cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.n8pk0p2t7
title: Fitness costs of parasites explain multiple life history tradeoffs in a wild mammal

description: Reproduction in wild animals can divert limited resources away from immune
 defence, resulting in increased parasite burdens. A longstanding
 prediction of life history theory states that these parasites can harm the
 individual, reducing the organism’s subsequent fitness and producing
 reproduction-fitness tradeoffs. Here, we examined associations among
 reproductive allocation, immunity, parasitism, and subsequent fitness in a
 wild population of individually identified red deer ( Cervus elaphus ).
 Using path analysis, we investigated whether costs of lactation for
 downstream survival and fecundity were mediated by changes in strongyle
 nematode count and mucosal antibody levels. Lactating females exhibited
 increased parasite counts, which were in turn associated with
 substantially decreased fitness in the following year in terms of
 overwinter survival, fecundity, subsequent calf weight, and parturition
 date. This study offers observational evidence for parasite regulation of
 multiple life history tradeoffs, supporting the role of parasites as an
 important mediating factor in wild mammal populations.
description: Noninvasive faecal collection from the Isle of Rum red deer
description: The anonymised data files are present in the `DataList.rds`
 object; the scripts will run the path analysis and generate the figures,
 using these datasets.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.wm37pvmkv
title: Phytochemistry-mediated disruption of ant-aphid interactions by root-feeding nematodes

description: Plants link interactions between aboveground and belowground organisms.
 Herbivore-induced changes in plant chemistry are hypothesized to impact
 entire food webs by changing the strength of trophic cascades. Yet few
 studies have explored how belowground herbivores affect the behaviors of
 generalist predators, nor how such changes may act through diverse changes
 to the plant metabolome. Using a factorial experiment, we tested whether
 herbivory by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita) affected the
 aboveground interaction among milkweed plants (Asclepias fascicularis or
 Asclepias speciosa), oleander aphids (Aphis nerii), and aphid-tending ants
 (Linepithema humile). We quantified the behaviors of aphid-tending ants,
 and we measured the effects of herbivore treatments on aphid densities and
 on phytochemistry. Unexpectedly, ants tended aphids primarily on the
 leaves of uninfected plants, whereas ants tended aphids primarily at the
 base of the stem of nematode-infected plants. In nematode-infected plants,
 aphids excreted more sugar per capita in their ant-attracting honeydew.
 Additionally, although plant chemistry was species-specific, nematode
 infection generally decreased the richness of plant secondary metabolites
 while acting as a protein sink in the roots. Path analysis indicated that
 the ants’ behavioral change was driven in part by indirect effects of
 nematodes acting through changes in plant chemistry. We conclude that
 belowground herbivores can affect the behaviors of aboveground generalist
 ant predators by multiple paths, including changes in phytochemistry,
 which may affect the attractiveness of aphid honeydew rewards.
description: Please see Methods section of corresponding dataset.
description: Please see README_MundimPringleOecologia2020.txt
DOI: 10.15468/dl.rqthw2
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 1596 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Chamaecrista absus",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "BasisOfRecord is one of (Specimen)"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 1596 records from 118 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0002609-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.bq4kwd
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 547 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "DatasetKey is one of (Royal Saskatchewan Museum - Entomology, International Barcode of Life project (iBOL), University of Minnesota Insect Collection, LACM Entomology Collection, Insect Species Occurrence Data from Multiple Projects Worldwide with Focus on Bees and Wasps in North America, Illinois Natural History Survey Insect Collection, Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Snow Entomological Museum Collection, UCM Entomology Collection)",
 "TaxonKey is Melissodes menuachus"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 547 records from 9 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0002610-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.08kprr516
title: Data from: Ethanol abolishes vigilance-dependent astroglia network activation in mice by inhibiting norepinephrine release

