cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3hv2826
title: Data from: Evidence for locally adaptive metabolic rates among ant populations along an elevation gradient

description: 1. As global temperatures rise, the mechanistic links between temperature,
 physiology and behavior will increasingly define predictions of ecological
 change. However, for many taxa, we currently lack consensus about how
 thermal performance traits vary within and across populations, and whether
 and how locally adaptive trait plasticity can buffer warming effects. 2.
 The metabolic cold adaptation hypothesis posits that cold environments
 (e.g. high elevations and latitudes) select for high metabolic rates (MR),
 even after controlling for body size differences, and that this enables
 high activity levels when an organism is near its cold lower thermal
 limits. Steep MR reaction norms are further predicted at cold temperatures
 to enable rapid behavioral activation with rising temperatures needed to
 exploit brief thermal windows suitable for performing eco-evolutionary
 tasks. 3. We tested these predictions by performing common garden
 experiments comparing thermal reaction norms of MR (from 15°C to 32°C) and
 behavior (from 10°C to 40°C) across populations of the ant Aphaenogaster
 iberica sampled from a 2 km elevation gradient in the Sierra Nevada
 Mountains of southern Spain. 4. As predicted, high-elevation ants had
 higher MR and steeper MR-temperature reaction norms. However, higher rates
 of energy use did not yield the predicted benefits of steeper
 activity-level reaction norms. 5. The evidence for locally adaptive
 metabolic physiology only became apparent at intermediate temperatures,
 highlighting the importance of testing thermal performance hypotheses
 across thermal gradients, rather than focusing only on performance at
 thermal limits (i.e. critical thermal values) 6. The partial support for
 the metabolic cold adaptation hypothesis highlights that while organisms
 likely show a wealth of unexplored metabolic temperature plasticity, the
 physiological mechanisms and eco-evolutionary tradeoffs underlying such
 local adaptation remain obscure.
description: Metabolic
 dataBody mass and metabolic
 rate (MR) data of A. iberica ants from different elevations collected for
 this study. Units are as follows: elevation (m.a.s.l.), Temp TRT (15, 20,
 25, 30, 32 C), Temperature (empirically measured temperature values C),
 Wet mass and Dry mass (mg), MR ((CO2 µL-1 hr-1), Mass-spec MR
 (mass-specific MR; CO2 µL-1 mg-1 hr-1, where mg is in dry
 mass).Dryad_JAE_data.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s67v7b1
title: Data from: Sex ratio at mating does not modulate age fitness effects in D. melanogaster

description: Understanding the effects of male and female age on reproductive success
 is vital to explain the evolution of life history traits and sex-specific
 ageing. A general prediction is that pre/post-meiotic ageing processes
 will lead to a decline in the pre- and post-copulatory abilities of both
 males and females. However, inasmuch as sexes have different strategies to
 optimize their fitness, the decline of reproductive success late in life
 can be modulated by social context, such as sex ratio, in a sex-specific
 manner. In this study, we used Drosophila melanogaster to investigate
 whether sex ratio at mating modulates age effects on male and female
 reproductive success. As expected, male and female age caused a decrease
 in reproductive success across male-biased and female-biased social
 contexts but, contrary to previous findings, social context did not
 modulate such age-related fitness decline in either of the two sexes. We
 discuss these results in the light of how sex ratio might modulate
 pre/post-copulatory abilities and the opportunity for inter- and
 intra-sexual competition in D. melanogaster, and generally suggest that
 social context effects on these processes is likely to be species
 specific.
description: sex_ratio_dataData for the manuscript accepted in Ecology and Evolution titled as: "Sex ratio at mating does not modulate age fitness effects in D. melanogaster". In the csv file the variables are as follows: code (the code of the experimental vial), sex, age, sexbias (type of social context), agesexbias (the age of the focal fly and the type of social context), nopupae (number of pupae), ft_std (standard reproductive success)
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.076g250
title: Data from: Trade-off or coordination? Correlations between ballochorous and myrmecochorous phases of diplochory

