cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3b78n
title: Data from: Short-term priority over exotic annuals increases the initial density and longer-term cover of native perennial grasses

description: Temporal priority can affect individual performance and reproduction, as
 well as community assembly, but whether these effects persist over time
 remains unclear, and their demographic mechanisms have been little
 explored. The continued dominance of exotic annual grasses in California
 has been commonly attributed to their demonstrated early germination and
 rapid early growth relative to native perennial grasses. This advantage
 may play a crucial role in the structure of California exotic annual
 grasslands, as well as in the practice of native grassland restoration. We
 tested whether a two-week planting advantage under field conditions
 increased individual survival, growth, and reproduction for four native
 perennial grass species and whether these effects persisted over three
 years. We show that short-term priority significantly increased the
 establishment success of native perennial grasses. Increased density of
 native grass seedlings presaged later large increases in cover that were
 not evident in the first year after planting. Although priority effects at
 the individual level may diminish over time, short differences in
 emergence timing can have long-lasting effects on community structure.
 Earlier germination and faster initial growth of exotic annual species may
 help explain their unprecedented invasion and continued dominance of
 California grasslands. Finally, these results highlight the importance of
 priority effects for effective exotic annual control during native
 grassland restoration in California: initial control can increase the
 establishment of native perennial seedlings, which then results in
 long-term control by mature native individuals.
description: Short-Term Priority
 DataCover estimates for
 priority treatments
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8024p3h
title: Data from: Temporal scale of environmental correlations affects ecological synchrony

description: Population densities of a species, measured in different locations are
 often correlated over time, a phenomenon referred to as synchrony.
 Synchrony results from dispersal of individuals among locations and
 spatially correlated environmental variation, among other causes.
 Synchrony is often measured by a correlation coefficient. However,
 synchrony can vary with timescale. We demonstrate theoretically and
 experimentally that the timescale-specificity of environmental correlation
 affects the overall magnitude and timescale-specificity of synchrony, and
 that these effects are modified by population dispersal. Our laboratory
 experiments linked populations of flour beetles by changes in habitat size
 and dispersal. Linear filter theory, applied to a metapopulation model for
 the experimental system, predicted the observed timescale-specific
 effects. The timescales at which environmental covariation occurs can
 affect the population dynamics of species in fragmented habitats.
description: Tribolium census
 dataThis file contains the
 census data for the Tribolium synchrony experiment.Desharnais_et_al_Tribolium_synchrony_data.csv
DOI: 10.15468/dl.y6pbqf
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 448 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 "and" : [
 "Continent is Asia",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "HasGeospatialIssue is false",
 "OccurrenceStatus is Present",
 "TaxonKey is Spenceria ramalana"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 448 records from 22 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0001271-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.6452qh
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset listing the 1566 species recorded in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "Country is Belgium",
 "DatasetKey is Pl@ntNet observations",
 "PublishingOrg is da86174a-a605-43a4-a5e8-53d484152cd3"
 ]
}

 The dataset's 1566 records were derived from 1 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0001262-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.15np2
title: Data from: Complex interaction of dendritic connectivity and hierarchical patch size on biodiversity in river-like landscapes

description: Habitat fragmentation and land use changes are causing major biodiversity
 losses. Connectivity of the landscape or environmental conditions alone
 can shape biodiversity patterns. In nature, however, local habitat
 characteristics are often intrinsically linked to a specific connectivity.
 Such a link is evident in riverine ecosystems, where hierarchical
 dendritic structures command related scaling on habitat capacity. We
 experimentally disentangled the effect of local habitat capacity (i.e.,
 the patch size) and dendritic connectivity on biodiversity in aquatic
 microcosm metacommunities by suitably arranging patch sizes within
 river-like networks. Overall, more connected communities that occupy a
 central position in the network exhibited higher species richness,
 irrespective of patch size arrangement. High regional evenness in
 community composition was found only in landscapes preserving
 geomorphological scaling properties of patch sizes. In these landscapes,
 some of the rarer species sustained regionally more abundant populations
 compared to landscapes with homogeneous patch size or landscapes with
 spatially uncorrelated patch size. Our analysis suggests that altering the
 natural link between dendritic connectivity and patch size strongly
 affects community composition and population persistence at multiple
 scales. The experimental results are demonstrating a principle that can be
 tested in theoretical metacommunity models and eventually be projected to
 real riverine ecosystems.
description: Carrara_2013Adjacency_matrixAdjacency Matrices for the five different river networks topologies adopted in the dendritic connectivity -habitat capacity experiment.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.hc63s
title: Data from: Multivariate sexual selection on ejaculate traits under sperm competition