description: This collection of data sets was obtained during a study of the effect of
 acute ethanol intoxication on vigilance-dependent astroglia network
 activation in mice. The main findings have been that ethanol inhibits
 astroglia activation by inhibiting vigilance-dependent norepinephrine
 release. This leads to a failure of activation of alpha1A-adrenergic
 receptors on astroglia. Further, this study has revealed that ethanol
 inhibition of cerebellar Bergmann glia Ca2+ activation does not account
 for ataxic motor behavior, but may rather contribute to cognitive
 deficits.
description: The majority of data were acquired using two-photon
 Ca<sup>2+</sup> imaging in awake behaving mice on a motorized
 linear treadmill, or in acute cerebellar slices. The data have been
 processed using MATLAB scripts. The study also includes quantification of
 motor coordination using the Catwalk XT system.
description: All data are contained in one Excel file. The data of individual
 figures or supplementary figures have been organized into corresponding
 tabs. Within each tab the data are organized according to figure
 sub-panels. Annotations allow clear association of raw data with
 individual figure sub-panels (each dot within data plots is accounted for
 by its value in the Excel file). Statistical test results have been
 included with a mentioning of the type of test used.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.zw3r2286r
title: Dispersal patterns of the endangered Crested Ibis suggest high breeding densities drive natal dispersal

description: Although dispersal is a key driver of population dynamics and species
 distributions, we still know little about how it affects the dynamics of
 endangered and restricted-range species. Density-dependent effects on
 dispersal, in particular, may be critical for range expansion of
 recovering populations. After 1981, when the last seven wild individuals
 of Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon were discovered in China, the species
 remained confined to a single location (‘original nesting area’ - ONA)
 until 2000 (&lt; 24 breeding pairs). Then, the breeding population
 began a significant spatial and numerical expansion toward new breeding
 sites (‘secondary nesting areas’ - SNA). Our analyses of long-term
 (1993–2017) individual resighting data (n=193) found that natal dispersal
 is common (≈77.2%), while breeding dispersal is rare (≈2.1%). Breeding
 density was negatively related to productivity, and natal dispersal was
 more likely towards low-density areas. The Weibull distribution provided
 the best fit to the observed dispersal distances, indicating the presence
 of long-distance natal dispersers. Although we cannot rule out the effect
 of dispersal mechanisms inherent in the species regardless of density, our
 findings suggest that the probability of natal dispersal is
 density-dependent, implying a role for intraspecific competition in the
 Crested Ibis spreading in the region. We expect the Crested Ibis to spread
 throughout the region if conservation programmes can identify and protect
 potential reintroduction areas at a large spatial scale to allow
 dispersing Crested Ibis to settle into new and low-density breeding areas.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.931zcrjj0
title: Inselberg, taxa, environment data for Inselberg floristics exemplify coast to inland OCBIL transition in a global diversity hotspot

description: We examined floristics of granitoid inselbergs in the hitherto poorly
 documented southeastern region of the Southwest Australian Floristic
 Region (SWAFR) and adjacent Great Western Woodlands, addressing several
 hypotheses of OCBIL theory. We found exceptional taxon richness (1,550
 taxa on 89 inselbergs, with 58 well-sampled inselbergs and 1493 taxa
 chosen for detailed analyses). Granite inselberg endemism declines towards
 the arid inland, though taxon richness does not. OCBILs are likely found
 up to 500 km inland, not ca. 300 km as previously hypothesized. Hybrids
 are extremely rare on the 58 inselbergs analysed, whereas rare species,
 including singletons, are abundant. Conversely, exotic weeds are less
 common than in the whole SWAFR flora (8.2% vs 12.8%). Granite plant
 communities are distributed in parallel bands to the south coast,
 approximating the general transition from the Esperance and Boylya
 Floristic Districts across the SWAFR boundary north into the Arid Zone’s
 Great Western Woodlands. Positive correlations exist between several plant
 life forms and inselberg area, save for geophytes. There is a decrease
 from the coast inland for most life forms, except for annual and graminoid
 herbs that increase in taxa inland. Thus, inselberg floristics exemplify
 the coast-to-inland OCBIL transition in this global biodiversity hotspot.
description: Random stratified walks on inselbergs collecting every plant
 species encountered from sheet granite, herbfields, shrublands, woodlands
 and forests, gnammas (rock pools), seeps, adjacent salt lakes or
 freshwater pools, shaded rock ledges, crevices, boulders. Assembled into
 taxon lists x inselberg.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nzs7h44q3
title: Detrimental impacts of climate change may be exacerbated by density dependent population regulation in blue mussels