description: 1. The combination of two dispersal syndromes (diplochory) brings
 additional benefits to seeds, yet the relative costs and benefits of the
 two phases are poorly understood. Our goal is to provide the first
 quantification to test the long-standing assumption that there are
 trade-offs between the two phases in ballistic–ant diplochory. 2.
 Dispersal investment data were empirically measured for 91 Euphorbiaceae
 species across different regions of the world. Dispersal distance data of
 ballochory (seed dispersal by explosion), myrmecochory (seed dispersal by
 ants) and diplochory were collated from the literature for 210 records
 (148 species from 44 families). The data were analysed using Model II
 regression, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and t-test, complemented by
 phylogenetic comparative approaches. 3. Across diaspores of diplochorous
 species, the relative investment in myrmecochory increased more than that
 in ballochory. Fruit coat mass and elaiosome mass covaried in an
 allometric manner, regardless of seed mass. Diplochorous diaspores were
 significantly heavier than diaspores dispersed solely by ballochory.
 Dispersal distances of the two diplochorous phases were independent and
 comparable to that of sole ballochory or sole myrmecochory. 4. Our results
 do not support a trade-off, but a coordinated dispersal strategy between
 the two diplochorous phases. Large diaspores may evolve diplochory to
 overcome dispersal difficulties in term of dispersal distance. As the most
 comprehensive study of ballistic–ant diplochory, our findings advance the
 understanding of the relative importance of the two phases in diplochory.
description: Tables
 S1-4Table S1. A synthesis of
 taxa (species and genera) exhibiting ballistic–ant diplochory, collated
 from an exhaustive literature review. The list does not include plant
 genera for which we have only anecdotal reports. Table S2. Sampling
 information and dry mass of diaspore components for 90 Euphorbia species
 and Mercurialis annua (Euphorbiaceae). Table S3. Data of seed dispersal
 distance in ballochory and myrmecochory. Table S4. Data of seed dispersal
 distance and seed mass of diplochorous species.Table
 S1-4.xlsxAppendix
 S1Appendix S1. Aligned
 sequences of ndhF (Matrix 1) and ITS (Matrix 2) genetic regions used to
 infer the phylogeny in Figure S1, including Genbank numbers. Sequences are
 in FASTA format.Figure
 S1Figure S1. Phylogeny of
 the Euphorbia species used in this study for which sequence data are
 available.Euphorbia_tree_legend.jpg
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3m9p02s
title: Data from: Are developmental shifts the main driver of phenotypic evolution in Diplodus spp. (Perciformes: Sparidae)?

description: Background: Sparid fishes of the genus Diplodus show a complex life
 history. Juveniles have adaptations well suited to life in the water
 column. When fishes recruit into the adult population individuals develop
 a radically differentiated shape that reflect their adaptation to the new
 benthic environment typical of the adult. By using a geometric
 morphometric approach, we investigated the pattern of shape variation
 across ontogenetic stages that span from early settlement to the adult
 stage in four species of the genus Diplodus. Landmarks were collected on
 the whole body of fishes to quantify the phenotypic variation along two
 well defined life stages, i.e. juvenile and adult. A comparative analysis
 of ontogenetic trajectories was performed to assess the presence of
 divergence in the developmental pattern. Subsequently, we investigated the
 patterns of integration and modularity as proxy of the alteration of the
 developmental processes. This allowed to have an insight in morphological
 developmental patterns across ecologically and ontogenetically
 differentiated life stages and to investigate the process leading to the
 adult shape. Results: Our results suggest that the origin of morphological
 novelties in Diplodus spp. arise from shifts of the ontogenetic
 trajectories during the development. During the settlement phase,
 juvenile’s morphological shapes converge towards close regions of the
 morphospace. When the four species approach the transition between
 settlement and recruitment we observe the lowest level of inter- and
 intra-specific disparity. After this transition we detect an abrupt shift
 of ontogenetic trajectories, i.e. the path taken by species during
 development, that led to highly divergent adult phenotypes. Discussion: We
 suggest that the evolution of new ecomorphologies, better suited to
 exploit different niches and reduce inter-specific competition in Diplodus
 spp., are related to the shift in the ontogenetic trajectory that in turn
 is associated to changes in modularity and integration pattern.
description: Colangelo_et_al_BMCTPS file and R script
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j807218
title: Data from: Do genetic structure and landscape heterogeneity impact color morph frequency in a polymorphic salamander?

