cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.p67jf576
title: Data from: A randomised controlled pilot study of standardised counselling and cost-free pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation among stroke and TIA patients

description: BACKGROUND: Tobacco use is a major risk factor for recurrent stroke. Very
 few studies have been performed to support smoking cessation among
 patients who have experienced a stroke or TIA. The purpose of this pilot
 study was to assess the feasibility and obtain preliminary data on the
 effectiveness of providing cost-free quit smoking pharmacotherapy and
 counselling to smokers identified in a stroke prevention clinic. DESIGN:
 Randomized controlled trial. METHODS: All patients seen at the Ottawa
 Hospital Stroke Prevention Clinic were screened for smoking status,
 advised to quit smoking and treated using a standardized protocol
 including counselling and pharmacotherapy. Eligible smokers were randomly
 assigned to either a prescription only usual care group, or, the
 experimental group who received a 4-week supply of cost-free quit smoking
 medications and prescription for medication renewal. All patients received
 follow-up counselling 7-days prior to and 5, 14, 30, 60, 90, 180 days
 following their quit attempt. The primary outcome was bio-chemically
 validated quit rates at 26-weeks. RESULTS: Of 219 smokers screened, 73
 were eligible, 28 consented and were randomized, and 25 completed the
 study. The bio-chemically validated 7-day point prevalence abstinence rate
 in the experimental group compared to usual care group was 26.6% vs.
 15.4%, adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) 2.00, 95% CI 0.33, 13.26, p=.20.
 CONCLUSIONS: This pilot study provides preliminary data which suggests the
 provision of 4-weeks of cost-free quit smoking medications may improve
 quitting success in smokers with TIA and stroke. The study was
 underpowered to achieve statistically significant results. It would be
 feasible to definitively evaluate this intervention in a large multi-site
 trial.
description: QuitPilot_Participants
 spThis data set includes
 characteristics of study participants including demographic and smoking
 history. It also include 6-month study outcomes for smoking abstinence,
 quit attempts, current number of cigarettes, adherence to counselling and
 medication.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.qb3q5f3
title: Data from: Experimental evidence of long-term reproductive costs in a colonial nesting seabird

description: Trade-offs between current and future reproduction are central to the
 evolution of life histories. Experiments that manipulate brood size
 provide an effective approach to investigating future costs of current
 reproduction. Most manipulative studies to date, however, have addressed
 only the short-term effects of brood size manipulation. Our goal was to
 determine whether survival or breeding costs of reproduction in a
 long-lived species manifest beyond the subsequent breeding season. To this
 end, we investigated long-term survival and breeding effects of a
 multi-year reproductive cost experiment conducted on Black-legged
 Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), a long-lived colonial nesting seabird. We
 used multi-state capture-recapture modeling to assess hypotheses regarding
 the role of experimentally reduced breeding effort and other factors,
 including climate phase and colony size and productivity, on future
 survival and breeding probabilities during the 16-year period following
 the experiment. We found that forced nest failures had a positive effect
 on breeding probability over time, but had no effect on long-term
 survival. This apparent canalization of survival suggests that adult
 survival is the most important parameter influencing fitness in this
 long-lived species, and that adults should pay reproductive costs in ways
 that do not compromise this critical life history parameter. When declines
 in adult survival rate are observed, they may indicate populations of
 conservation concern.
description: KittiwakeLongTermReproductiveCostDatasetEncounter histories for kittiwakes used in a 1991-1994 cost of reproduction study and resighted at least once between 1995 and 2010. Encounter histories begin in 1994; because birds were actually banded in 1991, the first encounter is a simulated "release" as a breeder. Individuals were forced to fail in 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 years, but since very few birds were manipulated four times, we included them with the "3" category. Quality designations are described in the manuscript.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4qk32tp
title: Data from: Nitrogen fertilization differentially enhances nodulation and host growth of two invasive legume species in an urban environment

