cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ht76hdrcp
title: Dataset from: Predation as an explanation for a latitudinal gradient in arm number among featherstars

description: Aim:  The role of biotic interactions in generating broad
 patterns in organismal phenotypes is a central question in macroecology.
 We investigate global patterns in feeding morphology among featherstars, a
 globally widespread group of suspension-feeding echinoderms whose
 evolutionary history has been demonstrably shaped by predators.
 Location: World's oceans. Major taxon
 studied: Crinoidea. Methods: We tested for global
 patterns in the featherstar suspension feeding apparatus, a filter made up
 of five to 200 arms which is the main interface with predators. We
 investigate a geospatial dataset of 23,950 occurrences in 442 species
 using statistical analyses including quantile regression and a new
 permutation-based phylogenetic comparative approach appropriate for
 testing for a broad range of patterns in non-normal data.
 Results: We find that featherstars exhibit a latitudinal gradient
 in arm number: arm number is both greater on average and more variable
 between species at lower latitudes. This pattern holds across depths and
 hemispheres and is not a spurious result of either the latitudinal
 diversity gradient or phylogenetic autocorrelation. Tropical featherstars
 that conceal themselves have fewer arms, and also appear to experience
 less intense predation. Main conclusions:Temperature, primary
 productivity, and substrate type do not adequately explain the latitudinal
 gradient in arm number. We attribute it instead to a corresponding
 gradient in predation intensity: many-armed featherstars can withstand
 more intense arm loss to predators. Concealment and other alternate
 solutions to the problem of predation, along with reproductive costs
 associated with having many arms, explain why the trend is wedge-shaped
 rather than linear. Our findings constitute a latitudinal gradient in
 functional diversity, paralleling recent findings in other taxa. The
 gradient may be a consequence of shallow tropical reefs; inasmuch as reefs
 as centers of biotic interactions promote functional richness, changes in
 the distribution of reefs through deep time probably entailed shifts in
 the global deployment of ecological diversity.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11432589
title: DIVINE Pilot 4 - On Farm - Davis Instruments Weather Station and IoT sensors Datasets  - (June 23 - May 24)

description: This dataset provides high-resolution hourly agroclimatic and environmental monitoring data from Pilot 4 of the DIVINE project (DemonstratIng Value of agrI Data ShariNg for Boosting Data Economy in Agriculture), a Horizon Europe funded initiative.

The data was collected using professional-grade monitoring equipment deployed at an experimental farm in Diezma (Granada), Spain.

Objective: The primary goal of this pilot is to integrate traditional weather station data with decentralized IoT sensor nodes. This integration provides a holistic view of the farm's microclimate and soil conditions, supporting precision irrigation, frost monitoring, and crop health modeling. Furthermore, this dataset serves as a key contribution to the Agri Data Space developed within the DIVINE Project, aimed at enhancing data sharing and interoperability across the European agricultural sector.

Equipment and Data Sources: The monitoring system consists of a central gateway and several peripheral IoT nodes:





Central Gateway (Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Plus): A professional-grade, 24-hour fan-aspirated wireless station. The "Plus" model includes high-accuracy sensors for Solar Radiation and UV monitoring in addition to standard atmospheric parameters.




IoT Nodes (Nodes 1 & 2): Wireless sensor nodes equipped with specialized probes for localized soil and canopy monitoring:





Soil Moisture: Measuring soil water tension (cb).




Soil Temperature: Measuring root zone temperature (°C).




Leaf Wetness: Measuring moisture duration on foliage for disease modeling.





Temporal Coverage:





Period: June 2023 – May 2024.




Resolution: 60-minute (hourly) intervals.



Data Format:





Format: CSV (UTF-8).




Structure: Files include multi-row headers identifying the specific device (Gateway vs. Nodes) and the specific port/sensor type for each data column.



Keywords: Precision Agriculture, DIVINE Project, Horizon Europe, Agri Data Space, IoT Sensors, Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature, Leaf Wetness, Granada, Irrigation Management.

