cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.n8pk0p2rz
title: Metabolic rate shapes phenotypic covariance among physiological, behavioral, and life history traits in honeybees

description: Metabolic rate is often cited as the fundamental rate that determines the
 rate of all biological processes by shaping energetic availability for the
 various behavioral and life history traits that contribute to performance.
 It has therefore been suggested that metabolic rate drives the widely
 observed covariance among these different levels of phenotypic traits.
 However, much of the work on this topic has relied on pairwise
 correlational analysis, thereby leaving an important gap in our
 understanding regarding the functional links that shape this phenotypic
 covariance, often referred to as pace-of-life. Using honeybees as an
 experimental model, we measured a large number of behavioral, life history
 and physiological traits in individual bees and used a structural equation
 model to characterize the phenotypic covariance structure among these
 traits. Following this with a path analysis, we demonstrate that variation
 in metabolic rate plays a fundamental proximate role in driving this
 phenotypic covariance structure in honeybees. We discuss the importance of
 these findings in the context of how interindividual variation in terms of
 slow-fast phenotypes may drive the phenotype of a group and the functional
 role metabolic rate might play in shaping division of labor and social
 evolution.
description: The dataset was collected through observational methods including
 behavioral sampling, respirometry, and physiological assay. The variables
 were converted into usable units, and then further transformed to achieve
 more unifrom variance in the models. 
description: The final columns of data, labeled "2" are the
 transformed units used in the models presented in the paper. See the
 methods section for further detail.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cc2fqz63k
title: Recent warming reduces the reproductive advantage of large size and contributes to evolutionary downsizing in nature

description: Body size is a key functional trait that is predicted to decline under
 warming. Warming is known to cause size declines via phenotypic
 plasticity, but evolutionary responses of body size to warming are poorly
 understood. To test for warming-induced evolutionary responses of body
 size and growth rates, we used populations of mosquitofish ( Gambusia
 affinis ) recently established (less than 100 years) from a common source
 across a strong thermal gradient (19–33°C) created by geothermal springs.
 Each spring is remarkably stable in temperature and is virtually closed to
 gene flow from other thermal environments. Field surveys show that with
 increasing site temperature, body size distributions become smaller and
 the reproductive advantage of larger body size decreases. After common
 rearing to reveal recently evolved trait differences, warmer-source
 populations expressed slowed juvenile growth rates and increased
 reproductive effort at small sizes. These results are consistent with an
 adaptive basis of the plastic temperature–size rule, and they suggest that
 temperature itself can drive the evolution of countergradient variation in
 growth rates. The rapid evolution of reduced juvenile growth rates and
 greater reproduction at a small size should contribute to substantial body
 downsizing in populations, with implications for population dynamics and
 for ecosystems in a warming world.
DOI: 10.5068/d1q378
title: Data from: The structure of the Mini-K and K-SF-42: a psychological network approach

description: Study-1-data and Study-2-data comprise responses to the Mini-K (Figueredo
 et al. 2006). The Study 1 participants were Amazon's Mechanincal Turk
 workers.  The Study 2 participants were undergraduates at
 Oklahoma State University.  Study-3-data comprises reponses to
 the K-SF-42 (Figueredo et al. 2017).  Participants were
 Amazon's Mechanincal Turk workers. See the paper for additional
 information. R-code contains the code used to run the network analyses
 described in the paper.  "Datafile" represents the file
 name of the data set being analyzed.
description: Please see the ReadMe file.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nvx0k6dp2
title: Mitonuclear mismatch alters performance and reproductive success in naturally-introgressed populations of a montane leaf beetle

description: Coordination between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes is critical to
 metabolic processes underlying animals' ability to adapt to local
 environments, yet consequences of mitonuclear interactions have rarely
 been investigated in populations where individuals with divergent
 mitochondrial and nuclear genomes naturally interbreed. Genetic variation
 in the leaf beetle Chrysomela aeneicollis was assessed along a latitudinal
 thermal gradient in California's Sierra Nevada. Variation at
 mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II (COII) and the nuclear gene
 phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) shows concordance and was significantly
 greater along a 65 km transect than 10 other loci. STRUCTURE analyses
 using neutral loci identified a southern and northern subpopulation, which
 interbreed in the central drainage Bishop Creek. COII and PGI were used as
 indicators of mitochondrial and nuclear genetic variation in field and
 laboratory experiments conducted on beetles from this admixed population.
 Fecundity, larval development rate, running speed and male mating
 frequency were higher for beetles with geographically 'matched'
 than 'mismatched' mitonuclear genotypes. Effects of mitonuclear
 mismatch were largest for individuals with northern nuclear genotypes
 possessing southern mitochondria and were most pronounced after heat
 treatment or at high elevation. These findings suggest that mitonuclear
 incompatibility diminishes performance and reproductive success in nature,
 effects that could intensify at environmental extremes.
description: Details of methods are given in the manuscript. 
description: There are three EXCEL files provided. 1.
 Genetic differentiation, genotype and allele freqency data- The data shown
 here are the outputs of Genepop analyses, run as described in the
 manuscript. These data are reported as genotype identities and frequencies
 of 9 nuclear loci and micochondiral COII loci. They also include allele
 frequencies by population. Finally, the summary Fst comparison reported in
 Table 1 is given. 2. Fig 1-3 data and stats- Raw data,
 means, and statistics for Figs 1-3 3. Fig 4-6 data and
 stats- Raw data, means, and statistics for Figs 4-6
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.66t1g1jzn
title: A closer look at invasiveness and relatedness: life histories, temperature and establishment success of four congeners

