cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.10454g0
title: Data from: Acoustic stability in hyrax snorts: vocal tightrope-walkers or wrathful verbal assailants?

description: The source-filter theory proposes that information on caller properties is
 communicated through acoustic qualities, as physical state and performance
 ability are reflected in the voice. Vocal stability, manifested through
 harshness is especially intriguing, and has rarely been explored although
 harsh sounds are prevalent in nature. Male rock hyraxes (Procavia
 capensis) produce loud complex calls that we term songs. Only the calls of
 older, socially dominant males, include a harsh sound termed snort. As
 snorts are the rarest element in songs, we hypothesized that high quality
 snorts are difficult to produce, and that their quality consists in the
 ability to maintain smoothness throughout this low-pitched, harsh call. We
 quantified harshness by measuring periodicity deviations and expected to
 find a link between social parameters (residence, rank, and weight) and
 the ability to produce longer, smoother snorts. In addition, we presumed
 that if calls are used as vocal contests, conspecifics would avoid
 answering songs that exhibit a higher acoustic ability than their own
 songs. We found that in wild hyrax songs, snort harshness was associated
 with both weight and social rank, but in opposite directions. Heavier
 males produced smoother snorts and higher ranked individuals produced
 harsher snorts, possibly indicating aggressiveness. Playback experiments
 showed that longer and harsher synthetic snorts, inserted into natural
 songs, reduced conspecific answer rates. Snorts may communicate complex
 information on hyrax weight and dominance by means of element length and
 harshness. Our present results provide a stimulating insight into the
 understanding of acoustics in mammalian vocal communication.
description: Snort variation analysis
 dataData related to the
 analysis of snort roughness (jitter and shimmer) and individual
 characteristics.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6fm52
title: Data from: Evapotranspiration is resilient in the face of land cover and climate change in a humid temperate catchment

description: In temperate humid catchments, evapotranspiration returns more than half
 of the annual precipitation to the atmosphere, thereby determining the
 balance available to recharge groundwaters and support stream flow and
 lake levels. Changes in evapotranspiration rates and therefore catchment
 hydrology could be driven by changes in land use or climate. Here we
 examine the catchment water balance over the past 50 y for a catchment in
 southwest Michigan covered by cropland, grassland, forest, and wetlands.
 Over the study period about 27% of the catchment has been abandoned from
 row-crop agriculture to perennial vegetation and about 20% of the
 catchment has reverted to deciduous forest, and the climate has warmed by
 1.14°C. Despite these changes in land use, precipitation and stream
 discharge, and by inference catchment-scale evapotranspiration, have been
 stable over the study period. The remarkably stable rates of
 evapotranspirative water loss from the catchment across a period of
 significant land cover change suggest that rainfed annual crops and
 perennial vegetation do not differ greatly in evapotranspiration rates,
 and this is supported by measurements of evapotranspiration from various
 vegetation types based on soil water monitoring in the same catchment.
 Compensating changes in the other meteorological drivers of evaporative
 water demand besides air temperature—wind speed, atmospheric humidity, and
 net radiation—are also possible, but cannot be evaluated due to
 insufficient local data across the 50-y period. Regardless of the
 explanation, this study shows that the water balance of this landscape has
 been resilient in the face of both land cover and climate change over the
 past 50 y.
description: dataset_hamilton_evapotranspirationThe file “dataset_hamilton_evapotranspiration.xlsx” contains data on the water balance of the Augusta Creek catchment over a 50-yr period (1965-2014); including changes in land use, precipitation, stream discharge, and evapotranspiration at both the catchment scale (by inference from water balance) and from specific land cover types (by soil water content).
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.dp7dv00
title: Data from: High levels of genetic diversity in marginal populations of the marsh orchid Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. majalis

