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DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7h7
title: Trinity College Botanic Garden long-term monitoring program

description: Botanic gardens hold large, documented, and accessible collections of
 living plants. These represent unique subsets of taxa from different
 biogeographical regions growing under common environmental conditions,
 connecting people to global plant research and conservation efforts while
 offering a place beneficial for human health and wellbeing. Despite
 Botanic Gardens being an ideal setting for climate change research, their
 potential for comparative, long-term studies and outreach in the field is
 still underutilised. As part of its ten-year strategy, Trinity College
 Botanic Garden (TCBG) aims to tap this potential and establish a programme
 for long-term (&gt;30 years) monitoring of key physiological
 performances in its living woody plant collection. The programme will also
 assess particulate pollution (PM10 and PM2.5) interception by the same
 trees, pairing climate change and urban green research. Importantly, the
 project will include the design of a transferable protocol, produce
 vouchered herbarium specimens as a future historical archive and as a
 pedagogical tool, and support the garden outreach strategy, so as to
 nurture its link with both Trinity College Dublin and local communities,
 ensuring the garden’s legacy into the future.
description: Data and metadata on stomatal conductance were
 collected through field measurements, data on particulate matter were
 collected through lab analyses of samples collected in the field. All data
 were managed using R v. 4.2.2.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29847707
title: <b>Evolution of highly repetitive silk genes in the Luna moth, </b><b><i>Actias luna</i></b>: supplementary data

description: Gene duplications are a major driver of molecular diversification and phenotypic evolution. Arthropod silk genes provide an excellent model for studying these processes due to their highly repetitive sequences and rapid evolutionary rates. In Lepidoptera, the <i>Fibroin heavy chain</i> (<i>fibH</i>) gene encodes the primary structural protein for silk fibers, contributing largely to their mechanical strength. This inner fibroin core is surrounded by an outer coating composed primarily of sericins. Sericins are a group of highly repetitive, serine-rich proteins that modulate silk fiber properties. Although sericins in the Domesticated silkworm (<i>Bombyx mori</i>) have been associated with life stage-specific variation in silk characteristics, their evolution and function across Lepidoptera remain poorly understood. Here, we provide a detailed molecular characterization of sericin genes in the Luna moth (<i>Actias luna</i>), a saturniid species known for forming dense, robust, silk-woven cocoons. We identified eight sericin genes that (1) are frequently arranged into clusters of closely related paralogs, (2) exhibit considerable variation in repeat number and amino acid composition, and (3) display distinct gene expression patterns across life stages. A comparison of sericin genes across Saturniidae and Bombycidae reveals evidence for convergent subfunctionalization. These findings suggest that sericin gene duplications enable dynamic shifts in silk composition both within and between species, potentially reflecting adaptive responses to ecological and functional demands.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29847707.v1
title: <b>Evolution of highly repetitive silk genes in the Luna moth, </b><b><i>Actias luna</i></b>: supplementary data

description: Gene duplications are a major driver of molecular diversification and phenotypic evolution. Arthropod silk genes provide an excellent model for studying these processes due to their highly repetitive sequences and rapid evolutionary rates. In Lepidoptera, the <i>Fibroin heavy chain</i> (<i>fibH</i>) gene encodes the primary structural protein for silk fibers, contributing largely to their mechanical strength. This inner fibroin core is surrounded by an outer coating composed primarily of sericins. Sericins are a group of highly repetitive, serine-rich proteins that modulate silk fiber properties. Although sericins in the Domesticated silkworm (<i>Bombyx mori</i>) have been associated with life stage-specific variation in silk characteristics, their evolution and function across Lepidoptera remain poorly understood. Here, we provide a detailed molecular characterization of sericin genes in the Luna moth (<i>Actias luna</i>), a saturniid species known for forming dense, robust, silk-woven cocoons. We identified eight sericin genes that (1) are frequently arranged into clusters of closely related paralogs, (2) exhibit considerable variation in repeat number and amino acid composition, and (3) display distinct gene expression patterns across life stages. A comparison of sericin genes across Saturniidae and Bombycidae reveals evidence for convergent subfunctionalization. These findings suggest that sericin gene duplications enable dynamic shifts in silk composition both within and between species, potentially reflecting adaptive responses to ecological and functional demands.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29847707.v2
title: <b>Evolution of highly repetitive silk genes in the Luna moth, </b><b><i>Actias luna</i></b>: supplementary data

