cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cf88v4nf
title: Data from: Heterozygosity predicts clutch and egg size but not plasticity in a house sparrow population with no evidence of inbreeding

description: We investigated the link between heterozygosity and the reaction norm
 attributes of reproductive performance in female house sparrows (Passer
 domesticus). We collected data on clutch size, egg size, hatching success,
 and nestling survival in 2 816 nesting attempts made by 791 marked
 individuals over a 16 year period. Pedigree analysis revealed no evidence
 of inbreeding. Neither parent-offspring regression nor an animal model
 revealed significant heritability in clutch or egg size. We selected 42
 females that laid at least seven clutches at our study site and used a
 survey of 21 autosomal microsatellite loci to estimate heterozygosity for
 each female. We controlled for phenotypic plasticity and found that both
 clutch and egg size showed significant positive correlations with
 heterozygosity. We found no evidence that heterozygosity influenced the
 slope of individual reaction norms. Further analysis suggested that clutch
 size was affected by heterozygosity across the genome, but egg size had
 more complex relationships, with evidence favoring the influence of
 multiple loci. Given the apparent lack of inbreeding and large population
 size, our results suggest associative overdominance as the likely
 mechanism for the impact of heterozygosity, but also created a puzzle
 about the process producing associations between neutral markers and the
 genes affecting clutch size or egg size. One possible explanation is a
 long term residual effect of the historical bottleneck that occurred when
 house sparrows were introduced into North America. The existence of HFCs
 in a population with considerable phenotypic plasticity and little
 inbreeding implies that the effects of heterozygosity may be more
 significant than previously thought.
description: Clutch & Egg size
 dataPedigree, clutch and egg
 size, and multi-locus heterozygosity data from all birds included in the
 pedigree.Heterozygosity
 dataSingle locus
 heterozygosity data for all 42 females typed, across all 21 loci
 used.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.69jr7
title: Data from: Manipulation of feeding regime alters sexual dimorphism for lifespan and reduces sexual conflict in Drosophila melanogaster

description: Sexual dimorphism for lifespan (SDL) is widespread, but poorly understood.
 A leading hypothesis, which we test here, is that strong SDL can reduce
 sexual conflict by allowing each sex to maximize its sex-specific fitness.
 We used replicated experimental evolution lines of the fruit fly,
 Drosophila melanogaster, which had been maintained for over 360
 generations on either unpredictable ‘Random’ or predictable ‘Regular’
 feeding regimes. This evolutionary manipulation of feeding regime led to
 robust, enhanced SDL in Random over control, Regular lines. Enhanced SDL
 was associated with a significant increase in the fitness of focal males,
 tested with wild-type (WT) females. This was due to sex-specific changes
 to male life history, manifested as increased early reproductive output
 and reduced survival. In contrast, focal female fitness, tested with WT
 males, did not differ across regimes. Hence increased SDL was associated
 with a reduction in sexual conflict, which increased male fitness and
 maintained fitness in females. Differences in SDL were not associated with
 developmental time or developmental survival. Overall, the results showed
 that the expression of enhanced SDL, resulting from experimental evolution
 of feeding regimes, was associated with male-specific changes in life
 history, leading to increased fitness and reduced sexual conflict.
description: Duxbury_et_al_2017_combined_raw_data_DRYADRaw data for each of the figures in the MS.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4mp6h
title: Data from: Gut microbiota regulate motor deficits and neuroinflammation in a model of Parkinson’s disease