description: Because of harsh conditions, suboptimal habitat quality and poor
 connectivity to other populations, plant populations at the margin of a
 distribution are expected to be less genetically diverse, but to be more
 divergent from each other than populations in the centre of a
 distribution. In northern Europe, northern marginal populations may also
 be younger than populations further to the south, and may have had less
 time to accumulate genetic diversity by mutation and gene flow. However,
 orchids have very small seeds, which are easily dispersed long distances
 by wind, and orchids are therefore expected to show less differentiation
 between marginal and central populations than other groups of seed plants.
 Here, we analysed whether Scandinavian populations of the tetraploid marsh
 orchid Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. majalis differ from Central European
 populations in genetic diversity patterns. A total of 220 plants from
 eight Central European and ten Scandinavian populations was examined for
 variation at five nuclear microsatellite loci, nuclear ITS and 13
 polymorphic sites in noncoding regions of the plastid genome. The total
 genetic diversity was slightly lower in Scandinavia than in Central
 Europe, both in plastid and nuclear markers, but the differences were
 small. Also, the Scandinavian populations were less diverse and somewhat
 more strongly differentiated from each other than the Central European
 ones. Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. majalis has apparently colonized
 Scandinavia on multiple independent occasions and from different source
 areas in the south. Seed flow between Scandinavian populations has still
 not fully erased the patterns imprinted by early colonization. Our results
 suggest that marginal populations of orchids may be as important as
 central ones in preserving genetic diversity through Pleistocene glacial
 cycles. We also predict that orchids with their light seeds are better
 adapted than many other plants to respond to future climate changes by
 dispersing into new suitable areas.
description: Base data Dactylorhiza
 majalisBase data for "High
 levels of genetic diversity in marginal populations of the marsh orchid
 Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. majalis" by Hedrén & Nordström
 Olofsson. The data set comprises (a) nuclear microsatellite genotype data
 (five loci, allele sizes given in base pairs), (b) plastid haplotype
 (number plus relative fragment sizes at 13 plastid VNTR, Variable Tandem
 Number of Repeat loci), and (c) estimated proportions of ITS repeat types
 (in per cent).
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7b354
title: Data from: After-life effects: living and dead invertebrates differentially affect plants and their associated above- and belowground multitrophic communities

description: Above-belowground (AG-BG) studies typically focus on plant-mediated
 effects inflicted by living organisms. However, animal cadavers may also
 play an important role in AG-BG interactions. Here, we explore whether
 living and dead foliar-feeding and soil-dwelling invertebrates
 differentially affect plants and their associated AG and BG multitrophic
 communities. In a mesocosm study we separated effects of living and dead
 locusts (AG herbivores) and earthworms (BG detritivores) on experimental
 multitrophic communities consisting of eight plant species, an AG aphid
 and parasitoid community and a BG nematode community. We measured root and
 shoot biomass and determined plant community composition and densities of
 aphids, parasitoids and nematodes. Living locusts decreased total shoot
 and root biomass in the mesocosms, whereas living earthworms enhanced
 total root biomass. Cadavers of both invertebrates strongly increased
 total root and shoot biomass, and changed the plant community composition
 mainly via enhanced growth of grasses. Earthworm cadavers affected plant
 biomass and community composition more strongly than their living
 counterparts, while this was reversed for locusts. Structural equation
 models showed that aphids and parasitoids were influenced via changes in
 plant community composition. Nematode densities in the soil, especially
 those of bacterivorous and entomopathogenic nematodes, were strongly
 increased by dead invertebrates, but unaffected by living ones. We
 conclude that effects of invertebrates on plant growth and densities of AG
 and BG organisms strongly depend on whether the invertebrates are dead or
 alive. Remarkably, invertebrate cadavers may inflict even stronger effects
 than their living counterparts. Hence, our study reveals an important, but
 often neglected, role of animal cadavers in AG-BG studies.
description: Data Kos et al Oikos in
 press 2016In this mesocosm study,
 we examined how addition of an AG herbivore (the locust Locusta
 migratoria) and a BG detritivore (the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus)
 influenced experimental multitrophic communities consisting of eight plant
 species belonging to different functional (taxonomic) groups (forbs,
 grasses and legumes), an AG aphid and parasitoid community and a BG
 nematode community. We specifically tested whether effects of adding these
 AG and BG invertebrates depended on whether they were alive or dead
 (cadavers). By using a multifactorial design, we could test for
 interactions between adding AG and BG organisms, and the status of these
 organisms (dead or alive). We measured total root and shoot biomass in
 each mesocosm and determined the composition of the plant community and
 densities of aphids, parasitoids and nematodes.Data_Oikos_Kos et al
 2016.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.46121
title: Data from: Maternally induced intraclutch cannibalism: an adaptive response to predation risk?

description: Theory on condition‐dependent risk‐taking indicates that when prey are in
 poor condition, their anti‐predator responses should be weak. However,
 variation in responses resulting from differences in condition is
 generally considered an incidental by‐product of organisms living in a
 heterogeneous environment. Using Leptinotarsa decemlineata beetles and
 stinkbug (Podisus maculiventris) predators, we hypothesised that in
 response to predation risk, parents improve larval nutritional condition
 and expression of anti‐predator responses by promoting intraclutch
 cannibalism. We showed that mothers experiencing predation risk increase
 production of unviable trophic eggs, which assures provisioning of an egg
 meal to the newly hatched offspring. Next, we experimentally demonstrated
 that egg cannibalism reduces L. decemlineata vulnerability to predation by
 improving larval nutritional condition and expression of anti‐predator
 responses. Intraclutch cannibalism in herbivorous insects might be a
 ubiquitous strategy, aimed to overcome the dual challenge of feeding on
 protein‐limited diets while living under constant predation threat.
description: Data_EcolLettPaper
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q51ph
title: Data from: A major shift in diversification rate helps explain macroevolutionary patterns in primate species diversity