description: The widespread prevalence of sperm competition means that ejaculates face
 intense sexual selection. However, prior investigations of sexual
 selection on gametes have been hampered by two difficulties: (1) deriving
 estimates of relative fitness from sperm competition trials that are
 comparable across rival male and female genotypes; and (2) obtaining
 measures of competitive fertilization success that are not confounded by
 post-zygotic effects. Here, we exploit the experimental tractability of a
 broadcast spawning marine invertebrate to overcome these challenges and
 characterise multivariate sexual selection on sperm traits when multiple
 ejaculates compete. In multi-male spawning events, we tracked real-time
 success of sperm using fluorescent tags that are visible inside fertilized
 eggs. We then used multivariate selection analyses to identify patterns of
 linear and non-linear sexual selection on multiple sperm morphology and
 motility traits. Specifically, we found non-linear selection against
 divergent combinations of sperm length, velocity and swimming path
 linearity. These patterns likely reflect the way different swimming
 strategies allow sperm to locate and track eggs. Our results demonstrate
 that there are overall patterns of selection on ejaculates across a
 biologically realistic range of ejaculate-ejaculate and ejaculate-female
 interactions; therefore, there is the potential for adaptive evolution of
 ejaculate traits under sperm competition.
description: Lymbery_et_al_Multivariate_Selection_DataRaw data used in multivariate selection analyses. These data include: experimental block number, male ID, number of successes (competitive fertilizations), number of failures (total fertilizations in block minus number successfully fertilized by the male), proportion of successful fertilizations, flagellum beat cross frequency (BCF), curvilinear velocity (VCL), path linearity (LIN), percentage of motile sperm, mean sperm head length and mean sperm flagellum length.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.33n3f
title: Data from: The youngest South American rhynchocephalian, a survivor of the K/Pg extinction

description: Rhynchocephalian lepidosaurs, though once widespread worldwide, are
 represented today only by the tuatara (Sphenodon) of New Zealand. After
 their apparent early Cretaceous extinction in Laurasia, they survived in
 southern continents. In South America, they are represented by different
 lineages of Late Cretaceous eupropalinal forms until their disappearance
 by the Cretaceous/Palaeogene (K/Pg) boundary. We describe here the only
 unambiguous Palaeogene rhynchocephalian from South America; this new taxon
 is a younger species of the otherwise Late Cretaceous genus Kawasphenodon.
 Phylogenetic analysis confirms the allocation of the genus to the clade
 Opisthodontia. The new form from the Palaeogene of Central Patagonia is
 much smaller than Kawasphenodon expectatus from the Late Cretaceous of
 Northern Patagonia. The new species shows that at least one group of
 rhynchocephalians not related to the extant Sphenodon survived in South
 America beyond the K/Pg extinction event. Furthermore, it adds to other
 trans-K/Pg ectotherm tetrapod taxa, suggesting that the end-Cretaceous
 extinction affected Patagonia more benignly than the Laurasian landmasses.
description: data
 matrixdata matrix in Nexus
 formatAGR
 2014.nex
DOI: 10.15468/dl.da45rs
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 1458 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 "and" : [
 "Geometry POLYGON((-49.40737 -59.10018,-26.33227 -59.10018,-26.33227 -48.92272,-49.40737 -48.92272,-49.40737 -59.10018))",
 "HasGeospatialIssue is false",
 "Year 2021-2021"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 1458 records from 14 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0001270-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7tv64
title: Data from: Biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships change through primary succession