description: Gene duplications are a major driver of molecular diversification and phenotypic evolution. Arthropod silk genes provide an excellent model for studying these processes due to their highly repetitive sequences and rapid evolutionary rates. In Lepidoptera, the <i>Fibroin heavy chain</i> (<i>fibH</i>) gene encodes the primary structural protein for silk fibers, contributing largely to their mechanical strength. This inner fibroin core is surrounded by an outer coating composed primarily of sericins. Sericins are a group of highly repetitive, serine-rich proteins that modulate silk fiber properties. Although sericins in the Domesticated silkworm (<i>Bombyx mori</i>) have been associated with life stage-specific variation in silk characteristics, their evolution and function across Lepidoptera remain poorly understood. Here, we provide a detailed molecular characterization of sericin genes in the Luna moth (<i>Actias luna</i>), a saturniid species known for forming dense, robust, silk-woven cocoons. We identified eight sericin genes that (1) are frequently arranged into clusters of closely related paralogs, (2) exhibit considerable variation in repeat number and amino acid composition, and (3) display distinct gene expression patterns across life stages. A comparison of sericin genes across Saturniidae and Bombycidae reveals evidence for convergent subfunctionalization. These findings suggest that sericin gene duplications enable dynamic shifts in silk composition both within and between species, potentially reflecting adaptive responses to ecological and functional demands.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t76hdr84k
title: On ageing and age-specific effects of spontaneous mutations

description: Evolutionary theories of ageing assume causal mutations either have
 beneficial early-life effects which gradually become deleterious with
 advancing age (antagonistic pleiotropy: AP) or mutations that only have
 deleterious effects at old age (mutation accumulation: MA).
 Mechanistically, ageing is predicted to result from damage accumulating in
 the soma. While this scenario is compatible with AP, it is not immediately
 obvious how damage would accumulate under MA. In a modified version of the
 MA theory, it has been suggested that mutations with weakly deleterious
 effects at young age can also contribute to ageing, if they generate
 damage that gradually accumulates with age. Mutations with increasing
 deleterious effects have recently gained support from theoretical work and
 studies of large-effect mutations. Here we address if spontaneous
 mutations also have negative effects that increase with age. We accumulate
 mutations with early-life effects in Drosophila melanogaster across 27
 generations and compare their relative effects on fecundity early and late
 in life. Our mutation accumulation lines on average have substantially
 lower early-life fecundity compared to controls. These effects were
 further maintained throughout life, but they did not increase with age.
 Our results thus suggest that most spontaneous mutations do not contribute
 to damage accumulation and ageing.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.xd2547dmw
title: Multiple lines and levels of evidence for avian zoochory promoting fish colonization of artificial lakes

description: Understanding how obligate freshwater organisms colonize seemingly
 isolated ecosystems has long fascinated ecologists. While recent
 investigations reveal that fish eggs can survive the digestive tract of
 birds and successfully hatch once deposited, evidence for avian zoochory
 in natura are still lacking. Here, we used a multiple lines and levels of
 evidence approach to demonstrate plausible bird-mediated colonization of
 lakes by the European perch (Perca fluviatilis). We studied a set of
 newly-formed artificial lakes that the public is either prohibited to
 access because of gravel extraction or allow to access (mainly for
 angling). The motivating observation is that a large proportion of
 prohibited-access lakes (&gt;80%) were colonized by European perch
 while stocking by anglers and managers never occurred. Three supplementary
 lines of evidence supported avian zoochory. First, European perch spawning
 occurs when waterfowl abundance is very high. Second, European perch lays
 sticky eggs at shallow depths where they can be eaten by waterfowls or
 attached to their bodies. Third, genetic analyses suggested that European
 perch actually migrate among lakes, and that distance moved matches with
 daily flight range of foraging waterfowls. Together, multiple lines of
 evidence point to avian zoochory as a pathway for fish colonizing remote
 or newly-formed freshwater ecosystems.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18402845
title: RAQAMLI TEXNOLOGIYALAR ASOSIDA MASHG'ULOT JARAYONINI REJALASHTIRISH