Project Context: This dataset is a core component of the DIVINE Project’s mission to drive the digital transformation of the agricultural sector. By utilizing advanced data ecosystems and IoT integration, the project demonstrates how standardized data sharing can improve both the economic and environmental performance of European farms.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11432588
title: DIVINE Pilot 4 - On Farm - Davis Instruments Weather Station and IoT sensors Datasets  - (June 23 - May 24)

description: This dataset provides high-resolution hourly agroclimatic and environmental monitoring data from Pilot 4 of the DIVINE project (DemonstratIng Value of agrI Data ShariNg for Boosting Data Economy in Agriculture), a Horizon Europe funded initiative.

The data was collected using professional-grade monitoring equipment deployed at an experimental farm in Diezma (Granada), Spain.

Objective: The primary goal of this pilot is to integrate traditional weather station data with decentralized IoT sensor nodes. This integration provides a holistic view of the farm's microclimate and soil conditions, supporting precision irrigation, frost monitoring, and crop health modeling. Furthermore, this dataset serves as a key contribution to the Agri Data Space developed within the DIVINE Project, aimed at enhancing data sharing and interoperability across the European agricultural sector.

Equipment and Data Sources: The monitoring system consists of a central gateway and several peripheral IoT nodes:





Central Gateway (Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Plus): A professional-grade, 24-hour fan-aspirated wireless station. The "Plus" model includes high-accuracy sensors for Solar Radiation and UV monitoring in addition to standard atmospheric parameters.




IoT Nodes (Nodes 1 & 2): Wireless sensor nodes equipped with specialized probes for localized soil and canopy monitoring:





Soil Moisture: Measuring soil water tension (cb).




Soil Temperature: Measuring root zone temperature (°C).




Leaf Wetness: Measuring moisture duration on foliage for disease modeling.





Temporal Coverage:





Period: June 2023 – May 2024.




Resolution: 60-minute (hourly) intervals.



Data Format:





Format: CSV (UTF-8).




Structure: Files include multi-row headers identifying the specific device (Gateway vs. Nodes) and the specific port/sensor type for each data column.



Keywords: Precision Agriculture, DIVINE Project, Horizon Europe, Agri Data Space, IoT Sensors, Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature, Leaf Wetness, Granada, Irrigation Management.

Project Context: This dataset is a core component of the DIVINE Project’s mission to drive the digital transformation of the agricultural sector. By utilizing advanced data ecosystems and IoT integration, the project demonstrates how standardized data sharing can improve both the economic and environmental performance of European farms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6m905qfxp
title: Survival probability in a small shorebird decreases with the time an individual carries a tracking device

description: Effects of tracking devices on survival are generally considered to be
 small. However, most studies to date have been conducted over a
 time-period of only one year, neglecting the possible accumulation of
 negative effects and consequently stronger negative impacts on survival
 when the individuals have carried the tracking devices for longer periods.
 We studied the effects of geolocators in a closely monitored and
 colour-ringed southern dunlin (Calidris alpina schinzii) population
 breeding in Finland. Our capture-recapture data spans 2002-2018 and
 includes individual histories of 338 colour-ringed breeding adult dunlins
 (the term ‘recapture’ includes resightings of colour-ringed and
 individually recognizable birds). These data include 53 adults that were
 fitted with leg-flag mounted geolocators in 2013-2014. We followed their
 fates together with other colour-ringed birds not equipped with
 geolocators until 2018. Geolocators were removed within 1-2 years of
 attachment or were not removed at all, which allowed us to examine whether
 carrying a geolocator reduces survival and whether the reduction in
 survival becomes stronger when geolocators are carried for more than one
 year. We fit multi-state open population capture-recapture models to the
 encounter history data. When assessing geolocator effects, we accounted
 for recapture probabilities, time since marking, and sex and year effects
 on survival. We found that carrying a geolocator reduced survival, which
 contrasts with many studies that examined return rates after one year.
 Importantly, survival declined with the time the individual had carried a
 geolocator, suggesting that the negative effects accumulate over time.
 Hence, the longer monitoring of birds carrying a geolocator may explain
 the difference from previous studies. Despite their larger mass, females
 tended to be more strongly affected by geolocators than males. Our results
 warrant caution in conducting tracking studies and suggest that short-term
 studies examining return rates may not reveal all possible effects of
 tracking devices on survival.
description: The data were collected with standard field methods from a
 breeding population of the southern dunlin. See Pakanen et al. (2011,
 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020) for further details.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.547d7wm67
title: Data from: Small tropical forest trees have a greater capacity to adjust carbon metabolism to long‐term drought than large canopy trees

