 attempt to provide estimates for global species diversity, and examine
 millipede taxonomic effort at a global geographic scale.
 METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A taxonomic distinctness metric was
 employed to assess uniformity of millipede ordinal taxa. We found that
 ordinal-level taxa are not uniform and are likely overinflated with
 higher-taxa when compared to related groups. Several methods of estimating
 global species richness were employed (Bayesian, variation in taxonomic
 productivity, extrapolation from nearly fully described taxa). Two of the
 three methods provided estimates ranging from 13,413–16,760 species.
 Variations in geographic diversity show biases to North America and Europe
 and a paucity of works on tropical taxa. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Before
 taxa can be used in an extensible way, they must be definable with respect
 to the diversity they contain and the diagnostic characters used to
 delineate them. The higher classification for millipedes is shown to be
 problematic from a number of perspectives. Namely, the ordinal taxa are
 not uniform in their underlying diversity, and millipedes appear to have a
 disproportionate number of higher-taxa. Species diversity estimates are
 unreliable due to inconsistent taxonomic effort at temporal, geographic,
 and phylogenetic scales. Lack of knowledge concerning many millipede
 groups compounds these issues. Diplopods are likely not unique in this
 regard as these issues may persist in many other diverse yet poorly
 studied groups.
description: Taxonomic_DistinctnessContains files for the calculation of taxonomic distinctness metrics for each of the millipede, centipede, and pseudoscorpion ordersForBebberScriptData for calculation of millipede species diversity following the methods of Bebber et al., 2007SpAccumulationMillipede species accumulation data.MillipedeCountries-No0sCountries with relevant information concerning climate, human population, millipede species, etc.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4s94n
title: Data from: Diversity increases indirect interactions, attenuates the intensity of competition, and promotes coexistence

description: A fundamental assumption of coexistence theory is that competition
 inevitably decreases species diversity. Consequently, in the quest to
 understand the ecological regulators of diversity, there has been a great
 deal of focus on processes with the potential to reduce competitive
 exclusion. However, the notion that competition must decrease diversity is
 largely based on the outcome of two-species interaction experiments and
 models, despite the fact that species rarely interact only in pairs in
 natural systems. In a field experiment, we found that competition among
 native perennial plants in multispecies assemblages was far weaker than
 competition between those same species in pairwise arrangements and that
 indirect interactions appeared to weaken direct competitive effects. These
 results suggest that community assembly theory based on pairwise
 approaches may overestimate the strength of competition and likelihood of
 competitive exclusion in species-rich communities. We also found that
 Centaurea stoebe, a North American invader, retained strong competitive
 effects when competing against North American natives in both pairwise and
 multispecies assemblages. Our experimental results support an emerging
 body of theory suggesting that complex networks of competing species may
 generate strong indirect interactions that can maintain diversity and that
 ecological differentiation may not be necessary to attenuate competition.
description: Raw individual biomass
 dataDryad
 data.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.88dj4
title: Data from: Parallelism isn't perfect: could disease and flooding drive a life history anomaly in Trinidadian guppies?

description: Nonparallel evolution, where independent populations occupy similar
 environments but show phenotypic differences, can uncover previously
 ignored selective factors. We investigated a nonparallelism in the
 life-history strategy of a Trinidadian guppy population, a system famous
 for parallel adaptation to differences in predation risk. We tested the
 hypothesis that high mortality drives an observed fast life-history
 pattern (i.e., earlier maturation and more frequent reproductive events)
 that is atypical for a low-predation environment. Using mark-recapture
 techniques, we compared neighboring low-predation populations, finding
 significantly higher mortality rates in the population with atypical
 life-history traits. Mortality was elevated during the wet season, when
 flooding was common. Moreover, individuals from the anomalous population
 were more likely to transition from healthy to infected disease states.
 Our results stand out against previous patterns observed in this system,
 indicating that higher mortality caused by disease and flooding may have
 selected for a faster life history. Thus, we highlight that even in
 systems famous for parallel adaptation, variation in selective pressures
 can result in nonparallel phenotypic evolution.
description: Fitzpatrick et al_MSMR
 dataMonthly multistate mark
 recapture histories for every individual included in this study. These
 data were collected in the field in Trinidad over a 1 year period between
 June 2009-June 2010. The format is intended for use in the
 capture-mark-recapture Program Mark.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8109
title: Data from: Isolation and characterization of 145 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the common frog (Rana temporaria)