description: Landscape heterogeneity plays an important role in population structure
 and divergence, particularly for species with limited vagility. Here, we
 used a landscape genetic approach to identify how landscape and
 environmental variables affect genetic structure and color morph frequency
 in a polymorphic salamander. The Eastern Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon
 cinereus, is widely distributed in northeastern North America and contains
 two common color morphs, striped and unstriped, that are divergent in
 ecology, behavior, and physiology. To quantify population structure, rates
 of gene flow, and genetic drift, we amplified 10 microsatellite loci from
 648 individuals across 28 sampling localities. This study was conducted in
 northern Ohio, where populations of P. cinereus exhibit an unusually wide
 range of morph frequency variation. To test whether genetic distance was
 more correlated with morph frequency, elevation, canopy cover, waterways,
 ecological niche, or geographic distance, we used resistance distance and
 least cost path analyses. We then examined whether landscape and
 environmental variables, genetic distance, or geographic distance were
 correlated with variation in morph frequency. Tests for population
 structure revealed three genetic clusters across our sampling range, with
 one cluster monomorphic for the striped morph. Rates of gene flow and
 genetic drift were low to moderate across sites. Genetic distance was most
 correlated with ecological niche, elevation, and a combination of
 landscape and environmental variables. In contrast, morph frequency
 variation was correlated with waterways and geographic distance. Thus, our
 results suggest that selection is also an important evolutionary force
 across our sites, and a balance between gene flow, genetic drift, and
 selection interact to maintain the two color morphs.
description: LCP_all_popsLeast cost path (LCP) distance and resistance matrices across all sampled populations.LCP_central_clusterLeast cost path (LCP) distance and resistance matrices across Central Cluster populations.LCP_east_clusterLeast cost path (LCP) distance and resistance matrices across Eastern Cluster populations.RD_east_clusterResistance distance (RD) distance and resistance matrices across Eastern Cluster populations.RD_central_clusterResistance distance (RD) distance and resistance matrices across Central Cluster populations.RD_all_popsResistance distance (RD) distance and resistance matrices across all sampled populations.P.cinereus_microsat_genotypeMicrosatellite genotype data
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6280834
title: Data from: Promiscuious pollinators - evidence from an Afromontane sunbird-plant pollen transport network

description: Sunbirds play a major role in the pollination of Old World nectiverous
 plants. However, with the exception of the Cape Floristic Region there is
 a major knowledge gap around African nectivore interaction networks- a
 stark contrast from the abundance of neotropical hummingbird-plant
 networks. Here we describe a sunbird pollen transfer network (PTN) which
 we use in conjunction with a sunbird- flower visitation network (FVN) to
 explore levels of sunbird specialization within an Afromontane forest
 habitat. Both networks were generalised compared with similar sized
 hummingbird networks, reflecting the wide range of flower types visited,
 the generalist diet and bill characteistics of sunbirds. Three sunbird
 species from the genus Cinnyris accounted for 85% of flower visits and 77%
 of all pollen transported. Of the 17 plant species across both networks,
 15 are predominantly pollinated by insects while Anthonotha noldeae
 (Fabaceae- Caesalpinoidie) and Globimetula braunii (Loranthaceae) depend
 on sunbirds for seed set. Sunbird species average bill lengths varied
 between 14.5 mm (the variable sunbird) to 23.6 mm (the green headed
 sunbird) but while more pollen was carried on longer bills we found no
 evidence for a relationship between bill length and type of flower
 visited. Both networks were nested. Some specialization was observed in
 both networks although this does not appear to be driven much by sunbird
 –flower trait matching. Overall, our results suggest that in contrast to
 nectivores elsewhere, factors such as phenology and/or environment, rather
 than morphology may play important roles in limiting potential
 sunbird-flower interactions and need further investigation.
description: data pollen
 loadThe file contains pollen
 load data. Quantity of pollen of tree species removed from the body of
 captured sunbird species. Sunbird species are listed at the top row while
 tree species are on the second column.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.d6f6q7p
title: Data from: Species interactions mediate thermal evolution