description: The intestinal microbiota influence neurodevelopment, modulate behavior,
 and contribute to neurological disorders. However, a functional link
 between gut bacteria and neurodegenerative diseases remains unexplored.
 Synucleinopathies are characterized by aggregation of the protein
 α-synuclein (αSyn), often resulting in motor dysfunction as exemplified by
 Parkinson’s disease (PD). Using mice that overexpress αSyn, we report
 herein that gut microbiota are required for motor deficits, microglia
 activation, and αSyn pathology. Antibiotic treatment ameliorates, while
 microbial re-colonization promotes, pathophysiology in adult animals,
 suggesting that postnatal signaling between the gut and the brain
 modulates disease. Indeed, oral administration of specific microbial
 metabolites to germ-free mice promotes neuroinflammation and motor
 symptoms. Remarkably, colonization of αSyn-overexpressing mice with
 microbiota from PD-affected patients enhances physical impairments
 compared to microbiota transplants from healthy human donors. These
 findings reveal that gut bacteria regulate movement disorders in mice and
 suggest that alterations in the human microbiome represent a risk factor
 for PD.
description: HumanizedMotorFunctionMotor function scores of wild-type and Thy1-aSyn mice colonized with fecal microbes derived from Parkinson's disease patients or matched healthy controls.MouseTreatmentMotorFunctionMotor function scores of wild-type and Thy1-aSyn mice, under differing microbial colonization status. Conventionally colonized, germ-free, antibiotic-treated, recolonized germ-free, and short-chain fatty acid treated animals.SynucleinandInflammationExpression and production of alpha-synuclein and proinflammatory cytokines, and microglia diameter and cytokine expression in the brain of wild-type and Thy1-aSyn mice, under specific pathogen free and germ-free conditions.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5cb7r
title: Data from: Assessment of rival males through the use of multiple sensory cues in the fruitfly Drosophila pseudoobscura

description: Environments vary stochastically, and animals need to behave in ways that
 best fit the conditions in which they find themselves. The social
 environment is particularly variable, and responding appropriately to it
 can be vital for an animal’s success. However, cues of social environment
 are not always reliable, and animals may need to balance accuracy against
 the risk of failing to respond if local conditions or interfering signals
 prevent them detecting a cue. Recent work has shown that many male
 Drosophila fruit flies respond to the presence of rival males, and that
 these responses increase their success in acquiring mates and fathering
 offspring. In Drosophila melanogaster males detect rivals using auditory,
 tactile and olfactory cues. However, males fail to respond to rivals if
 any two of these senses are not functioning: a single cue is not enough to
 produce a response. Here we examined cue use in the detection of rival
 males in a distantly related Drosophila species, D. pseudoobscura, where
 auditory, olfactory, tactile and visual cues were manipulated to assess
 the importance of each sensory cue singly and in combination. In contrast
 to D. melanogaster, male D. pseudoobscura require intact olfactory and
 tactile cues to respond to rivals. Visual cues were not important for
 detecting rival D. pseudoobscura, while results on auditory cues appeared
 puzzling. This difference in cue use in two species in the same genus
 suggests that cue use is evolutionarily labile, and may evolve in response
 to ecological or life history differences between species.
description: Maguire Lize Price 2015
 Plos One Assessment of rival males through the use of multiple sensory
 cues in the fruitfly Drosophila pseudoobscura dataThis is the data for
 Maguire et al 2015 PlosOne "Assessment of rival males through the use
 of multiple sensory cues in the fruitfly Drosophila pseudoobscura".
 The key data is the time to mating (mating latency) and duration of mating
 (copulation latency) of male flies, who had had a variety of sensory modes
 (vision, hearing, smell and touch) removed in various combinations, to see
 whether they responded to the presence of a rival male.Maguire Lize Price 2015 Plos
 One Assessment of rival males through the use of multiple sensory cues
 data.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rh0v0g2
title: Data from: Why are you swiping right? The impact of product orientation on swiping responses