description: The response of small understory trees to long‐term drought is vital in
 determining the future composition, carbon stocks and dynamics of tropical
 forests. Long‐term drought is, however, also likely to expose understory
 trees to increased light availability driven by drought‐induced mortality.
 Relatively little is known about the potential for understory trees to
 adjust their physiology to both decreasing water and increasing light
 availability. We analysed data on maximum photosynthetic capacity (J max,
 V cmax), leaf respiration (R leaf), leaf mass per area (LMA), leaf
 thickness and leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations from 66 small
 trees across 12 common genera at the world’s longest running tropical
 rainfall exclusion experiment and compared responses to those from 61
 surviving canopy trees. Small trees increased J max, V cmax, R leaf and
 LMA (71%, 29%, 32%, 15% respectively) in response to the drought
 treatment, but leaf thickness and leaf nutrient concentrations did not
 change. Small trees were significantly more responsive than large canopy
 trees to the drought treatment, suggesting greater phenotypic plasticity
 and resilience to prolonged drought, although differences among taxa were
 observed. Our results highlight that small tropical trees have greater
 capacity to respond to ecosystem level changes and have the potential to
 regenerate resilient forests following future droughts.
description: Maximum photosynthetic capacity (Vcmax and Jmax), leaf dark
 adapted respiration, leaf mass per area, leaf thickness and leaf N
 & P concentrations from 66 small understory trees for the Control
 and TFE plot at the Caxiuana National Reserve Brazil. Data was collected
 in August - September 2017.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.d51c5b012
title: Serial section images of Oikopleura dioica juvenile using SBF-SEM

description: The larvacean, Oikopleura dioica is a planktonic chordate, which is an
 emerging model organism with short life cycle of 5 days and belongs to
 tunicates (urochordates). Organ formation in the trunk proceeds in seven
 hours form hatching of tailbud larvae at three hours after fertilization
 (hpf) to completion of organ formation in fully functional juveniles that
 start feeding at 10 hpf and are just miniature of adult form. The dataset
 is serial section images of Oikopleura dioica juvenile that were obtained
 using SBF-SEM (Serial block face scanning electron microscopy). The 1961
 TIFF images were compressed to a zip file. The juveniles were fixed at
 10.5 hours post fertilization, 30 min after the tail shift (Nishida, H.,
 2008 Development of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica: culture,
 genome, and cell lineages. Dev. Growth Differ. 50, S239–S256.). The
 dataset would be used as a basic morphological data of this animal to
 explore organ structures and cellular composition at electron microscopic
 level. This data is related to the paper, 3D reconstruction of structures
 of hatched larva and young juvenile of the larvacean Oikopleura dioica
 using SBF-SEM. (Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, 4833)
 (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83706-y)
description: SBF-SEM observation was performed using a Merlin scanning
 electron microscope (Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Jena, Germany) equipped with a
 3View in-chamber ultramicrotome system (Gatan, Pleasanton, CA). The serial
 slice thickness was 70 nm. Images were recorded with an accelerating
 voltage of 1.3 kV and a dwell time of 1.0 µs. The image size was 12,000 x
 12,000 pixels, with a resolution of 8 nm, which covers an area of 96 µm x
 96 µm. After 2 x 2 binning of the images to reduce noise, the image stack
 was automatically aligned using ‘Register Virtual Stack Slices’ in the
 Fiji/ImageJ software. For a 10.5 hr juvenile, 1967 images were
 acquired.
description: To look at the image sequence, one can open the folder in
 ImageJ/Fiji software at Virtual stack mode. Each TIFF file in the folder
 is also ablke to be opened with conventional picture viewers.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rbnzs7h90
title: Data from: Developmental nutrition modulates metabolic responses to projected climate change