description: Ecologists traditionally use environmental parameters to predict
 successional shifts in compositional characteristics of local species
 assemblages (environmental control). Another important focus in ecology is
 to understand functional roles of species assemblages in determining local
 environmental properties (diversity control). Then, the question emerges:
 which is the cause, and which is the consequence? To clarify the causal
 relationships between species assemblages and environmental properties, we
 focused on seral changes in species/functional diversity of vascular
 plants in tundra ecosystems of the High Arctic. We found that, although
 species richness was influenced by soil properties in the earlier stages
 of primary succession, the causalities were reversed in the later stages.
 We also found functional differentiation among coexisting species in the
 later stage, suggesting that the ‘complementarity effect’ of diversity on
 ecosystem functions likely increased with ecosystem development through
 time. By contrast, particular species had little disproportional influence
 on soil properties, suggesting that the ‘selection effect’ as an
 alternative mechanism was less important. This result was likely
 attributed to the importance of facilitation in the marginal High Arctic
 environment. Plant–microsite associations are shaped by feedback
 mechanisms and therefore, neither plant nor microsite is a single absolute
 predictor of the other. Although our observational study has limitations,
 we demonstrates a possibility that the relative magnitude of the influence
 of one on the other can change in the process of succession, emphasizing
 that the causalities underlying biodiversity–ecosystem function
 relationships change through succession.
description: <strong>moraineA2</strong><br> Community data
 (early stage)
 <strong>moraineB2</strong><br> Community data
 (middle stage)
 <strong>moraineC2</strong><br> Community data
 (middle-late stage)
 <strong>moraineD2</strong><br> Community data
 (late stage)
 <strong>moraineA_EnvCov</strong><br> Quadrat
 data (early stage)
 <strong>moraineB_EnvCov</strong><br> Quadrat
 data (middle stage)
 <strong>moraineC_EnvCov</strong><br> Quadrat
 data (middle-late stage)
 <strong>moraineD_EnvCov</strong><br> Quadrat
 data (late stage)
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.v4b63
title: Data from: Geographic variation in age structure and longevity in the nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)

description: Variation in age and size of mature nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius
 pungitius) within and among 16 Fennoscandian populations were assessed
 using skeletochronology. The average age of individuals in a given
 population varied from 1.7 to 4.7 years. Fish from pond populations were
 on average older than those from lake and marine populations, and females
 tended to be older than males. Reproduction in marine and lake populations
 commenced typically at an age of two years, whereas that in ponds at an
 age of three years. The maximum life span of the fish varied from 3 to 7
 years. Mean body size within and among populations increased with
 increasing age, but the habitat and population differences in body size
 persisted even after accounting for variation in population age (and sex)
 structure. Hence, the population differences in mean body size are not
 explainable by age differences alone. As such, much of the pronounced
 intraspecific variation in population age structure can be attributed to
 delayed maturation and extended longevity of the pond fish. The results
 are contrasted and discussed in the context of similar data from the
 three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) occupying the same
 geographic area.
description: Merila_dryadSex, age and standard length of all specimens used in the study
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6jr67
title: Data from: Adult social environment alters female reproductive investment in the cricket Gryllus firmus