description: Many apps require consumers to evaluate products by swiping them, to the
 right or left. This work explores whether product orientation affects the
 product evaluations communicated by swiping movements, compared with those
 made by pressing onscreen buttons. Building on stimulus-response
 compatibility (SRC) theory, which suggests that irrelevant product display
 features can activate certain behavioral responses when the product
 display and the behavioral response share a common dimension, this study
 predicts that the horizontal direction (left-to-right or right-to-left)
 cued by a product’s orientation should facilitate a swipe movement in the
 congruent direction. Five studies indicate that when people use swiping
 movements to evaluate objects, their evaluations are influenced by the
 object’s orientation, whereas evaluations conveyed through button presses
 reveal no orientation effect. The orientation effect for swiping responses
 also disappears when the objects contain a direction cue that is
 incongruent with their orientation, and when only one directional swipe
 movement is defined as a valid response option. Moreover, the effect holds
 for subjective evaluations but is eliminated for objective judgments, when
 these involve no time pressure.
description: all
 studies
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4vn13
title: Data from: An experimental test of density-dependent selection on temperament traits of activity, boldness and sociability

description: Temperament traits are seen in many animal species, and recent
 evolutionary models predict that they could be maintained by heterogeneous
 selection. We tested this prediction by examining density-dependent
 selection in juvenile common lizards Zootoca viviparascored for activity,
 boldness and sociability at birth and at the age of 1 year. We
 measured three key life-history traits (juvenile survival, body growth
 rate and reproduction) and quantified selection in experimental
 populations at five density levels ranging from low to high values. We
 observed consistent individual differences for all behaviours on the short
 term, but only for activity and one boldness measure across the first year
 of life. At low density, growth selection favoured more sociable lizards,
 whereas viability selection favoured less active individuals. A
 significant negative correlational selection on activity and boldness
 existed for body growth rate irrespective of density. Thus, behavioural
 traits were characterized by limited ontogenic consistency, and natural
 selection was heterogeneous between density treatments and fitness traits.
 This confirms that density-dependent selection plays an important role in
 the maintenance of individual differences in exploration-activity and
 sociability.
description: List of newborns
 measured at birthA list of all newborns
 measured at birth including those scored for their behavior. The data
 include maternal identity, birth date, sex at birth, morphology data and
 identity of the release population as well as density
 treatment.ListNewborns.csvActivity behavior at birthRecordings of activity behavior in all newborns at birth with code of each newborn, date and time of recordings, recorded data.ActivityNewborns.csvAntipredator behavior at birthRecordings of boldness behavior (response to a simulated predator attack) in all newborns at birth with code of each newborn, date and time of recordings, recorded data.BoldnessNewborns.csvSociability behavior at birthRecordings of sociability behavior (response to odor cues of adult male conspecifics) in all newborns at birth with code of each newborn, date and time of recordings, recorded data.SociabilityNewborns.csvRecapture data of newbornsRecaptures data of newborns at the end of the experiment. A list of all surviving newborns with their id, capture date, morphology and mass at capture.Recaptures.csvReproduction dataData on reproductive females with id of each female and including mass before and mass after parturition, parturition date and fecundity (sum of yellow unfertilized eggs, eggs with aborted embryos, newborns dead at birth and live newborns).Reproduction.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7gm28
title: Data from: C, N, and P fertilization in an Amazonian rainforest support stoichiometric dissimilarity as a driver of litter diversity effects on decomposition

description: Plant leaf litter generally decomposes faster as a group of different
 species than when individual species decompose alone, but underlying
 mechanisms of these diversity effects remain poorly understood. Because
 resource C : N : P stoichiometry (i.e. the ratios of these key elements)
 exhibits strong control on consumers, we supposed that stoichiometric
 dissimilarity of litter mixtures (i.e. the divergence in C : N : P ratios
 among species) improves resource complementarity to decomposers leading to
 faster mixture decomposition. We tested this hypothesis with: (i) a wide
 range of leaf litter mixtures of neotropical tree species varying in C : N
 : P dissimilarity, and (ii) a nutrient addition experiment (C, N and P) to
 create stoichiometric similarity. Litter mixtures decomposed in the field
 using two different types of litterbags allowing or preventing access to
 soil fauna. Litter mixture mass loss was higher than expected from species
 decomposing singly, especially in presence of soil fauna. With fauna,
 synergistic litter mixture effects increased with increasing
 stoichiometric dissimilarity of litter mixtures and this positive
 relationship disappeared with fertilizer addition. Our results indicate
 that litter stoichiometric dissimilarity drives mixture effects via the
 nutritional requirements of soil fauna. Incorporating ecological
 stoichiometry in biodiversity research allows refinement of the underlying
 mechanisms of how changing biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning.
description: Mass loss data
 setmass loss
 data set.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1m7sm
title: Data from: The fourth dimension of tool use: temporally enduring artefacts aid primates learning to use tools

