cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.bvq83bkc1
title: 2022 Centris pallida head widths

description: Historical data suggest that human climate and landscape modifications
 have caused many bee species to decline in body size. Larger-bodied bee
 species with narrow phenological and dietary breadth are most prone to
 declines in body size over time, potentially due to temperature increases
 during development or declines in resource allocation during development.
 This may be especially true in solitary, desert-adapted species that are
 vulnerable to climate change – such as Centris pallida (Hymenoptera:
 Apidae). In addition, body size changes in species with size-linked
 behaviors could threaten the prevalence of certain behavioral phenotypes
 long-term. C. pallida (Hymenoptera: Apidae) are large-bodied solitary bees
 with narrow phenological and dietary breadth found in the Sonoran Desert.
 Males use alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) and are dimorphic in
 both morphology and behavior. Large-morph males are fixed on a patrolling
 and fighting-based mate location strategy, while small-morph males
 primarily use a sight-based hovering strategy. C. pallida male body size
 has been studied since the 1970s in the same population, allowing for
 comparison of population-level male morphological data associated with
 unique behaviors. We collected data on male body size in 2022 and combined
 it with published records to analyze body size trends from 1974-2022. We
 find a persistent decline in the mean head width of patrolling males, as
 well as distributional shifts towards smaller body sizes in the
 populations of males found foraging and hovering. However, mating males
 did not experience a decline in mean body size over time. We discuss
 several hypotheses related the decline in average C. pallida male head
 width. Finally, we advocate for C. pallida as a particularly good study
 system for understanding the stability of ART systems with size-linked
 behavioral phenotypes.
DOI: 10.57707/fmi-b2share.9j4r6-wj025
title: Climate data Record of  Stratospheric aerosols (CREST)
title: Merged aerosol extinction profiles and stratospheric optical depth dataset  created using data from several  satellite limb and occultation instruments

description: The Climate data REcord of STratospheric Aerosols (CREST) is derived from data by six limb and occultation satellite instruments: SAGE II on ERBS, GOMOS and SCIAMACHY on Envisat, OSIRIS on Odin, OMPS on Suomi-NPP, and SAGE III on International Space Station. The merged dataset was generated as a contribution to the European Space Agency project CREST (https://eo4society.esa.int/projects/crest/). 
The merging of aerosols profiles is performed by transformation the aerosol datasets from individual satellite instruments to the same wavelength, i.e., 750 nm, and their homogenization by adjusting the seasonal cycles. The merged aerosol extinction coefficient is computed as the median of the adjusted data from the individual instruments. 
The merged time series of monthly mean aerosol extinction vertical profiles at 750 nm is provided in 10 deg latitude bands from 90S to 90N, in the altitude range from 8.5 km to 39.5 km.  The time series of stratospheric optical depth is created by integration of aerosol extinction profiles from the tropopause to 39.5 km; it is also provided as monthly mean data in 10 deg latitude bands.  All the aerosol climate records cover the time period from October 1984 until May 2022, and they are intended be extended in the future.
description: The data are collected in one netcdf-4 file.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.m63xsj44g
title: Climatic niche conservatism in a clade of disease vectors (Diptera: Phlebotominae)

description: Sandflies of the family Psychodidae show notable diversity in both disease
 vector status and climatic niche. Psychodid species’ ranges can be solely
 tropical, confined to the temperate zones, or span both. We obtained
 observation site data, and associated climate data, for 223 psychodid
 species to understand which aspects of climate most closely predict
 distribution. Temperature and seasonality are strong determinants of
 species occurrence within the clade. We built a mitochondrial DNA
 phylogeny of Psychodidae, and found a positive relationship between
 pairwise genetic distance and climate niche differentiation, which
 indicates strong niche conservatism. This result is also supported by
 strong phylogenetic signals of metrics of climate differentiation.
 Finally, we used ancestral trait reconstruction to infer the tropicality
 (i.e., proportion of latitudinal range in the tropics minus the proportion
 of the latitudinal range in temperate areas) of ancestral species, and
 counted transitions to and from tropicality states, finding that tropical
 and temperate species respectively produced almost entirely tropical and
 temperate descendant species, a result consistent for vector and
 non-vector species. Taken together, these results imply that while vectors
 of Leishmania can survive in a variety of climates, their climate niches
 are strongly predicted by phylogeny.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.sxksn0360
title: Impact of host demography and evolutionary history on endosymbiont molecular evolution: a test in carpenter ants (Genus Camponotus) and their Blochmannia endosymbionts