description: Successful invasive species are often closely related to other invasive
 species suggesting that shared traits contribute to their invasion
 success. Alternatively, related species can differ in invasiveness, where
 some are highly invasive yet congeners seem unable to invade. Here, we
 compared the traits and establishment abilities of two highly successful
 invasive species, Gambusia affinis and G. holbrooki to those of two close
 relatives, G. geiseri and G. hispaniolae. Using laboratory experiments, we
 compared low temperature tolerances and life histories of the four
 species. In a semi-natural mesocosm experiment, we simulated the invasion
 of standardized, simple pond communities and examined the effects of these
 traits on each species’ ability to become established. The invasive
 species, G. affinis and G. holbrooki, were more tolerant of low
 temperature stress, had greater fecundities, higher growth rates, and
 reached maturity sooner than G. geiseri and G. hispaniolae. In mesocosms,
 the invasive Gambusia exhibited higher intrinsic growth rates and carrying
 capacities and thus achieved and maintained larger populations than the
 two congeners. Only G. affinis and G. holbrooki successfully established
 long-term populations in these experimental communities. G. geiseri and G.
 hispaniolae failed to establish as a result of 100 % overwintering
 mortality. These results support the notion that the ability of invaders
 to cope with the abiotic conditions of target communities has a major
 effect on whether establishment occurs, while life histories play an
 important secondary role. Our results showed that invasiveness is likely
 not a trait of the entire genus Gambusia.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.m905qftxm
title: Contrasting patterns of Campylobacter and Salmonella distribution in wild birds: a comparative analysis

description: Transmission of gastrointestinal bacteria, Campylobacter spp. and
 Salmonella spp., from wild birds may have serious consequences for human
 health and poultry industry. Despite this, our knowledge on the
 distribution of these bacteria in wild avian populations is limited. Since
 both genera markedly differ in their pathogenicity in wild birds
 (Campylobacter is largely non-pathogenic, while Salmonella is a major
 pathogen), I expected that their occurrence and modes of transmission can
 be associated with different ecological and life-history traits of their
 avian hosts. To test this hypothesis, I retrieved nearly 700 estimates of
 Campylobacter and Salmonella prevalences in 200 avian species and
 implemented phylogenetically-informed comparative analysis to examine
 variation in their prevalence. Campylobacter had wider phylogenetic
 distribution and higher average prevalence in birds than Salmonella.
 Campylobacter prevalence showed strong associations with basic
 life-history components of birds (body mass, development rate, and
 longevity), while Salmonella prevalence was primarily determined by
 ecological traits (sociality and urbanization). The results also provided
 support for biogeographical differences and contrasting temporal trends in
 the occurrence of these bacteria in birds. The study helps to explain the
 patterns of Campylobacter and Salmonella distribution in wild bird
 populations from a broad phylogenetic perspective and it might be helpful
 to establish successful policies aiming to reduce a negative impact of
 these bacteria on both human health and poultry industry.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.2ngf1vhjz
title: The Little Yellow and its guild in tropical meadows

description: Many butterfly species have benefitted from the expansion of their open
 grassland habitat. One of these is the little yellow, Eurema lisa, a
 widespread species occurring in North America in Florida and the Gulf
 states, throughout Central America south to Panama, the Caribbean Islands,
 and Bermuda. I examined the guild of meadow butterflies in a dairy pasture
 system in the Dominican Republic over a six-month period, surveyed
 possible nectar sources, and investigated the behavior of the little
 yellow within this guild. Twenty-three species of insect pollinated forbs
 were recorded. Thirty-three species of meadow butterflies were found in
 this habitat, and seven species of woodland edge butterflies transited the
 meadows in crossing between woodland patches. The little yellow nectared
 mostly on Sphagneticola trilobata, and divided its time nearly equally
 between nectar foraging flights and active, nonstop flight. It engaged in
 ascending flights with conspecifics and heterospecific congeners.
description: This dataset represents field transects conducted as described in
 the articles Methods section. It has been tabulated for analysis, but not
 otherwise processed.
description: There are no missing values. The three designations
 "East," "Central," and "West" are
 geographical divisions of the study site.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.sf7m0cg2s
title: Phylogeography of the widespread Caribbean spiny orb weaver Gasteracantha cancriformis