description: All investigated cases of habitual tool use in wild chimpanzees and
 capuchin monkeys include youngsters encountering durable artefacts, most
 often in a supportive social context. We propose that enduring artefacts
 associated with tool use, such as previously used tools, partly processed
 food items and residual material from previous activity, aid non-human
 primates to learn to use tools, and to develop expertise in their use,
 thus contributing to traditional technologies in non-humans. Therefore,
 social contributions to tool use can be considered as situated in the
 three dimensions of Euclidean space, and in the fourth dimension of time.
 This notion expands the contribution of social context to learning a skill
 beyond the immediate presence of a model nearby. We provide examples
 supporting this hypothesis from wild bearded capuchin monkeys and
 chimpanzees, and suggest avenues for future research.
description: Capuchin nut-cracking
 dataFragaszy%20et%20al%20capuchin%20data%20for%20Phil%20trans.xlsChimpanzee nut-cracking dataFragaszy et al chimpanzee NC data for Phil Trans.xlsxChimpanzee pestle-pounding dataFragaszy et al chimpanzee PP data for Phil Trans.xls
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.d5672
title: Data from: Genetic parameters in subtropical pine F1 hybrids: heritabilities, between-trait correlations and genotype-by-environment interactions

description: Growth and stem straightness traits of 29 Pinus caribaea var.
 hondurensis × Pinus tecunumanii (PCH × PTEC) and 26 P. caribaea var.
 hondurensis × Pinus oocarpa (PCH × POOC) hybrid pair-crosses plus a total
 of 16 intraspecific families were assessed at ages 5, 8 and 15 years from
 planting at two sites. The PCH × PTEC hybrid was the most productive,
 yielding 37 % more than a Pinus elliottii local control and was 21 %
 superior to either parental species in DBH growth. PCH × POOC hybrid was,
 on average, 16 % superior to either parental species for DBH. Narrow-sense
 heritability estimates were low to moderate for growth traits (average of
 0.27) and stem straightness (0.16). The estimated additive genetic
 correlations between growth traits and ages within traits were high
 (&gt;0.8) and positive, providing confidence in early selection based
 on diameter at breast height. The high proportion of estimated additive
 genetic variance compared to dominance variance in the F1 pine hybrids
 suggests that breeding strategies that maximize the use of additive
 genetic variance may be effective. The ranking of the 11 PCH parents based
 on general hybridizing ability predictions (estimated breeding values as
 hybrids) was somewhat inconsistent between PTEC and POOC hybrid crosses
 for all traits (r 9 d.f. = 0.38–0.45; p ∼0.15–0.25). There was no evidence
 of practically important G × E interaction for the hybrids except for
 PCH × PTEC height growth. This study suggests that a single, multi-hybrid
 breeding population seems appropriate in Zimbabwe if the trial sites are
 representative of the planting target zone.
description: FRC Hybrid
 data_20150906growth and stem form
 data at ages 5 and years from planting
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7g988
title: Data from: Genetic rescue increases fitness and aids rapid recovery of an endangered marsupial population