description: Phenotypically plastic responses have been increasingly documented in
 response to intraspecific, behavioral (often sexual) signals such as
 mating calls. We explored the effect of short-term exposure to male
 calling song on a reproductive life history trade-off in adult females of
 the wing dimorphic cricket species, Gryllus firmus. In G. firmus,
 long-winged females possess flight muscles and small ovaries immediately
 after the adult molt, whereas short-winged females possess small,
 non-functional flight muscles and large ovaries at the same age. In
 long-winged females, flight muscles are histolyzed during ovary growth
 that occurs after the adult molt. Because of these differences in
 reproductive physiology, we predicted different responses to calling song
 exposure between the two morphs. We hypothesized that such exposure would
 boost ovary growth in both wing morphs, but also increase flight muscle
 histolysis in long-winged females, producing a greater relative response
 to exposure in this morph. As expected, we saw a significant increase in
 ovary mass in exposed females of both morphs, and a greater relative
 response in long-winged females. Calling song exposure did not have a
 strong effect on flight muscle histolysis, suggesting that the relatively
 larger ovary response in long-winged females was perhaps fueled instead by
 reallocation of flight fuels. Our study documents the rapid adult response
 of a fitness-linked trait to the adult social environment, a result with
 far-reaching implications, as the experience of mating signals during
 adulthood should be nearly universal across species.
description: Conroy Roff Behaviorl
 Ecology DRYAD dataContains ovary and
 flight muscle masses for Gryllus firmus female crickets as a function of
 exposure to male chirpsConroy Roff BE
 DRYAD.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.93q6sj9
title: Data from: The low but uncertain measured benefits of U.S. water quality policy

description: US investment to decrease pollution in rivers, lakes, and other surface
 waters has exceeded $1.9 trillion since 1960, and has also exceeded the
 cost of most other US environmental initiatives. These investments come
 both from the 1972 Clean Water Act and the largely voluntary efforts to
 control pollution from agriculture and urban runoff. This paper reviews
 the methods and conclusions of about 20 recent evaluations of these
 policies. Surprisingly, most analyses estimate that these policies’
 benefits are much smaller than their costs; the benefit/cost ratio from
 the median study is 0.37. However, existing evidence is limited and
 undercounts many types of benefits. We conclude that it is unclear whether
 many of these regulations truly fail a benefit/cost test or whether
 existing evidence understates their net benefits; we also describe
 specific questions that when answered would help eliminate this
 uncertainty.
description: Data for Figures 1 and
 2These files provide the
 supporting data for Figures 1 and 2.Figures_Dryad.zip
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.m47t706
title: Data from: Population structure of riverine and coastal dolphins Sotalia fluviatilis and Sotalia guianensis: PATTERNS of nuclear and mitochondrial diversity AND implications for conservation

description: Coastal and freshwater cetaceans are particularly vulnerable due to their
 proximity to human activity, localized distributions and small home
 ranges. These species include Sotalia guianensis, found in the Atlantic
 and Caribbean coastal areas of central and South America, and Sotalia
 fluviatilis, distributed in the Amazon River and tributaries. We
 investigated the population structure and genetic diversity of these two
 species by analyses of mtDNA control region and 8-10 microsatellite loci.
 MtDNA analyses revealed strong regional structuring for S. guianensis
 (i.e. Colombian Caribbean vs. Brazilian Coast, FST= 0.807, ΦST = 0.878, P
 &lt;0.001) especially north and south of the Amazon River mouth. For
 S. fluviatilis, population structuring was detected between the western
 and eastern Amazon (i.e. Colombian Amazon vs. Brazilian Amazon, FST=
 0.085, ΦST = 0.277, P &lt;0.001). Haplotype and nucleotide diversity
 were higher for S. fluviatilis. Population differentiation was supported
 by analysis of the microsatellite loci (S. guianensis, northern South
 America vs. southern South America FST= 0.275, Jost´s D = 0.476,
 P&lt;0.001; S. fluviatilis, western and eastern Amazon FST= 0.197,
 Jost´s D = 0.364, P&lt;0.001). Most estimated migration rates in both
 species overlapped with zero, suggesting no measurable migration between
 most of the sampling locations. However, for S. guianensis, there was
 measurable migration in neighboring sampling locations. These results
 indicate that the small home ranges of these species may act to restrict
 gene flow between populations separated by relatively short distances,
 increasing the risk of extirpation of some localized populations in the
 future if existing threats are not minimized.
description: MicrosatellitesSotaliaFINALMicrosatellite data file used in analyses. data for both species is included in this file. 10 loci for Sotalia guianensis, 8 loci for Sotalia fluviatilis
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.tr225
title: Data from: Tricks of the trade: mechanism of brood theft in an ant