description: Invasive plants negatively impact native communities by altering ecosystem
 processes and reducing species diversity. Plants in the legume family are
 overrepresented among invasive taxa and establish in disturbed
 environments common in urban ecosystems. Mutualisms with rhizobia and
 anthropogenic activities, such as nitrogen fertilization, may be key
 mechanisms driving legume invasions of urban habitats. Moreover, legume
 species and genetic lineages within species may vary in their responses to
 nitrogen fertilization, making some more likely to invade than others.
 Despite this threat, it remains unclear whether nitrogen fertilization
 impacts mutualism and plant growth traits of invasive legumes in urban
 environments, and whether these effects depend on the genetic origin of
 invaders. We conducted a common garden experiment using two widespread,
 invasive legume species, Medicago sativa and Trifolium pratense, to test
 the effects of species, genetic origin of lineages within species, and
 nitrogen fertilization on the mutualism. Soil nitrogen was manipulated and
 effects on traits associated with the mutualism (nodule traits) and plant
 growth were quantified. Nitrogen fertilization improved nodule traits and
 host growth for both species, but M. sativa and certain genetic lineages
 of this species benefited more from fertilization than any of the tested
 T. pratense lineages. This work reveals how anthropogenic activities alter
 mutualism traits and plant growth in urban environments, potentially
 facilitating invasions by leguminous taxa. Because species and lineages
 varied in the strength of their responses to fertilization, over time some
 invading legumes may outcompete other plant species or lineages, leading
 to differential impacts on native communities in urban environments.
description: Nodule trait and plant
 biomass data of two invasive legumes in Pittsburgh,
 PennsylvaniaIncludes details on
 species, accession, and location of plants used in the common garden
 experiment. Also includes data on nodule traits (nodule number, nodule
 biomass) and plant biomass (dry shoot and root
 biomass).DryadData_ForresterNJ.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5bd5r
title: Data from: Habitat-linked population genetic differentiation in the Blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus

description: Although the recent emergence of the field of landscape genetics has led
 to several studies investigating the effects of habitat composition
 between populations on genetic differentiation, much less is known on the
 impact of within-habitat ecological characteristics on levels of gene flow
 and genetic differentiation among populations. Using data on 840
 individuals sampled in 8 sites in Corsica and 1 in southern France and
 analyzed at 10 microsatellite loci, we assessed the spatial and temporal
 population genetic structure of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) in Corsica
 and identified the ecological factors, both between- and within-sampling
 sites, responsible for the observed genetic structure. We found temporally
 stable fine-scale genetic structure within Corsica, with genetic
 differentiation values among populations corresponding to ~25% of levels
 observed between Corsica and the mainland. This structure was not
 explained by the geographic distance among populations or by the presence
 of physical barriers but was instead related to local habitat types
 (deciduous or evergreen oaks). Our results are thus consistent with
 previously documented phenotypic differences among habitats in
 morphological and reproductive traits. These findings suggest that
 although individuals have high dispersal ability, local adaptation might
 reduce gene flow among populations located in different habitats.
description: MatricesDistance matrices (geographic, genetic, habitat, barriers) used in landscape genetics of Corsican blue tits.Supplementary informationSupplementary material; tables S1, S2 and S3
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.mh742
title: Data from: Inbreeding interferes with the heat-shock response

description: Inbreeding is typically detrimental to individual fitness, with negative
 effects being often exaggerated in stressful environments. However, the
 causal mechanisms underlying inbreeding depression in general and the
 often increased susceptibility to stress in particular are not well
 understood. We here test whether inbreeding interferes with the heat-shock
 response, comprising an important component of the stress response which
 may therefore underscore sensitivity to stress. To this end we subjected
 the tropical butterfly Bicyclus anynana to a full-factorial design with
 three temperatures and three levels of inbreeding, and measured the
 expression of heat-shock protein (HSP) 70 via qPCR. HSP70 expression
 increased after exposure to heat as compared with cold or control
 conditions. Most strikingly, inbreeding strongly interfered with the
 heat-shock response, with inbred individuals showing a very weak
 upregulation of HSP70 only. Our results thus indicate that, in our study
 organism, interference with the heat-shock response may be one mechanism
 underlying reduced fitness of inbred individuals, especially when exposed
 to stressful conditions. However, these indications need to be
 corroborated using a broader range of different temperatures, genes and
 taxa.
description: Inbreeding interferes
 with the heat shock responseRelative quantification
 (RQ) of HSP70DRYAD - Inbreeding interferes
 with the heat shock response.xls
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r21pc
title: Data from: Evaluating behavioral responses of nesting lesser snow geese to unmanned aircraft surveys