description: Obligate endosymbioses are tight associations between symbionts and the
 hosts they live inside. Hosts and their associated obligate endosymbionts
 generally exhibit codiversification, which has been documented in
 taxonomically diverse insect lineages. Host demography (e.g., effective
 population sizes) may impact the demography of endosymbionts, which may
 lead to an association between host demography and the patterns and
 processes of endosymbiont molecular evolution. Here, we used whole-genome
 sequencing data for carpenter ants (Genus Camponotus; subgenera Camponotus
 and Tanaemyrmex) and their Blochmannia endosymbionts as our study system
 to address whether Camponotus demography shapes Blochmannia molecular
 evolution. Using whole-genome phylogenomics, we confirmed previous work
 identifying codiversification between carpenter ants and their Blochmannia
 endosymbionts. We found that Blochmannia genes have evolved at a pace ~30×
 faster than that of their hosts’ molecular evolution and that these rates
 are positively associated with host rates of molecular evolution. Using
 multiple tests for selection in Blochmannia genes, we found signatures of
 positive selection and shifts in selection strength across the phylogeny.
 Host demography was associated with Blochmannia shifts toward increased
 selection strengths, but not associated with Blochmannia selection
 relaxation, positive selection, genetic drift rates, or genome size
 evolution. Mixed support for relationships between host effective
 population sizes and Blochmannia molecular evolution suggests weak or
 uncoupled relationships between host demography and Blochmannia population
 genomic processes. Finally, we found that Blochmannia genome size
 evolution was associated with genome-wide estimates of genetic drift and
 number of genes with relaxed selection pressures. --
description: The data upload includes a reference genome for an undescribed
 species of Camponotus and two annotation files. All details about assembly
 and annotation are available in the associated manuscript.
DOI: 10.57707/fmi-b2share.4z88a-hjr35
title: Climate data Record of  Stratospheric aerosols (CREST)
title: Merged aerosol extinction profiles and stratospheric optical depth dataset  created using data from several  satellite limb and occultation instruments

description: The Climate data REcord of STratospheric Aerosols (CREST) is derived from data by six limb and occultation satellite instruments: SAGE II on ERBS, GOMOS and SCIAMACHY on Envisat, OSIRIS on Odin, OMPS on Suomi-NPP, and SAGE III on International Space Station. The merged dataset was generated as a contribution to the European Space Agency project CREST (https://eo4society.esa.int/projects/crest/). 
The merging of aerosols profiles is performed by transformation the aerosol datasets from individual satellite instruments to the same wavelength, i.e., 750 nm, and their homogenization by adjusting the seasonal cycles. The merged aerosol extinction coefficient is computed as the median of the adjusted data from the individual instruments. 
The merged time series of monthly mean aerosol extinction vertical profiles at 750 nm is provided in 10 deg latitude bands from 90S to 90N, in the altitude range from 8.5 km to 39.5 km.  The time series of stratospheric optical depth is created by integration of aerosol extinction profiles from the tropopause to 39.5 km; it is also provided as monthly mean data in 10 deg latitude bands.  All the aerosol climate records cover the time period from October 1984 until December 2023, and they are intended be extended in the future.
description: The data are collected in one netcdf-4 file.
DOI: 10.57707/fmi-b2share.c25ja-rxg30
title: Climate data Record of  Stratospheric aerosols (CREST)
title: Merged aerosol extinction profiles and stratospheric optical depth dataset  created using data from several  satellite limb and occultation instruments