description: Understanding whether populations and communities can evolve fast enough
 to keep up with ongoing climate change is one of the most pressing issues
 in biology today. A growing number of studies have documented rapid
 evolutionary responses to warming, suggesting that populations may be able
 to persist despite temperature increases. The challenge now is to better
 understand how species interactions, which are ubiquitous in nature,
 mediate these population responses to warming. Here we use laboratory
 natural selection experiments in a freshwater community to test hypotheses
 related to how thermal evolution of Daphnia pulex to two selection
 temperatures (12˚C, 18˚C) is mediated by rapid thermal evolution of its
 algal resource (Scenedesmus obliquus), or by the presence of the
 zooplankton predator Chaoborus americanus. We found that cold-evolved
 algae (a high-quality resource), facilitated the evolution of increased
 thermal plasticity in Daphnia populations selected at 12˚C, for both body
 size and per capita growth rates (r). Conversely, warm-evolved algae
 facilitated the evolution of increased r thermal plasticity for Daphnia at
 selected at 18˚C. Lastly, we found that the effect of selection
 temperature on evolved Daphnia body size was more pronounced when Daphnia
 were also reared with predators. These data demonstrate that trait
 evolution of a focal population to the thermal environment can be affected
 by both bottom-up and top-down species interactions, and that rapid
 temperature evolution of a resource can have cascading effects on consumer
 thermal evolution. Our study highlights the importance of incorporating
 species interactions when estimating ecological and evolutionary responses
 of populations and communities to ongoing temperature warming.
description: tseng-et-al-algae-evolution-dryad-2019-04-15Raw data for the algae evolution component of the papertseng-et-al-daphnia-evolution-dryad-2019-04-15Raw data for the Daphnia evolution component of the study
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s4r94b0
title: Data from: Effects of stand age, richness and density on productivity in subtropical forests in China

description: 1. Forest productivity may be determined not only by biodiversity but also
 by environmental factors and stand structure attributes. However, the
 relative importance of these factors in determining productivity is still
 controversial for subtropical forests. 2. Based on a large dataset from
 600 permanent forest inventory plots across subtropical China, we examined
 the relationship between biodiversity and forest productivity and tested
 whether stand structural attributes (stand density in terms of trees per
 ha, age and tree size) and environmental factors (climate and site
 conditions) had larger effects on productivity. Furthermore, we quantified
 the relative importance of environmental factors, stand structure and
 diversity in determining forest productivity. 3. Diversity, together with
 stand structure and site conditions, regulated the variability in forest
 productivity. The relationship between diversity and forest productivity
 did not vary along environmental gradients. Stand density and age were
 more important modulators of forest productivity than diversity. 4.
 Synthesis. Diversity had significant and positive effects on productivity
 in species-rich subtropical forests, but the effects of stand density and
 age were also important. Our work highlights that while biodiversity
 conservation is often important, the regulation of stand structure can be
 even more important to maintain high productivity in subtropical forests.
description: Data_Dryad
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3ng4kr8
title: Data from: Immune state is associated with natural dietary variation in wild mice Mus musculus domesticus