description: Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are relatively new technologies gaining
 popularity among wildlife biologists. As with any new tool in wildlife
 science, operating protocols must be developed through rigorous protocol
 testing. Few studies have been conducted that quantify the impacts UAS may
 have on unhabituated individuals in the wild using standard aerial survey
 protocols. We evaluated impacts of unmanned surveys by measuring
 UAS-induced behavioral responses during the nesting phase of lesser snow
 geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba,
 Canada. We conducted surveys with a fixed-wing Trimble UX5 and monitored
 behavioral changes via discreet surveillance cameras at 25 nests. Days
 with UAS surveys resulted in decreased resting and increased nest
 maintenance, low scanning, high scanning, head-cocking and off-nest
 behaviors when compared to days without UAS surveys. In the group of birds
 flown over, head-cocking for overhead vigilance was rarely seen prior to
 launch or after landing (mean estimates 0.03% and 0.02%, respectively) but
 increased to 0.56% of the time when the aircraft was flying overhead
 suggesting that birds were able to detect the aircraft during flight.
 Neither UAS survey altitude nor launch distance alone in this study was
 strong predictors of nesting behaviors, although our flight altitudes (≥75
 m above ground level) were much higher than previously published
 behavioral studies. Synthesis and applications: The diversity of UAS
 models makes generalizations on behavioral impacts difficult, and we
 caution that researchers should design UAS studies with knowledge that
 some minimal disturbance is likely to occur. We recommend flight designs
 take potential behavioral impacts into account by increasing survey
 altitude where data quality requirements permit. Such flight designs
 should consider a priori knowledge of focal species’ behavioral
 characteristics. Research is needed to determine whether any such
 disturbance is a result of visual or auditory stimuli.
description: Snow_goose_behavioursSpreadsheet of proportion time spent on six (6) observed behaviours in lesser snow geese
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6q711
title: Data from: Age-related prenatal maternal effects and postnatal breeding experience have different influences on nestling development in an altricial passerine

description: Reproductive success and nestling performance are related to the age of
 parents across several vertebrate taxa. However, because breeding
 experience and prenatal maternal investment in reproduction often covary,
 the source of these age-related differences can be difficult to determine.
 In this study, we evaluated the influence of prenatal maternal effects and
 postnatal breeding experience on the performance of nestling tree swallows
 Tachycineta bicolor by conducting a carefully controlled partial
 cross-fostering experiment. We swapped half-broods of nestlings between
 the nest of a young first-time breeding female and the nest of a female
 known to have previously raised and fledged young. Our manipulation did
 not influence the within-brood nestling hierarchies, and controlled for
 the effects of egg laying order. We found that nestlings of older females
 were heavier just prior to fledging regardless of the breeding experience
 of the attending female. In addition, fledglings raised by experienced
 females grew their flight feathers faster, and had greater probability of
 fledging. Our study demonstrates that prenatal investment in reproduction
 by older females can have long-term consequences on nestling mass, and
 suggests limited potential for compensatory mass gains prior to fledging.
 Because our analyses controlled for feeding rates, our results also
 suggest that foraging quantity and quality are not the only benefits
 nestlings gain by being raised by an experienced female.
description: Complete data Bitton and
 Dawson jav.01202Contains all field data
 presented in the paper, header explanations in README
 file
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.64
title: Data from: Inferring complex phylogenies using parsimony: an empirical approach using three large DNA data sets for angiosperms