description: Background. Modern molecular analyses are often inconsistent with
 pre-cladistic taxonomic hypotheses, frequently indicating higher richness
 than morphological taxonomy estimates. Among Caribbean spiders, widespread
 species are relatively few compared to the prevalence of single island
 endemics. The taxonomic hypothesis Gasteracantha cancriformis
 circumscribes a species with profuse variation in size, color, and body
 form. Distributed throughout the Neotropics, G. cancriformis is the only
 morphological species of Gasteracantha in the New World in this globally
 distributed genus. Methods. We inferred phylogenetic relationships across
 Neotropical populations of Gasteracantha using three target genes. Within
 the Caribbean, we estimated genetic diversity, population structure, and
 gene flow among island populations. Results. Our findings revealed a
 single widespread species of Gasteracantha throughout the Caribbean, G.
 cancriformis, while suggesting two recently divergent mainland populations
 that may represent separate species, diverging linages, or geographically
 isolated demes. The concatenated and COI (Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1)
 phylogeny supported a Caribbean clade nested within the New World. Genetic
 variability was high between island populations for our COI dataset;
 however, gene flow was also high, especially between large, adjacent
 islands. We found structured genetic and morphological variation within G.
 cancriformis island populations; however, this variation does not reflect
 genealogical relationships. Rather, isolation by distance and local
 morphological adaptation may explain the observed variation.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0cj7
title: Population and community-level rarity have opposing effects on pollinator visitation and seed set

description: When can small, isolated populations overcome the negative consequences of
 rarity? Despite considerable effort to understand threats to rare species,
 few studies consider how community context alters these threats.
 Plant-pollinator interactions offer the opportunity to test the effect of
 community context on rare species success, as plant-pollinator dynamics
 are thought to be influenced by neighboring plants, both through
 competition for pollinators (reducing success in small populations) and
 attraction of potential pollinators (increasing success in small
 populations). Here, we test these predictions by experimentally decoupling
 community-level rarity (relative abundance) from population-level rarity
 (population size) in experimental two-species fragments. We created
 experimental plant communities varying independently in population rarity
 (population size) and community rarity (relative abundance) of two annual
 plant species. We isolated plant roots to eliminate resource competition.
 We then compared the effects of population size vs. relative abundance on
 pollinator visitation rates and an estimate of seed production. Both
 species had greatest pollinator visitation in large populations, but the
 negative effects of population rarity on visitation were partially offset
 when the neighboring species was more abundant – community rarity offset
 the impacts of population rarity for the most common group of pollinators,
 solitary bees. These visitation trends impacted seed production for one
 species. When at low relative abundance, Polanisia dodecandra had higher
 seed set, matching increased visitation by solitary bees. Chamaecrista
 fasciculata showed no change in seed production with population- or
 community level rarity. Synthesis: Our results suggest that the
 surrounding community can offset the negative effects of low absolute
 abundance on fitness when neighboring species are more abundant, and may
 ultimately maintain diversity even in fragmented ecological communities.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.r4g8eb
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 632 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "OccurrenceStatus is Present",
 "TaxonKey is Astragalus bourgovii"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 632 records from 40 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0002279-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.25338/b88894
title: VELB watershed data 2005

description: The Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (“VELB,” Desmocerus californicus
 dimorphus) is a rare and cryptic species that is found on or near its host
 plant, blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana), and is native to California’s
 Central Valley. Over the past 100 years, the riparian forests of Central
 California have shrunk by over 90%, resulting in highly fragmented, and
 often isolated, remaining VELB habitat patches. This has created the need
 for robust monitoring and demographic data to assess current and future
 threats to the species. In this study, we investigated VELB population
 viability and sensitivity to environmental and anthropogenic stochasticity
 across five major watersheds with known VELB populations. Additionally, we
 assessed how variability in three management scenarios influenced
 population persistence and extinction times, specifically the effects of
 increased habitat loss, more frequent drought and wildfires, and increased
 juvenile mortality due to invasive predators. We found that across all
 scenarios, the region-wide metapopulation was more robust to extinction
 than individual watersheds and that extinction probabilities were lower
 for larger watersheds than smaller ones. Specifically, we found that
 modest increases in the annual probability of drought or wildfires and
 juvenile mortality greatly reduced population persistence at all spatial
 scales, often leading to rapid watershed-level extinctions, while
 increases in habitat loss had moderate impacts. Contrary to previous
 thinking, we also found that increases in dispersal rates among watersheds
 had negligible effects on improving population viability. Our study
 highlights the vulnerability of VELB to further environmental and
 anthropogenic disturbance and emphasizes the importance of maintaining a
 healthy metapopulation structure with large tracts of suitable habitat for
 long-term VELB viability.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rbnzs7h7v
title: Island area, not isolation, drives taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of ants on land-bridge islands