description: Thievery is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom, social insects not being an
 exception. Brood is invaluable for the survival of social insect colonies
 and brood theft is well documented in ants. In many species the stolen
 brood act as slaves in the thief colony as they take up tasks related to
 foraging, defence and colony maintenance. Slave-making (dulotic) ants are
 at an advantage as they gain workforce without investing in rearing
 immature young, and several slave-making species have been recorded in
 temperate regions. In the current study we investigate brood theft in a
 primitively eusocial ponerine ant Diacamma indicum that inhabits the
 tropics. In the context of colony relocation we asked how thieves steal
 brood and what victim colonies do to prevent theft. While exposed nests
 increased colonies' vulnerability, the relocation process itself did
 not enhance the chances of theft. Various aggressive interactions, in
 particular immobilization of intruders helped in preventing theft. Thieves
 that acted quickly, stayed furtive and stole unguarded brood were found to
 be successful. This comprehensive study of behavioural mechanism of theft
 reveals that these are the 'tricks' adopted by thieves.
description: Paul & Annagiri Plos
 One DATADetails of the data
 collected and analyzed for the publication is included in this excel file.
 All the data, across the replicates is given in separate sheets in the
 excel file in a self explanatory manner.Paul & Annagiri Plos One
 RAW DATA.xlsx
DOI: 10.15468/dl.ffyn3x
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset listing the 0 species recorded in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "DatasetKey" : [
 "is Checklist of Coleoptera Belgium"
 ]
}

 The dataset's 0 records were derived from 0 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0001263-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b2v37
title: Data from: Mother-offspring and nest mate resemblance but no heritability in early-life telomere length in white-throated dippers

description: Telomeres are protective DNA–protein complexes located at the ends of
 eukaryotic chromosomes, whose length has been shown to predict
 life-history parameters in various species. Although this suggests that
 telomere length is subject to natural selection, its evolutionary dynamics
 crucially depends on its heritability. Using pedigree data for a
 population of white-throated dippers (Cinclus cinclus), we test whether
 and how variation in early-life relative telomere length (RTL, measured as
 the number of telomeric repeats relative to a control gene using qPCR) is
 transmitted across generations. We disentangle the relative effects of
 genes and environment and test for sex-specific patterns of inheritance.
 There was strong and significant resemblance among offspring sharing the
 same nest and offspring of the same cohort. Furthermore, although
 offspring resemble their mother, and there is some indication for an
 effect of inbreeding, additive genetic variance and heritability are close
 to zero. We find no evidence for a role of either maternal imprinting or
 Z-linked inheritance in generating these patterns, suggesting they are due
 to non-genetic maternal and common environment effects instead. We
 conclude that in this wild bird population, environmental factors are the
 main drivers of variation in early-life RTL, which will severely bias
 estimates of heritability when not modelled explicitly.
description: Becker,Reichert-et-al_data_telomeresData provided in "Becker,Reichert-et-al_data_telomeres.txt" allow for running the animal models as described in the paper "Mother-offspring and nest mate resemblance but no heritability in early-life telomere length in white-throated dippers". Descriptions of the table columns are given in the file.Becker,Reichert-et-al_data_pedigree"Becker,Reichert-et-al_data_pedigree.txt" contains pedigree data of white-throated dippers (Cinclus cinclus) which have been collected in an individual-based long-term study and allow for running the animal models as described in the paper "Mother-offspring and nest mate resemblance but no heritability in early-life telomere length in white-throated dippers".