description: We describe primers and polymerase chain reaction conditions to amplify
 145 di-, tri- and tetranucleotide microsatellite loci from the common frog
 (Rana temporaria), a species commonly used as a model in ecological and
 evolutionary research. Primers were tested on 46 individuals from two
 Fennoscandian populations and yielded an average of six to nine alleles
 per locus (range = 1–30) depending on the population. Average observed
 heterozygosities in the two populations were 0.16 (range = 0–0.91) and
 0.36 (range = 0–1).
description: DryadMolEcoResDataGenotype data of adult common frogs from Kilpisjarvi Finland and Tvedora Sweden, using 145 microsatellite loci.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.jt7vd6n
title: Data from: Reduction of baseline corticosterone secretion correlates with climate warming and drying across wild lizard populations

description: 1. Climate change should lead to massive loss of biodiversity in most taxa
 but the detailed physiological mechanisms underlying population extinction
 remain largely elusive so far. In vertebrates, baseline levels of hormones
 such as glucocorticoids (GCs) may be indicators of population state since
 their secretion to chronic stress can impair survival and reproduction.
 However, the relationship between GC secretion, climate change and
 population extinction risk remains unclear. 2. In this study we
 investigated whether levels of baseline corticosterone (the main GCs in
 reptiles) correlate with environmental conditions and associated
 extinction risk across wild populations of the common lizard Zootoca
 vivipara. 3. First, we performed a cross-sectional comparison of baseline
 corticosterone levels along an altitudinal gradient among 14 populations.
 Then, we used a longitudinal study in 8 populations to examine the changes
 in corticosterone levels following the exposure to a heat wave period. 4.
 Unexpectedly, baseline corticosterone decreased with increasing thermal
 conditions at rest in females, and was not correlated with extinction
 risk. In addition, baseline corticosterone levels decreased after exposure
 to an extreme heat wave period. This seasonal corticosterone decrease was
 more pronounced in populations without access to standing water. 5. We
 suggest that low basal secretion of corticosterone may entail
 down-regulating activity levels and limit exposure to adverse climatic
 conditions, especially to reduce water loss. These new insights suggest
 that rapid population decline might be preceded by a down-regulation of
 the corticosterone secretion.
description: dataset_corticosterone_JAE-2018-00071This dataset includes the individual values of corticosterone and the associated timing of capture, population and individual characteristics, and reproductive measures.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.pac7s3
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 129 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "TaxonKey" : [
 "is Artocarpus sericicarpus"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 129 records from 14 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0000887-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b0b18
title: Data from: Identifying demographic and environmental drivers of recruitment and population growth in a cavity nesting sea duck population

description: Traits with the greatest proportional effects on fitness are typically
 conserved (Stearns 1992), and traits with larger temporal variation
 frequently play a dominant role in population dynamics (Cooch et al.
 2001). We examined recruitment patterns and population growth in Common
 Goldeneyes (Bucephala clangula; hereafter goldeneye), using Pradel
 mark-recapture models from a long-term nest box study (1997-2010). Our
 objectives were to estimate recruitment (f) and population growth (λ)
 relative to recruitment origin group (in-situ or unknown), investigate
 environmental and density dependent effects on these parameters, and
 evaluate potential immigration patterns. We detected group-specific
 differences for f (in-situ: 0.47± 0.13 SE, unknown: 0.31 ± 0.04), and the
 proportion of boxes occupied by goldeneyes the year prior to recruitment
 had a significant negative effect on recruitment for the in-situ group (β
 = -1.04; 85% CI -1.29, -0.78), and a positive effect for the unknown group
 (β = 0.45; 85% CI 0.30, 0.61). The negative box occupancy effect in the
 year prior to recruitment, when in-situ yearling goldeneyes prospect for
 potential nest sites, suggests that local nesting densities may limit
 recruitment of locally hatched females. We identified two competitive
 models for λ, which averaged 1.04 ± 0.03 and included interactions between
 recruitment origin group and a linear temporal trend, and the proportion
 of ducklings marked two years prior. By evaluating all levels of marking
 effort on λ, we determined that even if all hatched ducklings were marked
 in a given year, the resulting in-situ λ was consistently lower than all
 observed population-level λs during the study, indicating that individuals
 produced outside of study area nest boxes contributed to λ. Though female
 goldeneyes are considered highly philopatric, our results suggest that
 female natal and breeding dispersal may be more prevalent than previously
 thought, and the spatial scale at which these processes occur requires
 further investigation.
description: Lawson et al 2017
 DataThis zipped file
 contains: (1) the .inp file necessary to run our Pradel mark-recapture
 analyses in Program MARK; (2) a .csv document with the raw
 (unstandardized) annual covariate values; and (3) an .xlsx workbook that
 contains the raw covariate values, metadata, and additional notes on
 z-standardization to account for missing data and
 time-lags.Lawsonetal2017_JAB01359.zip