description: Genetic rescue has now been attempted in several threatened species, but
 the contribution of genetics per se to any increase in population health
 can be hard to identify. Rescue is expected to be particularly useful when
 individuals are introduced into small isolated populations with low levels
 of genetic variation. Here we consider such a situation by documenting
 genetic rescue in the mountain pygmy possum, Burramys parvus. Rapid
 population recovery occurred in the target population after the
 introduction of a small number of males from a large genetically diverged
 population. Initial hybrid fitness was more than two-fold higher than
 non-hybrids; hybrid animals had a larger body size, and female hybrids
 produced more pouch young and lived longer. Genetic rescue likely
 contributed to the largest population size ever being recorded at this
 site. These data point to genetic rescue as being a potentially useful
 option for the recovery of small threatened populations.
description: Microsatellite genotype
 data for 24 lociGenotypic data at 24
 microsatellite loci for Burramys parvus at Mount Buller from 2010 - 2015.
 Included are genotype data for the 12 translocated males and other samples
 from Mount Higginbotham (source population for the genetic
 rescue)Burramys_parvus_genotypic_data_Mt_Buller.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7954
title: Data from: Strict monandry in the ponerine army ant genus Simopelta suggests that colony size and complexity drive mating system evolution in social insects

description: Altruism in social insects has evolved between closely related
 full-siblings. It is therefore of considerable interest why some groups
 have secondarily evolved low within-colony relatedness, which in turn
 affects the relatedness incentives of within-colony cooperation and
 conflict. The highest queen mating frequencies, and therefore among the
 lowest degrees of colony relatedness, occur in Apis honeybees and army
 ants of the subfamilies Aenictinae, Ecitoninae, and Dorylinae, suggesting
 that common life-history features such as reproduction by colony fission
 and male biased numerical sex-ratios have convergently shaped these mating
 systems. Here we show that ponerine army ants of the genus Simopelta,
 which are distantly related but similar in general biology to other army
 ants, have strictly monandrous queens. Preliminary data suggest that
 workers reproduce in queenright colonies, which is in sharp contrast to
 other army ants. We hypothesize that differences in mature colony size and
 social complexity may explain these striking discrepancies.
description: Kronauer et al Raw
 DataThis file contains the
 raw microsatellite data (coded as allele sizes in base pairs) for the
 following article published in Molecular Ecology: Strict monandry in the
 ponerine army ant genus Simopelta suggests that colony size and complexity
 drive mating system evolution in social insects. Authors: Daniel J. C.
 Kronauer, Sean O'Donnell, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Naomi E.
 Pierce
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9v64t5f
title: Data from: HMP-1/α-catenin promotes junctional mechanical integrity during morphogenesis

description: Adherens junctions (AJs) are key structures regulating tissue integrity
 and maintaining adhesion between cells. During morphogenesis, junctional
 proteins cooperate closely with the actomyosin network to drive cell
 movement and shape changes. How the junctions integrate the mechanical
 forces in space and in time during an in vivo morphogenetic event is still
 largely unknown, due to a lack of quantitative data. To address this
 issue, we inserted a functional Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
 (FRET)-based force biosensor within HMP-1/a-catenin of Caenorhabditis
 elegans. We find that the tension exerted on HMP-1 has a cell-specific
 distribution, is actomyosin-dependent, but is regulated differently from
 the tension on the actin cortex during embryonic elongation. By using
 time-lapse analysis of mutants and tissue-specific rescue experiments, we
 confirm the role of VAB-9/Claudin as an actin bundle anchor. Nevertheless,
 the tension exerted on HMP-1 did not increase in the absence of
 VAB-9/Claudin, suggesting that HMP-1 activity is not upregulated to
 compensate for loss of VAB-9. Our data indicate that HMP-1 does not
 modulate HMR-1/E-cadherin turnover, is required to recruit junctional
 actin but not stress fiber-like actin bundles. Altogether, our data
 suggest that HMP-1/a-catenin acts to promote the mechanical integrity of
 adherens junctions.
description: FRET index versus
 shortening speed of seam-seam junctionsPlot of FRET index for
 seam-seam junctions at 1.5-fold versus their shortening speed at the same
 stage (measured as % of change in length per minute) showing the absence
 of correlation.FRET index-seam cell shortening
 speed.pdf
DOI: 10.15468/dl.k8r2bb
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 53 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "DatasetKey" : [
 "is Records of Nyctereutes procyonoides from the territory of Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 53 records from 1 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0000756-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.