description: Current policy has the world on track to experience around 3°C of warming
 by 2100. The responses of organisms to our warming world will be mediated
 by changes in physiological processes, including metabolic rate. Metabolic
 rate represents the energetic cost of living, and is fundamental to
 understanding the energy required to sustain populations. Current evidence
 indicates that animals have a limited capacity to adapt to warmer
 environments by reducing their metabolic rate. Consequently, animals may
 be more reliant on metabolic plasticity to ameliorate the thermodynamic
 effect of rising temperatures on physiological rates. However, metabolic
 plasticity is influenced by other environmental factors, including the
 nutritional quality of food. Elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 are
 expected to reduce the protein and increase the carbohydrate concentration
 in plants, but we do not know how this will affect the response of
 metabolic rate to climate warming. Here we test the interactive effects of
 developmental dietary protein and carbohydrate concentrations on the
 metabolic plasticity of adult Drosophila melanogaster in response to a 3°C
 increase in temperature while accounting for variation associated with
 body mass and activity (resting metabolic rate). We show that the thermal
 sensitivity of resting metabolic rate is modulated by developmental
 nutrition with animals reared on nutritionally poor, low-protein diets
 showing the greatest increase in resting metabolic rate in response to
 simulated climate warming. We also show that if the nutritional quality of
 resources is unaffected by climate change, then temperature-induced
 increases in resting metabolic rate will be offset by decreases in mass,
 but the absolute energy requirements of animals will be elevated relative
 to current conditions despite this. If, on the other hand, temperatures
 rise and resources become more calorie-dense and carbohydrate-rich, then
 the resting metabolic rate of animals will remain relatively unchanged,
 but decreases in mass and activity may drive down the absolute energy
 requirements of animals. In the absence of evolutionary adaptation, these
 findings suggest that the combined plastic response of physiological,
 morphological, and behavioural traits to temperature and nutrition may be
 an important determinant of the ultimate outcome of climate change for
 populations.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4xgxd256v
title: Increasing importance of niche versus neutral processes in the assembly of plant–herbivore networks during succession

description: Recent studies suggest that the assembly of trophic interaction networks
 is the result of both niche (deterministic and selective) and neutral
 (stochastic) processes, but we know little about their relative
 importance. Succession following disturbance offers a good opportunity to
 address this question. Studies of single-trophic guilds suggest that,
 shortly after a disturbance, such as a fire, neutral assembly processes
 (e.g. colonisation events) dominate whereas niche processes (selection)
 become more and more important as succession proceeds. Building on these
 observations, we predict similar changes in interaction networks during
 succession, with a shift from stochastic toward selective interactions. To
 test this, we studied succession of plant–herbivorous insect networks in
 South Africa after a fire. We sampled a total of 385 herbivorous arthropod
 species and 92 plant species. For different successional stages and
 spatial grain sizes, we used network descriptors to estimate
 plant–herbivore specificity and partner fidelity of plant and herbivore
 species across networks (i.e. localities). We compared the observed
 network descriptors to neutral models, and then differentiated selective
 species (associated with similar partner species in different networks)
 from neutral species (associated at random with their partners). Our
 results suggest that specialisation, partner fidelity and the proportion
 of selective species of plants and herbivores increased with succession,
 which is consistent with the hypothesis that niche-based processes prevail
 over neutral processes as succession proceeds. However, in all the
 successional stages, the majority of species were neutral species, which
 pinpoints the importance of opportunistic interactions in the assembly of
 trophic networks.  
description: 1 / Interaction network matrices = Number of herbivorous insect
 individuals collected on different plant species. 
 Location: Jonkershoek valley, Western Cape, South
 Africa.  Samplings were performed after a fire at four
 different times during succession: August 2015, December 2015, August 2016
 and December 2016. Interaction matrices were created
 for three different spatial grain sizes: for each successional stage, we
 obtained 24 different interaction matrices for 5 m × 5 m quadrats (four
 for each site), six different interaction matrices for 20 m × 20 m
 sites and one interaction matrix for the whole valley.
   2 / Photographs of the arthropods collected
 on the vegetation during these samplings.  If further
 information is needed, please contact Christopher
 Bosc: christopherbosc@gmail.com
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1rn8pk0rh
title: Evolution and plasticity of morph-specific integration in the bull-headed dung beetle Onthophagus taurus