description: To explore the feasibility of parsimony analysis for large data sets, we
 conducted heuristic parsimony searches and bootstrap analyses on separate
 and combined DNA data sets for 190 angiosperms and three outgroups.
 Separate data sets of 18S rDNA (1,855 bp), rbc L (1,428 bp), and atp B
 (1,450 bp) sequences were combined into a single matrix 4,733 bp in
 length. Analyses of the combined data set show great improvements in
 computer run times compared to those of the separate data sets and of the
 data sets combined in pairs. Six searches of the 18S rDNA rbc L atp B data
 set were conducted; in all cases TBR branch swapping was completed,
 generally within a few days. In contrast, TBR branch swapping was not
 completed for any of the three separate data sets, or for the pairwise
 combined data sets. These results illustrate that it is possible to
 conduct a thorough search of tree space with large data sets, given
 sufficient signal. In this case, and probably most others, sufficient
 signal for a large number of taxa can only be obtained by combining data
 sets. The combined data sets also have higher internal support for clades
 than the separate data sets, and more clades receive bootstrap support of
 50% in the combined analysis than in analyses of the separate data sets.
 These data suggest that one solution to the computational and analytical
 dilemmas posed by large data sets is the addition of nucleotides, as well
 as taxa.
description: Soltis et al. Table
 1SoltisTable1.pdf
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18282787
title: HoneyNet: A Public Dataset for Binary and Multi-Stage Classification of Wax Moth Pest Infestation in Honeybee Apiaries

description: This dataset provides a publicly available collection of labeled images for the detection and classification of wax moth pest infestation in honeybee apiaries. The dataset supports both binary classification (healthy vs. infested) and multi-stage classification corresponding to different infestation stages. The images were collected under real apiary conditions and manually annotated to facilitate research in computer vision, machine learning, and precision apiculture. The dataset is intended to support automated pest monitoring and early infestation detection.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18384103
title: HoneyNet: A Public Dataset for Binary and Multi-Stage Classification of Wax Moth Pest Infestation in Honeybee Apiaries

description: This dataset provides a publicly available collection of labeled images for the detection and classification of wax moth pest infestation in honeybee apiaries. The dataset supports both binary classification (healthy vs. infested) and multi-stage classification corresponding to different infestation stages. The images were collected under real apiary conditions and manually annotated to facilitate research in computer vision, machine learning, and precision apiculture. The dataset is intended to support automated pest monitoring and early infestation detection.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5jg1t
title: Data from: Endozoochory of aquatic ferns and angiosperms by mallards in Central Europe

description: 1. Modern literature on plant dispersal by birds focuses mainly on the
 importance of frugivory and scatter-hoarding, yet recent studies show that
 endozoochory by migratory waterbirds is an important mechanism of
 long-distance dispersal for a broad range of plants. Nevertheless, there
 is a lack of empirical field studies that identify the plants dispersed by
 waterbirds, and relate them to expectations based on dispersal syndromes.
 To date, there are no detailed studies of the level of spatial variation
 in the plant taxa dispersed by a waterbird vector. 2. Five sets of faecal
 samples (total n = 215) were collected from mallards Anas platyrhynchos on
 autumn migration in the Tisza and Balaton regions in Hungary, central
 Europe. Intact diaspores were extracted, identified and their
 germinability assessed under standard conditions. The plant communities
 recorded at different sites were compared with PERMANOVA and other
 multivariate methods. 3. Macrospores of the floating watermoss Salvinia
 natans were recorded in 32 samples, and a total of 16 macrospores
 germinated, providing the first field demonstration of endozoochory of
 ferns by birds. Of 21 angiosperm taxa recorded (of which 8 germinated), 13
 were terrestrial species, although the most abundant taxa were aquatic
 species such as the alkali bulrush Bolboschoenus maritimus and the sago
 pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus. Two naturalized alien species, the common
 fig (Ficus carica) and the hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) were also
 recorded. The plant taxa dispersed varied at two different spatial scales,
 with minor but significant differences between samples from sites
 separated by less than 1 km, and major differences between the two regions
 separated by approximately 220 km. 4. Synthesis. This is a unique study of
 the spatial variation in plants dispersed by endozoochory by a migratory
 waterfowl species, with the first demonstration of avian endozoochory of
 ferns. Most taxa dispersed are generally assumed to disperse by water,
 wind or self-dispersal, and waterfowl will provide much greater maximum
 dispersal distances. More such studies are essential before we can
 understand which plants are dispersed by migratory birds, because
 morphological dispersal syndromes do not allow us to make adequate a
 priori predictions.
description: Raw data on intact seeds
 in mallardsThis file contains data
 of the faecal samples collected from the field in different locations with
 date, faeces sample mass, plant species name, and the number of seeds per
 taxon. This file was made with Microsoft Word 2016supplemetarymaterial.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6b5f0
title: Data from: Aphid-encoded variability in susceptibility to a parasitoid