description: Mazkur maqolada sport mashg‘ulot jarayonini rejalashtirishda raqamli texnologiyalardan foydalanishning ilmiy-uslubiy asoslari tahlil qilinadi. Tadqiqotda mashg‘ulot yuklamalarini rejalashtirish, sportchilarning jismoniy va funksional holatini kuzatib borish hamda tayyorgarlik jarayonini optimallashtirishda zamonaviy raqamli vositalarning ahamiyati yoritilgan. Taqiladigan raqamli qurilmalar, video orqali tahlil qilish hamda raqamli kuzatuv tizimlari yordamida mashg‘ulot jarayonini individuallashtirish imkoniyatlari ko‘rib chiqiladi. Shuningdek, raqamli texnologiyalar asosida mashg‘ulot rejalashtirishning an’anaviy yondashuvlarga nisbatan ustun jihatlari, ularning sport natijalariga ta’siri ilmiy nuqtayi nazardan baholanadi. Tadqiqot natijalari sport mashg‘ulotlarini rejalashtirish jarayonida ilmiy asoslangan, tizimli va ma’lumotlarga tayangan yondashuvni joriy etish zarurligini ko‘rsatadi.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18402846
title: RAQAMLI TEXNOLOGIYALAR ASOSIDA MASHG'ULOT JARAYONINI REJALASHTIRISH

description: Mazkur maqolada sport mashg‘ulot jarayonini rejalashtirishda raqamli texnologiyalardan foydalanishning ilmiy-uslubiy asoslari tahlil qilinadi. Tadqiqotda mashg‘ulot yuklamalarini rejalashtirish, sportchilarning jismoniy va funksional holatini kuzatib borish hamda tayyorgarlik jarayonini optimallashtirishda zamonaviy raqamli vositalarning ahamiyati yoritilgan. Taqiladigan raqamli qurilmalar, video orqali tahlil qilish hamda raqamli kuzatuv tizimlari yordamida mashg‘ulot jarayonini individuallashtirish imkoniyatlari ko‘rib chiqiladi. Shuningdek, raqamli texnologiyalar asosida mashg‘ulot rejalashtirishning an’anaviy yondashuvlarga nisbatan ustun jihatlari, ularning sport natijalariga ta’siri ilmiy nuqtayi nazardan baholanadi. Tadqiqot natijalari sport mashg‘ulotlarini rejalashtirish jarayonida ilmiy asoslangan, tizimli va ma’lumotlarga tayangan yondashuvni joriy etish zarurligini ko‘rsatadi.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.sf7m0cg9x
title: Foraging preferences and interspecific competition generate multimodal complexity-stability relationships in an adaptive food-web framework

description: Ecological theory predicts that complex ecological networks are unstable
 and are unlikely to persist, despite many empirical studies of such
 complexity in nature. To resolve real complexity-stability relationships,
 coupling population dynamics and trait dynamics is considered to be an
 important way to understand the long-term stability of ecological
 community assemblages. However, modelling eco-evolutionary dynamics in
 ecologically realistic networks is still a challenge. Here, we establish
 an adaptive food web model to evaluate the complexity-stability debate in
 a mutualist-exploiters-specialist forager-generalist forager system. Our
 theoretical model predicts that the connectance-stability relationship may
 show positive monotonic (/), negative monotonic (\), peaked (∩) and
 double-peaked (oscillatory) patterns. Moreover, the double-peaked pattern
 is only obtained when both the adaptation intensity and interspecific
 competition are high, which may explain no complexity-stability
 relationships revealed in empirical data. Finally, we deduce that foraging
 adaptation alters positive and/or negative feedback loops to affect the
 stability of real food webs.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.jsxksn0f8
title: Coordination of hydraulic and morphological traits across dominant grasses in eastern Australia