description: 1. The climate on our planet is changing and the range distributions of
 organisms are shifting in response. In aquatic environments, species might
 not be able to redistribute poleward or into deeper water when
 temperatures rise because of barriers, reduced light availability, altered
 water chemistry, or any combination of these. How species respond to
 climate change may depend on physiological adaptability, but also on the
 population dynamics of the species. 2. Density dependence is a ubiquitous
 force that governs population dynamics and regulates population growth,
 yet its connections to the impacts of climate change remain little known,
 especially in marine studies. Reductions in density below an environmental
 carrying capacity may cause compensatory increases in demographic
 parameters and population growth rate, hence masking the impacts of
 climate change on populations. On the other hand, climate-driven
 deterioration of conditions may reduce environmental carrying capacities,
 making compensation less likely and populations more susceptible to the
 effects of stochastic processes. 3. Here we investigate the effects of
 climate change on Baltic blue mussels using a 17-year data set on
 population density. Using a Bayesian modelling framework, we investigate
 the impacts of climate change, assess the magnitude and effects of density
 dependence, and project the likelihood of population decline by the year
 2030. 4. Our findings show negative impacts of warmer and less saline
 waters, both outcomes of climate change. We also show that
 density-dependence increases the likelihood of population decline by
 subjecting the population to the detrimental effects of stochastic
 processes (i.e., low densities where random bad years can cause local
 extinction, negating the possibility for random good years to offset bad
 years). 5. We highlight the importance of understanding, and accounting
 for both density dependence and climate variation when predicting the
 impact of climate change on keystone species, such as the Baltic blue
 mussel. 08-Oct-2020
description: Between 1997 and 2013 we monitored blue mussel population
 densities at six stations within the Tvärminne archipelago, which were on
 average 4.3 km (± 0.82 SD) apart from each other and ranged from
 sheltered (zone 1 in column C), intermediate (zone 2 in column C), and
 exposed to wind and wave action of the open sea (zone 2 in column C) and
 termed ‘zones’ with increasing distance from the mainland. Each year
 during May and June, blue mussels were sampled using SCUBA using a quadrat
 frame (20 x 20 cm). For each quadrat sample the divers scraped the entire
 frame content into an attached fabric net-bag (0.1 mm mesh). Triplicate
 samples, distanced by 10-20 m, were randomly taken from each of four
 depths (3, 5, 8 and 12 m) at each station (1-6). More details in the
 Journal of Animal Ecology paper related to these data.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.qv9s4mwcv
title: Association of SUMOlation pathway genes with stroke in a genome-wide association study in India