description: Primates represent one of the most species rich, wide ranging and
 ecologically diverse clades of mammals. What major macroevolutionary
 factors have driven their diversification and contributed to the modern
 distribution of primate species remains widely debated. We employed
 phylogenetic comparative methods to examine the role of clade age and
 evolutionary rate heterogeneity in the modern distribution of species
 diversity of Primates. Primate diversification has accelerated since its
 origin, with decreased extinction leading to a shift to even higher
 evolutionary rates in the most species rich family (Cercopithecidae).
 Older primate clades tended to be more diverse, however a shift in
 evolutionary rate was necessary to adequately explain the imbalance in
 species diversity. Species richness was also poorly explained by
 geographic distribution, especially once clade age and evolutionary rate
 shifts were accounted for, and may relate instead to other ecological
 factors. The global distribution of primate species diversity appears to
 have been strongly impacted by heterogeneity in evolutionary rates.
description: primate
 phylogeniesPhylogenies originally
 from Springer et al. 2012. Pruned to 340 species based on recent taxonomic
 revisions. Branches scaled to Ma.BAMM
 filesControl files and
 sampling ratios for running BAMM analyses on the provided primate
 phylogenies.Phylogenetic Imbalance
 FunctionR script for determining
 patterns of phylogenetic imbalance through time across a
 phylogeny.phy.imbalance.R
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.0b63g
title: Data from: The relationship between plumage colouration, problem-solving and learning performance in great tits Parus major

description: Recent studies suggest that individuals with better problem-solving and/or
 learning performance have greater reproductive success, and that
 individuals may thus benefit from choosing mates based on these
 performances. However, directly assessing these performances in candidate
 mates could be difficult. Instead, the use of indirect cues related to
 problem-solving and/or learning performance, such as condition-dependent
 phenotypic traits, might be favored. We investigated whether
 problem-solving and learning performance on a novel non-foraging task
 correlated with sexually selected plumage colouration in a natural
 population of great tits Parus major. We found that males successful in
 solving the task had darker blue-black crowns than non-solvers, and that
 males solving the task more rapidly over multiple attempts (i.e. learners)
 exhibited blue-black crowns with higher UV chroma and shorter-wavelength
 hues than non-learners. In contrast, we found no link between behavioural
 performance on the task and the yellow breast colouration in either sex.
 Our findings suggest that blue-black crown colouration could serve as a
 signal of problem-solving and learning performance in wild great tit
 males. Further research remains necessary to determine whether different
 sexually selected traits are used to signal cognitive performance for mate
 choice, either directly (i.e. cognitive performance influencing
 individual's health and ornamentation through diet for example) or
 indirectly (i.e. due to a correlation with a third factor such as
 individual quality or condition).
description: Behavioural and
 morphological measurements of great tits Parus majorBehavioural
 (problem-solving, learning and neophobia) and morphological (age, body
 condition and colour variables-see the associated manuscript for details
 on the colour variables used) measurements of wild great tits in Gotland
 (Sweden) in 2010 and 2011.GLM Selection sexuelle
 Innovation.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.f7r7b
title: Data from: Experimental and numerical investigations on spray characteristics of fatty acid methyl esters

description: The comparative experimental and numerical study is conducted to establish
 the significance of the use of single component over the multi-component
 representative of the biodiesel, diesel and their blend for predicting the
 spray tip penetration. The single component representatives of biodiesel,
 methyl oleate and methyl laurate and for the diesel are n-heptane,
 n-dodecane and n-tetradecane are studied. The methyl laurate is found to
 represent biodiesel of coconut, whereas methyl oleate is found to
 represent biodiesel having high percentage of long-chain fatty acid
 esters. The spray tip penetration of methyl oleate is found to be in good
 agreement with the measured spray tip penetration of karanja biodiesel.
 The spray tip penetration prediction of n-heptane fuel is closely
 following diesel spray tip penetration along with that of n-tetradecane
 and n-dodecane. The study suggests that the knowledge of the single
 component representative of biodiesel, diesel and their blend is
 sufficient to predict the spray tip penetration of the corresponding
 biodiesel, diesel and their blend under non-evaporating environment.
description: Data of the graphs in
 the paperFull form of
 abbreviation used in the data and the operating conditions of the data is
 explained in README file.data.xls
DOI: 10.15468/dl.sajsqu
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 1020 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Mentzelia involucrata",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "BasisOfRecord is one of (Specimen)"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 1020 records from 52 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0001086-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k0p2b
title: Data from: Olfactory and visual plant cues as drivers of selective herbivory