description: The Climate data REcord of STratospheric Aerosols (CREST) is derived from data by six limb and occultation satellite instruments: SAGE II on ERBS, GOMOS and SCIAMACHY on Envisat, OSIRIS on Odin, OMPS on Suomi-NPP, and SAGE III on International Space Station. The merged dataset was generated as a contribution to the European Space Agency project CREST (https://eo4society.esa.int/projects/crest/). 
The merging of aerosols profiles is performed by transformation the aerosol datasets from individual satellite instruments to the same wavelength, i.e., 750 nm, and their homogenization by adjusting the seasonal cycles. The merged aerosol extinction coefficient is computed as the median of the adjusted data from the individual instruments. 
The merged time series of monthly mean aerosol extinction vertical profiles at 750 nm is provided in 10 deg latitude bands from 90S to 90N, in the altitude range from 8.5 km to 39.5 km.  The time series of stratospheric optical depth is created by integration of aerosol extinction profiles from the tropopause to 39.5 km; it is also provided as monthly mean data in 10 deg latitude bands.  All the aerosol climate records cover the time period from October 1984 until December 2023, and they are intended be extended in the future.
description: The data are collected in one netcdf-4 file.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9kd51c5kv
title: Data from: Resource supply and organismal dominance are associated with high secondary production in temperate agricultural streams

description: Agricultural land use affects the environmental and biological
 characteristics of stream ecosystems through multiple pathways including
 nutrient and pesticide contamination, riparian clear-cutting, and
 hydromorphological degradation. These changes in the abiotic environment
 can have a direct effect on the productivity of macroinvertebrate
 communities through environmental filtering and via altered resource
 conditions encompassing a shift from allochthonous to autochthonous
 primary production and changes in elemental stoichiometry and food
 quality. Additionally, macroinvertebrate productivity can be affected
 indirectly via biological mechanisms, such as changes in species
 interactions, richness, competition, and predation. We studied the effects
 of agriculture on structural and functional descriptors of
 macroinvertebrate communities by assessing environmental characteristics
 and macroinvertebrate secondary production (MSP), biomass, and density in
 two forested and two agricultural streams and investigated underlying
 biotic mechanisms. On average, MSP was 1.6–3.6, biomass 2.8–6.2, and
 density 5–13 times higher in agricultural than in forested streams. This
 pattern was associated with higher nutrient concentrations, standing crops
 of riparian herbaceous vegetation, suspended particulate organic carbon,
 quantity and quality of epilithic biofilms, and chlorophyll-a
 concentrations in seston and biofilm of the agricultural streams. Species
 richness and evenness were significantly lower in agricultural than in
 forested streams. A negative relationship between MSP and species richness
 and evenness indicated that density compensation and trait dominance were
 the prevalent mechanisms facilitating higher MSP in agricultural streams.
 Our findings suggest that the loss of riparian canopy and excess nutrient
 conditions are the major environmental drivers contributing to
 homogenization of ecological niches and dominance of highly productive
 non-insect generalist species. This study highlights the importance of an
 ecosystem approach to understanding how complex aggregate stressors affect
 the regulation of consumer-resource interactions. There is an urgent need
 to preserve or restore natural riparian vegetation, fostering habitat and
 resource diversity and limiting nutrient contamination to stream
 ecosystems.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.15dv41p0q
title: Authorship information of open educational resources derived from peer-reviewed scientific literature