description: Objective: To undertake a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify
 genetic variants for stroke in Indians. Methods: In a hospital-based
 case-control study, eight teaching hospitals in India recruited 4,088
 subjects, including 1,609 stroke cases. Imputed genetic variants were
 tested for association with stroke subtypes using both single-marker and
 gene-based tests. Association with vascular risk factors was performed
 using logistic regression. Various databases were searched for
 replication, functional annotation, and association with related traits.
 Status of candidate genes previously reported in the Indian population was
 also checked. Results: Association of vascular risk factors with stroke
 were similar to previous reports, and show modifiable risk factors like
 hypertension, smoking, and alcohol consumption having the highest effect.
 Single-marker based association revealed two loci for cardioembolic stroke
 (1p21 and 16q24), two for small vessel disease stroke (3p26 and 16p13),
 and four for hemorrhagic stroke (3q24, 5q33, 6q13, and 19q13) at
 P&lt;5×10-8. The index SNP of 1p21 is an eQTL (Plowest=1.74×10-58) for
 RWDD3 involved in SUMOlation and is associated with platelet distribution
 width (1.15×10-9) and 18-carbon fatty acid metabolism (P=7.36×10-12). In
 gene-based analysis we identified three genes (SLC17A2, FAM73A &
 OR52L1) at P&lt;2.7×10-6. 11 of 32 candidate gene loci studied in
 Indians replicated (P&lt;0.05), and 21 of 32 loci identified through
 previous GWAS replicated based on directionality of effect. Conclusions:
 This first GWAS of stroke in Indians identified novel loci and replicated
 previously known loci. For the first time, genetic variants in the
 SUMOlation pathway which has been implicated in brain ischemia were
 identified.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r4xgxd29v
title: Data from: Regime shifts in an Early Triassic subtropical ecosystem

description: The Early Triassic was one of the most remarkable time intervals in Earth
 History. To begin with, life on Earth had to face one of the largest
 subaerial volcanic degassing, the Siberian Traps, followed by a plethora
 of accompanying environmental hazards with pronounced and repeated
 climatic changes. These changes not only led to repeated and, for several
 marine nektonic clades, intense extinction events but also to significant
 changes in terrestrial ecosystems. The Early Triassic terrestrial
 ecosystems of the southern subtropical region (Pakistan) are not
 necessarily marked by abrupt extinction events but by extreme shifts in
 composition. Modern ecological theories describe such shifts as
 catastrophic regime shifts. Here, the applicability of modern ecological
 theories to these past events is tested. Abrupt shifts in ecosystems can
 occur when protracted changing abiotic drivers (e.g. climate) reach
 critical points (thresholds or tipping points) sometimes accentuated by
 stochastic events. Early Triassic terrestrial plant ecosystem changes
 stand out from the longer term paleobotanical records because changes of
 similar magnitude have not been observed for many millions of years before
 and after the Early Triassic. To date, these changes have been attributed
 to repeated severe environmental perturbations, but here an alternative
 explanation is tested: the initial environmental perturbations around the
 Permian–Triassic boundary interval are regarded here as a main cause for a
 massive loss in terrestrial ecosystem resilience with the effect that
 comparatively small-scale perturbations in the following ~5 Ma lead to
 abrupt regime shifts in terrestrial ecosystems.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.hdr7sqvgb
title: Resilience of rhizosphere microbial predators and their prey communities after an extreme heat event

description: Climate change is known to disrupt aboveground food chains when the
 various trophic layers respond differently to warming. However, little is
 known about belowground food chains involving microbial preys and their
 predators. Here, we study how climate warming- induced heat shocks
 influence resistance (change immediately after a disturbance) and
 resilience (ability to recover back to pre-disturbance levels) in
 rhizosphere microbial communities. We used three species of rhizosphere
 protists as microbial predators and six different rhizosphere bacterial
 communities as their prey. Protist species and bacterial communities were
 extracted from Centaurea stoebe – a range-expanding plant species in the
 Northern Europe. We then examined the temporal dynamics of protists and
 bacterial communities after an extreme heat event for several generations
 with sufficient recovery periods. We hypothesized that bacterial community
 resistance and resilience after the extreme heat event would be higher
 particularly when extreme heat effects would negatively affect their
 predators. Our results show that prey community biomass was strongly
 reduced after the extreme heat event and persisted with lower biomass
 throughout the recovery period. Opposite to what was expected, predators
 showed negligible changes in their density after the same heat event.
 However, abundances of the three predators varied markedly in their
 temporal dynamics independent of the extreme heat event. Extreme heat
 event further increased the inactive density of one of the predators,
 whereas another predator showed a decline in its body size owing to
 extreme heat event. Bacterial community resistance and resilience after
 the extreme heat event were independent of predators, although
 species-specific effects of predators on bacterial community resilience
 were different only in the last week of recovery. Predator resilience
 (based on active predator density) also varied among the three predators
 but converged over time. Our results highlight that extreme heat events
 can be more detrimental to microbial prey communities than microbial
 predators when microbial predators can exhibit thermal acclimation (e.g.
 change in body size or become inactive) to overcome heat stress. Such
 thermal acclimation may promote predator resilience after extreme heat
 events.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.z53vm5
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 27031 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Salvelinus namaycush",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "HasGeospatialIssue is false"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 27031 records from 72 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0002611-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.37pvmcvhr
title: Significant changes in bacterial communities associated with Pocillopora ingestion by CoTS: an important factor affecting the coral’s health state