description: Food quality is an important consideration in the foraging strategy of all
 animals, including herbivores. Those that can detect and assess the
 nutritional value of plants from afar, using senses such as smell and
 sight, can forage more efficiently than those that must assess food
 quality by taste alone. Selective foraging not only affects herbivore
 fitness but can influence the structure and composition of plant
 communities, yet little is known about how olfactory and visual cues help
 herbivores to find preferred plants. We tested the ability of a
 free-ranging, generalist mammalian browser, the swamp wallaby Wallabia
 bicolor, to use olfactory and visual plant cues to find and/or browse
 differentially on Eucalyptus pilularis seedlings grown under different
 nutrient conditions. Low-nutrient seedlings differed from high-nutrient
 seedlings, having lighter coloured leaves, red stems and lower biomass and
 nitrogen content. In the absence of visual cues, wallabies used odour to
 differentiate vials containing cut seedlings. They visited and
 investigated patches with high-nutrient seedling odour most, followed by
 patches with low-nutrient seedling odour, and patches with no added odour
 least. However, when visual and olfactory cues of seedlings were present,
 wallabies reversed their foraging response and were more likely to browse
 low- than high-nutrient seedlings. This browsing difference, in turn,
 disappeared when long-range visual cues were reduced by pinning seedlings
 horizontal to the ground. We suggest that visual cues overrode the effects
 of olfactory cues on browsing patterns of intact seedlings. Our study
 shows that herbivores can respond to odours of higher nutrient plants but
 in ecologically realistic scenarios they use a variety of visual and
 olfactory cues, with a context-dependent outcome that is not always
 selection of high nutrient food. Our results demonstrate the importance of
 testing the sensory abilities of herbivores in realistic multi-sensory
 settings to understand their function in selective foraging.
description: Seedling
 CharacteristicsCharacteristics of
 Eucalyptus pilularis seedlings in high- and low-nutrient
 treatments.SeedlingCharacteristics_DRYAD.xlsxExperiment 1: Behavioural response to seedling odourVisits and investigations by swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor) and eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) of buried vials in three treatments: no seedling, cut high-nutrient seedling and cut low-nutrient seedling.Experiment1_DRYAD.xlsxExperiment 2: Browsing patterns as a function of seedling odour and visual cuesTime to browsing of high- and low- nutrient seedlings (Eucalyptus pilularis) by swamp wallabies (Wallabia bicolor). Seedlings were presented both in the normal upright position and pinned to the ground (reducing visual cues). All 160 seedlings were periodically inspected for browsing damage, and a subset of 40 were also monitored by motion-triggered cameras.Experiment2_DRYAD.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.49k85
title: Data from: Phylogeny of genus Cupuladria (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata) in the Neogene of tropical America

description: We used 57 morphometric characters to discriminate 17 extant and fossil
 Cupuladria species and analyzed their phylogenetic relationships in
 relation to extant Discoporella species. Data were gathered from 496
 extant and fossil Cupuladria specimens ranging in age from early Miocene
 to Recent and distributed from the Caribbean to tropical eastern Pacific.
 A first series of discriminant analyses distinguished three morphological
 groups: Cupuladria with vicarious avicularia, Cupuladria without vicarious
 avicularia, and Discoporella. Further discriminant analyses identified 17
 species of Cupuladria. Cladistic analyses of these three groups yielded
 four equally parsimonious trees. All of the consensus trees exhibited the
 same topology, dividing the 25 tropical American cupuladriids into four
 distinct monophyletic clades, including Discoporella, and are consistent
 with previous molecular phylogenies except that there are no molecular
 data for the CV2 clade. Diversification of species was higher in the CV1
 and CV2 clades than CNV clade, and involved mostly Caribbean species.
 Cupuladria with vicarious clade 1 (CV1) includes: C. monotrema, C.
 pacificiensis, C. exfragminis, C. cheethami, C. biporosa, and four new
 species: C. pervagata, C. floridensis, C. colonensis and C. dominicana.
 Cupuladria with vicarious clade 2 (CV2) includes: C. multesima, C.
 incognita, and three new species C. collyrida, C. veracruxiensis and C.
 planissima. Cupuladria clade without vicarious (CNV) includes: C.
 surinamensis, C. panamensis, and one new species C. gigas. The
 stratigraphic occurrence of species is consistent with cladogram topology
 within clades. However hypothesized cladistic relations among clades are
 the reverse of their stratigraphic occurrence with younger clade CNV
 appearing as the hypothetical ancestor of the two older clades CV1 and
 CV2. More extensive collections of early to middle Miocene specimens of
 Cupuladria and Discoporella will be required to resolve this apparent
 paradox.
description: Supplemental Data
 File
DOI: 10.15468/dl.5fuutu
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 893 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "HasGeospatialIssue is false",
 "OccurrenceStatus is Present",
 "TaxonKey is Tragopan caboti"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 893 records from 8 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0001088-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.