description: 1. Leaf hydraulic traits characterize plant drought tolerance and
 responses to climate change. Yet, plant hydraulics are biased towards
 northern hemisphere woody species. We collected rhizomes of several
 perennial grass species along a precipitation gradient in eastern
 Australia and grew them in an experimental garden to investigate potential
 tradeoffs between drought tolerance and plant morphology. 2. We measured
 the following leaf hydraulic traits: the leaf water potential (Ψleaf) at
 50% and 88% loss of leaf hydraulic conductance (P50Kleaf and P88Kleaf),
 the Ψleaf at 50% loss of stomatal conductance (P50gs), leaf turgor loss
 point (TLP), leaf dry matter content (LDMC), leaf modulus of elasticity
 (ε), and the slope of the relationship between predawn and midday Ψleaf.
 We also measured basal area, tiller density, seed head density, root
 collar diameter, plant height, and aboveground biomass of each individual.
 3. As expected, grass species varied widely in leaf-level drought
 tolerance, with loss of 88% hydraulic conductance occurring at a Ψleaf
 ranging from -1.52 to -4.01 MPa. However, all but one species lost leaf
 turgor, and most reached P50gs before this critical threshold. Taller more
 productive grass species tended to have drought vulnerable leaves
 characterized by low LDMC and less negative P88Kleaf. Species with greater
 tiller production experienced stomatal closure and lost turgor at more
 negative Ψleaf. Although our sample size was limited, we found no
 relationships between these species’ traits and their climate of origin.
 4. Overall, we identified important hydraulic and morphological tradeoffs
 in Australian grasses that were surprisingly similar to those observed for
 woody plants: (1) xylem of taller species was less drought tolerant and
 (2) turgor loss occurs and stomatal closure begins before significant loss
 of Kleaf. These data build upon a small yet growing field of grass
 hydraulics and may be informative of species responses to further drought
 intensification in Australia.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.51c59zwcm
title: Data for Sea urchin mass mortalities 40 years apart further threaten Caribbean coral reefs

description: In 1983-1984, a mass mortality caused a Caribbean-wide, &gt;95%
 population reduction of the echinoid grazer, Diadema antillarum. This led
 to blooms of algae contributing to the devastation of scleractinian coral
 populations. Since then, D. antillarum exhibited only limited and patchy
 population recovery in shallow water, and in 2022 was struck by a second
 mass mortality reported over many regions in the Caribbean. Half a century
 of time-series analyses of populations of this sea urchin from St. John,
 US Virgin Islands, reveal that the 2022 event has reduced population
 densities by 98.00% compared to 2021, and by 99.96% compared to 1983. In
 2021, coral cover throughout the Caribbean was approaching the lowest
 values recorded in modern times. However, prior to 2022, locations with
 small aggregations of D. antillarum produced grazing halos in which weedy
 corals were able to successfully recruit and become the dominant coral
 taxa. The 2022 mortality has eliminated these halos on St. John and
 perhaps many other regions, thereby increasing the risk that these reefs
 will further transition into coral-free communities.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.n2z34tn1f
title: Vegetation cover and biodiversity reduce parasite infection in wild hosts across ecological levels and scales

description: Land use changes and biodiversity loss critically disrupt ecosystem
 functioning and are major drivers of infectious disease outbreaks.
 Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, is a multi-host parasite
 whose epidemiology has changed due to the expansion of anthropogenic
 activities over natural areas. We aimed to understand the ecological
 processes increasing parasite prevalence at the individual, the community
 and the landscape levels using the largest database on small mammal
 infection by T. cruzi in Brazil. We applied machine learning techniques
 and structural equation models to show that allometric traits and the
 relative abundance of rodents in the community were important predictors
 of infection risk, followed by variables associated with the landscape
 environmental quality. Natural vegetation cover change and the taxonomic
 and functional dimensions of biodiversity indirectly reduced infection
 through its effect on the abundance distribution and composition of host
 communities. According to our findings, approaches to biodiversity
 conservation and restoration based on the integration of social inclusion
 and human welfare would contribute to regulating the prevalence of T.
 cruzi in wild hosts, which may reduce overall transmission risk.
description: Please see the README document ("README.txt") and the
 accompanying published article: Andreazzi, C. S., Martinez-Vaquero, L.
 A.,  Winck, G. R., Cardoso, T. S., Teixeira, B. R., Xavier, S. C. C.,
 Gentile, R., Jansen, A. M., and P. S D’Andrea. 2023. Vegetation cover and
 biodiversity reduce parasite infection in wild hosts across ecological
 levels and scales. Ecography. Accepted. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06579
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29858648
title: Controlling emissive behaviour through molecular design: 2,3-bis(2,5-dimethylthiophen-3-yl)quinoxalines with variable fluorene substitution

description: Measurement data (optics, CV, FTIR).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29858648.v1
title: Controlling emissive behaviour through molecular design: 2,3-bis(2,5-dimethylthiophen-3-yl)quinoxalines with variable fluorene substitution