description: Developmental and evolutionary processes underlying phenotypic variation
 frequently target several traits simultaneously, thereby causing
 covariation, or integration, among phenotypes. While phenotypic
 integration can be neutral, correlational selection can drive adaptive
 covariation. Especially the evolution and development of exaggerated
 secondary sexual traits may require the adjustment of other traits that
 support, compensate for, or otherwise function in a concerted manner.
 Although phenotypic integration is ubiquitous, the interplay between
 genetic, developmental, and ecological conditions in shaping integration
 and its evolution remains poorly understood. Here, we study the evolution
 and plasticity of trait integration in the bull-headed dung beetle
 Onthophagus taurus which is characterized by the polyphenic expression of
 horned (‘major’) and hornless (‘minor’) male morphs. By comparing
 populations subject to divergent intensities of mate competition we tested
 whether mating system shifts affect integration of traits predicted to
 function in a morph-specific manner. We focussed on fore and hind tibia
 morphology as these appendages are used to stabilize major males during
 fights, and on wings, as they are thought to contribute to morph-based
 differences in dispersal behaviour. We found phenotypic integration
 between fore and hind tibia length and horn length that was stronger in
 major males, suggesting phenotypic plasticity in integration and
 potentially secondary sexual trait compensation. Similarly, we observed
 that fore tibia shape was also integrated with relative horn length.
 However, although we found population differentiation in wing and tibia
 shape and allometry, populations did not differ in integration. Lastly, we
 detected little evidence for morph differences in integration in either
 tibia or wing shape, although wing allometries differed between morphs.
 This contrasts with previous studies documenting intraspecific
 differentiation in morphology, behaviour and allometry as a response to
 varying levels of mate competition across O. taurus populations. We
 discuss how sexual selection may shape morph-specific integration,
 compensation and allometry across populations.
description: This is a geometric morphometric data set. All two-dimensional
 landmarks were collected as described in the Materials & Methods
 section of the corresponding publication. Please see the sheet
 'variable description' for a more detailed description of all
 variables and measurements.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.c866t1g4q
title: The legacy of stress: coral bleaching impacts reproduction years later

description: 1. The extent to which populations persist under environmental stress
 depends on the reproductive output of individuals that survive the stress.
 In coral systems, corals bleach in response to stress from elevated water
 temperature. However, little is known of the extent to which thermal
 stress impairs the reproductive capacity of the survivors over the
 following years, limiting the capacity to predict how populations will
 persist in the Anthropocene. 2. Using histology to quantify the abundance
 and size of oocytes and spermaries per polyp, we tested how bleaching
 impairs the reproductive response of the coral Pocillopora meandrina over
 two reproductive seasons following the 2015 mass bleaching event in the
 Hawaiian Islands. 3. We found that smaller colonies not only had a greater
 probability of bleaching but also suffered greater reproductive impacts
 over a longer time. In contrast, larger colonies generated comparable
 reproductive output regardless of bleaching severity, although bleached
 colonies generated smaller oocytes the year after bleaching. 4. These
 results show that reproductive impacts of bleaching are more complex and
 size-specific than commonly assumed. Therefore, estimates of bleaching
 mortality may underestimate the true impact of thermal stress on
 populations, especially as populations lose larger individuals from
 repeated and co-occurring stressors.