description: 1.The ability, propensity and need to mount an immune response vary both
 among individuals and within a single individual over time. 2.A wide array
 of parameters have been found to influence immune state in carefully
 controlled experiments, but we understand much less about which of these
 parameters are important in determining immune state in wild populations.
 3.Diet can influence immune responses, for example when nutrient
 availability is limited. We therefore predict that natural dietary
 variation will play a role in modulating immune state, but this has never
 been tested. 4.We measured carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in an
 island population of house mice Mus musculus domesticus as an indication
 of dietary variation, and the expression of a range of immune‐related
 genes to represent immune state. 5.After accounting for potential
 confounding influences such as age, sex and helminth load, we found a
 significant association between carbon isotope ratio and levels of immune
 activity in the mesenteric lymph nodes, particularly in relation to the
 inflammatory response. 6.This association demonstrates the important
 interplay between diet and an animal's response to immune challenges,
 and therefore potentially its susceptibility to disease.
description: Stable isotopes and
 immune markers from Isle of May miceThe data file contains
 data associated with the publication Taylor et al. 2019 "Immune state
 is associated with natural dietary variation in wild mice Mus musculus
 domesticus" Functional Ecology. Data refer to 74 individual mice Mus
 musculus domesticus that were trapped on the Isle of May, Scotland on
 9th-12th October 2015. For full details of methodology, please refer to
 the above publication. Missing data are indicated by
 NA.IoM_mousedata_dietandimmunity.csvR script for analysis of diet and immunity from Isle of May miceThis script accompanies the data file "IoM_mousedata_dietandimmunity.csv" and carries out the analysis and plots described in the paper Taylor et al. 2019 "Immune state is associated with natural dietary variation in wild mice Mus musculus domesticus" Functional Ecology.script_dietandimmunity.R.R
DOI: 10.15468/hfmx5u
title: Morphological redescription and DNA barcoding of Diamesa longipes Goetghebuer, 1941 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Swiss Alps

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lods-Crozet, Brigitte, Semenchenko, Alexander A., Makarchenko, Eugenyi A. (2025): Morphological redescription and DNA barcoding of Diamesa longipes Goetghebuer, 1941 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Swiss Alps. Zootaxa 5723 (1): 93-104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.1.4AbstractMorphological redescription of Diamesa longipes Goetghebuer with using syntype from the Ötztal Alps (Tyrol) as well as the adult male and pupa from the Zermatt valley (canton Valais) downstream of the Gornera glacier (Swiss Alps) is provided, and DNA barcoding for specimens from Swiss Alps is studied. Based on the morphology and DNA barcoding using 658-bp fragments of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I, indicate that D. longipes is closely related to Diamesa zagrosica Makarchenko et Semenchenko from Iran. Mean K2P interspecific distances between D. longipes and D. zagrosica were 4.72% which based on four species’ delimitation approaches (BIN BOLD, ASAP, mPTP, GMYC), confirms that these are valid species. Comments on the geographical distribution and ecology of this rare species in the glacial streams of the Swiss Alps are also given.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.48894fk
title: Data from: Evolutionary design of a flexible, seasonally migratory, avian phenotype: why trade gizzard mass against pectoral muscle mass?

description: Migratory birds undergo impressive body remodelling over the course of an
 annual cycle. Prior to long-distance flights, red knots (Calidris canutus
 islandica) reduce gizzard mass while increasing body mass and pectoral
 muscle mass. Although body mass and pectoral muscle mass are functionally
 linked via their joint effects on flight performance, gizzard and pectoral
 muscle mass are thought to be independently regulated. Current hypotheses
 for observed negative within-individual covariation between gizzard and
 pectoral muscle mass in free-living knots are based on a common factor
 (e.g., migration) simultaneously affecting both traits, and/or protein
 limitation forcing allocation decisions. We used diet manipulations to
 generate within-individual variation in gizzard mass and test for
 independence between gizzard and pectoral muscle mass within-individuals
 outside the period of migration and under conditions of high protein
 availability. Contrary to our prediction, we observed a negative
 within-individual covariation between gizzard and pectoral muscle mass. We
 discuss this result as a potential outcome of an evolved mechanism
 underlying body remodelling associated with migration. Although our
 proposed mechanism requires empirical testing, this study echoes earlier
 calls for greater integration of studies of function and mechanism, and in
 particular, the need for more explicit consideration of the evolution of
 mechanisms underlying phenotypic design.
description: knot_covarianceData file with all measurements of knot body body mass, pectoral muscle mass and gizzard mass. First tab within the excel sheet provides detail on each column in the main data table.