description: This dataset evaluates the authorship of open educational resources
 available at 5 STEM resource web sites (EcoEd Digital Library,
 CourseSource, Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Teach the Earth,
 and the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science). Using 20
 exercises from each site, it evaluates the proportion of exercises that
 draw on peer-reviewed scientific studies; of those, it also evaluates the
 proportion in which any author of the teaching exercise overlaps with any
 author of a scientific article from which the open educational resource is
 derived. The overall goal is to evaluate overlap in authorship between
 scientific publications and associated open educational resources. The
 first tab shows how the studies were selected and the second tab presents
 authorship data for each study.
description: It was collected using the methods described in the first tab of
 the dataset, essentially via a systematic review of online sites that
 provide peer reviewed active learning open educational resources in
 ecology and related fields. 
description: Excel
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6hdr7sr3k
title: Data from: Adaptive division of growth and development between hosts in helminths with two-host life cycles

description: Parasitic worms (helminths) with complex life cycles divide growth and
 development between successive hosts. Using data from 597 species of
 acanthocephalans, cestodes, and nematodes with two-host life cycles, we
 found that helminths with larger intermediate hosts were more likely to
 infect larger, endothermic definitive hosts, although some evolutionarily
 shifts in definitive host mass occurred without changes in intermediate
 host mass. Life-history theory predicts parasites to shift growth to hosts
 in which they can grow rapidly and/or safely. Accordingly, helminth
 species grew relatively less as larvae and more as adults if they infected
 smaller intermediate hosts and/or larger, endothermic definitive hosts.
 Growing larger than expected in one host, relative to host
 mass/endothermy, was not associated with growing less in the other host,
 implying a lack of cross-host tradeoffs. Rather, some helminth orders had
 both large larvae and large adults. Within these taxa, though, size at
 maturity in the definitive host was unaffected by changes to larval
 growth, as predicted by optimality models. Parasite life-history
 strategies were mostly (though not entirely) consistent with theoretical
 expectations, suggesting that helminths adaptively divide growth and
 development between the multiple hosts in their complex life cycles.
description: We assessed how parasitic worms (acanthocephalans, cestodes, and
 nematodes) with two-host life cycles divide their growth and development
 between hosts. Parasite life-history data were obtained from a life-cycle
 dataset (see Benesh et al. 2017. Ecology 98: 882), whereas host traits (like mass and endothermy) were compiled from literature sources and databases (see this Dryad repository: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.gtht76hmm). More details on how data were compiled, processed, and analyzed can be found in our manuscript (Benesh et al. 2022. Adaptive division of growth and development between hosts in helminths with two-host life cycles. Evolution) and in this GitHub repository: https://github.com/dbenesh82/division_helminth_growth_devo
description: Four files are included in the repository.
 “helminths_with_two_host_cycles.csv” is the specie-level dataset without
 any imputed values. We created 100 datasets in which we imputed missing
 data. These datasets are in the zip file
 “helminths_with_two_host_cycles_imputed.zip”.
 “helminths_with_two_host_cycles_bestimpute.csv” is the data table
 including the best estimate for missing data from imputation models.
 “README.txt” describes the columns in the data files.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.gqnk98sqs
title: Datasets from: The distribution of covert natural enemies of a globally invasive crop pest, the fall armyworm, in Africa; enemy-release and spillover events