description: Coral ingestion by crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) is an important cause
 of coral reef degradation, although the impacts of CoTS feeding on
 coral-associated communities are not well understood. Therefore, in this
 study, we analyzed the zooxanthellae density (ZD), bacterial community
 composition, and microbial-metagenomic functional capacities associated
 with Pocillopora corals in healthy portions and feeding scars, following
 CoTS feeding. The ZDs were significantly lower in the feeding scars, and
 the ZD-loss rate was 92.05% ± 2.12%. The relative abundances of bacterial
 communities associated with corals after CoTS feeding changed
 significantly and were almost completely reorganized at the phylum and
 genus levels. Analysis of the microbial metagenomic-functional capacities
 showed that numerous physiological functions of the coral-bacterial
 holobionts in the feeding scars were diminished, including amino acid
 metabolism, xenobiotic biodegradation and metabolism, lipid metabolism,
 membrane transport, signal transduction, and cell motility. Compared with
 the healthy portions of Pocillopora corals, the abundances of potentially
 pathogenic bacteria in the corals of feeding scars significantly
 increased, whereas those of beneficial bacteria significantly decreased.
 Our research showed that coral-zooxanthellae holobionts were destroyed
 directly by CoTS, and our findings imply that the large increase in
 potentially pathogenic bacteria in feeding scars could threaten the
 long-term health of Pocillopora corals.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.pnvx0k6k7
title: Montana surveys of codling moth damage to apple fruit 2019-2020

description: Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) is the major insect pest of pome fruit
 (apples and pears) in Montana.  This dataset reports codling moth
 damage to apple fruit ("strikes") in Montana orchards where site
 managers were not applying pesticides to control codling moth. 
 Data was collected in August or September of 2019 and 2020. 
 Certain sites east of the continental divide have nominally lower
 incidence of codling moth damage to fruit than sites west of the
 divide.  Due differences in weather year-to-year, we recommend
 continued monitoring.  
description: Montana orchards where codling moth was not managed were surveyed
 for damage to fruit in August and September of 2019 and 2020.  Damage to
 fruit was assessed by looking for exit holes left by codling moth larva.
 These exit holes are termed "strikes" and are approximately 3 to
 5 mm in diameter, and often filled with frass (poop) to the point of
 overflowing (see pictures).  Personnel were instructed to count the number
 of strikes in up to twenty fruit per tree, trying to include fruit from
 all parts of the tree canopy.  Where possible, twenty trees per site were
 assessed, although some sites had fewer trees.  Tree variety was recorded,
 where known.  Many of the sites are "heritage" sites, or remnant
 orchards from the Montana apple boom around the early 1900s.  Trees at
 these sites tend to be large and assessing fruit from all parts of the
 canopy is not safe, especially for personnel working alone.  In addition,
 varieties are not always known.
description: This dataset is a reference for a MSU Extension Bulletin titled
 "Managing codling moth (<em>Cydia pomonella</em>) in
 Montana" (currently in draft, 10/9/2020).  Its purpose is to
 illustrate that codling moth is either not present or causes less damage
 at some orchard sites in Montana, as well as to provide access to raw data
 for personnel monitoring codling moth in the future.