description: Measurement data (optics, CV, FTIR).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29858648.v2
title: Controlling emissive behaviour through molecular design: 2,3-bis(2,5-dimethylthiophen-3-yl)quinoxalines with variable fluorene substitution

description: Measurement data (optics, CV, FTIR).
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.x0k6djhpw
title: Data from: What suppliers wish to learn from their clients’ financial statements in Cyprus

description: The current information era calls for a stakeholder approach when
 preparing financial statements. This enhances the usefulness of financial
 statements that may be relevant to a variety of stakeholders. This is an
 exploratory study that aims to establish whether certain themes (17 in
 total), suppliers wish to learn from their client's financial
 statements, as part of a broader economic evaluation. At the same time,
 the company discloses its corporate identity to its stakeholders (such as
 its suppliers), as part of an effort to sustain its competitive
 advantages. The interview results show a transferability of 11 of the
 examined themes.
description: Dataset was collected through a survey done for the purpose of my
 PhD disertation. The chosen methodology
 of a series of 60 questionnaires conducted in all urban areas of Cyprus (4
 towns), through a simple random stratified sampling
 method.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.brv15dvd5
title: Phylogenomics reveals within species diversification but incongruence with color phenotypes in widespread orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)

description: Coloration is an important phenotypic trait for taxonomic studies and has
 been widely used for identifying insect species and populations. However,
 coloration can be a poor diagnostic character for insect species that
 exhibit high polymorphism in this trait, which can lead to over-splitting
 of taxonomic units. In orchid bees, color variation has been interpreted
 by different taxonomists as either polymorphism associated with Mullerian
 mimicry complexes or diagnostic traits for species identification. Despite
 this uncertainty, integrative approaches that incorporate multiple
 independent datasets to test the validity of hair coloration as a
 character that identifies independent evolutionary units have not been
 used. Here, we use phylogenomic data from Ultraconserved Elements (UCEs)
 to explore whether color phenotypes in the widespread orchid bee species
 complexes Eulaema meriana and Eulaema bombiformis (Hymenoptera: Apidae:
 Euglossini) correspond to independent lineages or polymorphic trait
 variation within species. We find that lineages within both species are
 structured according to geography and that color morphs are generally
 unassociated with evolutionarily independent groups except for populations
 located in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. We conclude that there is
 compelling evidence that E. atleticana and E. niveofasciata are subspecies
 of E. meriana and E. bombiformis, respectively, and not different species
 as previously suggested. Therefore, we recognize Eulaema meriana
 atleticana comb. n. and Eulaema bombiformis niveofasciata comb. n. and
 discuss their morphological characteristics. We make recommendations on
 the use of color traits for orchid bee taxonomy and discuss the
 significance of subspecies as evolutionary units relevant for conservation
 efforts.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cjsxksn9t
title: Data from: Maternal provisioning interacts with incubation temperature to affect hatchling mercury exposure in an oviparous reptile

description: The thermal environment experienced by developing embryos can influence
 the utilization of maternally-provisioned resources. Despite being
 particularly consequential for oviparous ectotherms, these dynamics are
 largely unexplored within ecotoxicological frameworks. Here, we test if
 incubation temperature interacts with maternally-transferred mercury to
 affect subsequent body burdens and tissue distributions of mercury in
 hatchling American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Nine clutches
 of alligator eggs were collected from a mercury-contaminated reservoir and
 incubated at either female- or male-promoting temperatures. Total mercury
 (THg) concentration was measured in egg yolk collected during incubation
 and in a suite of tissues collected from hatchlings. THg concentrations in
 residual yolk and blood were higher in hatchlings incubated at cooler,
 female-promoting temperatures compared to the warmer, male-promoting
 temperatures. THg concentrations in most tissues were positively
 correlated with THg concentrations in blood and dermis, and egg yolk THg
 concentration was the best predictor of THg concentration in many
 resultant tissues. Our results highlight a hereto unknown role of the
 developmental environment in mediating tissue specific uptake of
 contaminants in an oviparous reptile.
description: Hatchling alligator tissue mercury concentration data:
 Raw data for detailing mercury concentration (ppm) measured in a
 suite of hatchling alligator tissues. Tissue wet weights (g), dry weights
 (g), and percent water are provided, as is hatchling incubation
 temperature and initial mass (g). The associated R Markdown file was used
 to process the data.