description: These datasets are for the analyses carried out in paper in Journal of
 Animal Ecology titled 'The distribution of covert natural enemies of
 a globally invasive crop pest, the fall armyworm, in Africa; enemy-release
 and spillover events.' The authors of the paper are Amy J. Withers,
 Annabel Rice, Jolanda de Boer, Philip Donkersley, Aislinn J. Pearson,
 Gilson Chipabika, Patrick Karangwa, Bellancile Uzayisenga, Benjamin A.
 Mensah, Samuel Adjei Mensah, Phillip Obed Yobe Nkunika, Donald Kachigamba,
 Judith A. Smith, Christopher M. Jones and Kenneth Wilson.
  Invasive species pose a significant threat to biodiversity and
 agriculture worldwide, and here we investigated the prevalence of natural
 enemies in fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Africa. This
 study aimed to identify which microbial pathogens are present in invasive
 fall armyworm, and determine the geographical, meteorological, and
 temporal variables that influence prevalence. Larval samples were screened
 from Malawi, Rwanda, Kenya, Zambia, Sudan, and Ghana for the presence of
 four different microbial natural enemies; two nucleopolyhedroviruses,
 Spodoptera frugiperda NPV (SfMNPV) and Spodoptera exempta NPV (SpexNPV);
 the fungal pathogen Metarhizium rileyi; and the bacterium Wolbachia. One
 dataset (ALL_diseaseprevalence_year_season) includes the results of this
 screening for all four microbial nartural enemies and sampling
 information, the other dataset
 (SfMNPVprevalence_weather_topographic_temporal_variables) includes the
 results for SfMNPV and sampling information alongside variables relating
 to temperature, rainfall, elevation, growing season and time since the
 fall armyworm first arrived in each country. These variables were used to
 investigate whether SfMNPV prevalence was affected
 by geographical, meteorological or temporal variables.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5x69p8d5w
title: Landscape connectivity and genetic structure in a mainstem and a tributary stonefly (Plecoptera) species using a novel reference genome

description: Abstract Understanding how environmental variation influences population
 genetic structure can help predict how environmental change influences
 population connectivity, genetic diversity, and evolutionary potential. We
 used riverscape genomics modelling to investigate how climatic and habitat
 variables relate to patterns of genetic variation in two stonefly species,
 one from mainstem river habitats (Sweltsa coloradensis) and one from
 tributaries (Sweltsa fidelis) in 40 sites in northwest Montana, USA. We
 produced a draft genome assembly for S. coloradensis (N50 = 0.251 Mbp,
 BUSCO &gt; 95% using “insecta_ob9” reference genes). We genotyped
 1930 SNPs in 372 individuals for S. coloradensis and 520 SNPs in 153
 individuals for S. fidelis. We found higher genetic diversity for S.
 coloradensis compared to S. fidelis, but nearly identical genetic
 differentiation among sites within each species (both had global loci
 median FST = 0.000), despite differences in stream network location. For
 landscape genomics and testing for selection, we produced a less
 stringently filtered data set (3454 and 1070 SNPs for S. coloradensis and
 S. fidelis, respectively). Environmental variables (mean summer
 precipitation, slope, aspect, mean June stream temperature, land cover
 type) were correlated with 19 putative adaptive loci for S. coloradensis.
 but there was only one putative adaptive locus for S. fidelis (correlated
 with aspect). Interestingly, we also detected potential hybridization
 between multiple Sweltsa species which has never been previously detected.
 Studies like ours, that test for adaptive variation in multiple related
 species are needed to help assess landscape connectivity and the
 vulnerability of populations and communities to environmental change.
description: Environmental variables used in GEA tests
 for loci in <em>Sweltsa</em> with high genetic differentiation
 (<em>F</em><sub>ST</sub>). Land cover for 30m pixels were collected
 from the National Land Cover Database 2016 (https://www.mrlc.gov/data/nlcd-2016-land-cover-conus). Annual, spring (SpPrecip) and summer (SumPrecip) precipitation data come from Dayment (Thornton et al. 1997, 2012). Aspect (northness), slope and elevation data come from NED 10 m DEM (http://seamless.usgs.gov). Net primary productivity (NPP) come from https://www.ntsg.umt.edu/files/modis/MOD17UsersGuide2015_v3.pdf. Day to last snow cover (DLS) was calculated after determining the first snow free 8-day period (Modis 2017). Mean modeled June (STJune) and July (STJuly) stream temperature data were from mean monthly stream temperature predictions for baseline period 1986-2005 (see Jones et al. 2014, 100 m pixels). Daily minimum air temperatures (DMT) were collected from Daymet (Thornton et al. 1997, 2012) and mean degree days (DegDays) for the period from Jan 1st - June 7th for 2012-2017 were calculated from the same data set.