description: Background: Many animals exhibit variation in resistance to specific
 natural enemies. Such variation may be encoded in their genomes or derived
 from infection with protective symbionts. The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon
 pisum, for example, exhibits tremendous variation in susceptibility to a
 common natural enemy, the parasitic wasp Aphidius ervi. Pea aphids are
 often infected with the heritable bacterial symbiont, Hamiltonella
 defensa, which confers partial to complete resistance against this
 parasitoid depending on bacterial strain and associated bacteriophages.
 That previous studies found that pea aphids without H. defensa (or other
 symbionts) were generally susceptible to parasitism, together with
 observations of a limited encapsulation response, suggested that pea
 aphids largely rely on infection with H. defensa for protection against
 parasitoids. However, the limited number of uninfected clones previously
 examined, and our recent report of two symbiont-free resistant clones, led
 us to explicitly examine aphid-encoded variability in resistance to
 parasitoids. Results: After rigorous screening for known and unknown
 symbionts, and microsatellite genotyping to confirm clonal identity, we
 conducted parasitism assays using fifteen clonal pea aphid lines. We
 recovered significant variability in aphid-encoded resistance, with
 variation levels comparable to that contributed by H. defensa. Because
 resistance can be costly, we also measured aphid longevity and cumulative
 fecundity of the most and least resistant aphid lines under permissive
 conditions, but found no trade-offs between higher resistance and these
 fitness parameters. Conclusions: These results indicate that pea aphid
 resistance to A. ervi is more complex than previously appreciated, and
 that aphids employ multiple tactics to aid in their defense. While we did
 not detect a tradeoff, these may become apparent under stressful
 conditions or when resistant and susceptible aphids are in direct
 competition. Understanding sources and amounts of variation in resistance
 to natural enemies is necessary to understand the ecological and
 evolutionary dynamics of antagonistic interactions, such as the potential
 for coevolution, but also for the successful management of pest
 populations through biological control.
description: ParasitismAssay.FitnessAssay.DryadDataFirst tab contains the parasitism assay data. The second tab contains the fitness assay data.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.415kb
title: Data from: Factoring economic costs into conservation planning may not improve agreement over priorities for protection

description: Conservation organizations must redouble efforts to protect habitat given
 continuing biodiversity declines. Prioritization of future areas for
 protection is hampered by disagreements over what the ecological targets
 of conservation should be. Here we test the claim that such disagreements
 will become less important as conservation moves away from prioritizing
 areas for protection based only on ecological considerations and accounts
 for varying costs of protection using return-on-investment (ROI) methods.
 We combine a simulation approach with a case study of forests in the
 eastern United States, paying particular attention to how covariation
 between ecological benefits and economic costs influences agreement
 levels. For many conservation goals, agreement over spatial priorities
 improves with ROI methods. However, we also show that a reliance on
 ROI-based prioritization can sometimes exacerbate disagreements over
 priorities. As such, accounting for costs in conservation planning does
 not enable society to sidestep careful consideration of the ecological
 goals of conservation.
description: Appalachian Ecological
 BenefitsEcological benefits data
 measured for up to 96 parcels in Central AppalachiaArmsworth_ecologicaldata.xlsx