description: Aim: To explore the impact of island area and isolation on multiple
 dimensions of ant biodiversity (taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional
 diversity) and the underlying processes of community assembly on islands.
 Location: Thousand Island Lake, Zhejiang, China, created by dam
 construction in 1959. Taxon: Ants. Methods: We sampled ants on 33 islands,
 built a species-level phylogenetic tree and measured five morphological
 traits of all species collected to estimate taxonomic, phylogenetic, and
 functional diversity. We used multiple linear regression models and null
 models to examine the relationships between diversity metrics and island
 variables (area and isolation). Results: We recorded 97 ant species on the
 study islands. We verified positive diversity–area relationships for
 species richness, phylogenetic diversity, and functional diversity.
 However, although functional and phylogenetic community structure were
 indistinguishable from random communities, phylogenetic structure tended
 to be clustered, whereas functional structure tended to be over dispersed.
 Additionally, we found the structure of ant communities shifted from
 phylogenetic and functional clustering on smaller islands to phylogenetic
 and functional overdispersion on larger islands. Main conclusions: Our
 results support the hypothesis that environmental filtering is the
 dominant process structuring ant communities on smaller islands, and that
 competitive exclusion becomes more important on larger islands. Thus,
 island area acts as an important filter even though ant community
 structure on the study islands was indistinguishable from random
 communities. Moreover, our results show that environmental filtering
 influences phylogenetic community structure of ants, whereas competitive
 exclusion influences functional community structure of ants. These
 findings highlight the need to examine both phylogenetic and functional
 diversity in order to understand the mechanisms that govern the assembly
 of natural communities on islands.
description: The community data (both as island and transect scale), trait
 data, phylogenetic tree, and island variables used to estimate the
 taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diveristy and structure of ants on
 islands in the Thousand Island Lake, China.
DOI: 10.25338/b84k77
title: Belize terrestrial mammal database from: An integrated approach to measure hunting intensity and assess its impacts on mammal populations

description: 1. Unsustainable hunting of wildlife is one of the greatest threats to
 diverse and healthy forests, yet our understanding of hunting activity is
 limited by our methods of accurately identifying its intensity and
 distribution. Several methods have been used to quantify hunting in past
 studies (e.g. interviews, ranger patrols, and camera traps). However, none
 of these alone have been able to produce precise spatiotemporal measures
 of hunting activity. 2. In this study, we used a new method to detect
 hunters through passive acoustic monitors and developed an integrated
 approach to measure hunting activity while simultaneously assessing its
 impacts on mammal populations using camera traps. 3. We applied a
 hierarchical community occupancy model that accounted for the imperfect
 detection of species on data from 45 trap locations, surveyed from January
 – June 2018, to investigate the impacts of spatial variation and intensity
 in hunting pressure on mammal species richness and occurrence in four
 protected areas in southern Belize. We developed spatiotemporally explicit
 indices of hunting activity separately from camera trap and acoustic
 monitor data and used a Bayesian model selection framework to identify
 predictors of site occurrence for individual species and three functional
 groups: carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. 4. We found that camera
 traps underperformed in detecting hunting in the region by 939% compared
 to acoustic monitors. 5. Consistent with our predictions, hunting
 intensity was negatively correlated with site-level species richness, with
 an average decrease in richness of 31% across its range of variation.
 Occurrence patterns for the three functional groups were also negatively
 associated with hunting intensity. Often the target of hunters, herbivores
 displayed the strongest negative response to hunting, while omnivores were
 least affected. 6. Synthesis and applications Unsustainable hunting of
 wildlife is a global phenomenon with wide-ranging implications for
 ecological communities, especially mammals. Our study highlights mammal
 sensitivity to increasing hunting pressure at the community and species
 level and emphasizes the necessity for developing robust tools to
 accurately monitor hunting activity, while also providing a flexible
 framework for simultaneously assessing hunting and its impacts on mammal
 communities.