cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5h5pf
title: Data from: The importance of mammalian torpor for survival in a post-fire landscape

description: Wildfires have increased in frequency and intensity worldwide with climate
 change as a main driving factor. While a number of studies have focused on
 population changes in regard to fires, there are essentially no
 quantitative data on behavioural and physiological adjustments that are
 vital for the persistence of individuals during and after fires. Here we
 show that brown antechinus, a small insectivorous marsupial mammal, (i)
 endured a prescribed fire in situ, (ii) remained in their scorched home
 range despite unburned areas nearby, and (iii) substantially increased
 post-fire torpor use and thus reduced foraging requirements and exposure
 to predators. Hence, torpor is a physiological adaptation that, although
 not quantified in this context previously, appears to play a key role in
 post-fire survival for this and other heterothermic species.
description: Data for Stawski et al -
 The importance of mammalian torpor for survival in a post-fire
 landscapeData for Stawski et al -
 The importance of mammalian torpor for survival in a post-fire
 landscapeStawski et al_Guy Fawkes fire
 paper_BiolLett_raw data.pdf
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.m7f9m
title: Data from: Sexual segregation in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins is driven by female avoidance of males

description: Sexual segregation is widespread in mammals, although the proximate causes
 are poorly understood in monomorphic species. Indo-Pacific bottlenose
 dolphins (Tursiops aduncus), which exhibit a high degree of fission-fusion
 dynamics, offer a useful lens to examine the ecological and social drivers
 of sexual segregation. While ecological hypotheses suggest that sexual
 segregation is a by-product of sex-specific ecological preferences (e.g.
 related to habitat, foraging, or predator avoidance), the social
 hypothesis proffers that segregation results from same-sex preferences
 (e.g. due to cooperative benefits) and/or opposite-sex avoidance (e.g. due
 to competitive or exploitative interactions). Indo-Pacific bottlenose
 dolphin females range from nearly solitary to highly sociable. Males
 associate in alliances that cooperate to sequester individual females and
 exclude competing males. Given evidence for allied sexual coercion, our
 primary hypothesis was that sexual segregation is driven by female
 avoidance of aggressive males. However, given robust evidence for
 sex-biased foraging tactics, ecological factors likely also contribute.
 Using the Sexual Segregation and Aggregation Statistic with 17,468
 sighting records spanning 31 years, we found strong sexual segregation.
 Unique to our work, we analyzed the direction of joins and leaves between
 males and females from focal observations (N=10,715 fission-fusion events,
 87 females, 111 males) to determine which sex drives sexual segregation.
 Females drove segregation by rarely joining and often leaving males.
 Although ecological factors likely reinforce sexual segregation, social
 factors predominate. This study demonstrates a sex-bias in fission-fusion
 dynamics in a socially complex wild mammal population and offers strong
 empirical support to the social hypothesis of sexual segregation.
description: Activity budget, groups
 of 2+ bottlenose dolphinsCollected by the Shark
 Bay Dolphin Project in Shark Bay, Western Australia.DRYAD Activity Budget 2+ Adults
 Data.xlsxActivity budget,
 individual adult bottlenose dolphinsCollected by the Shark
 Bay Dolphin Project in Shark Bay, Western Australia.DRYAD Activity Budget Lone
 Adults Data.xlsxJoins and leaves between
 adult bottlenose dolphinsCollected by the Shark
 Bay Dolphin Project in Shark Bay, Western Australia.DRYAD Join Leave
 Data.xlsxBottlenose dolphin group
 size and sex compositionCollected by the Shark
 Bay Dolphin Project in Shark Bay, Western Australia.DRYAD SSAS
 Data.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.191d5
title: Data from: Management-driven evolution in a domesticated ecosystem

description: Millennia of human land-use have resulted in the widespread occurrence of
 what have been coined ‘domesticated ecosystems’. The anthropogenic
 imprints on diversity, composition, structure and functioning of such
 systems are well documented. However, evolutionary consequences of human
 activities in these ecosystems are enigmatic. Calluna vulgaris (L.) is a
 keystone species of coastal heathlands in northwest Europe, an ancient
 semi-natural landscape of considerable conservation interest. Like many
 species from naturally fire-prone ecosystems, Calluna shows smoke-adapted
 germination, but it is unclear whether this trait arose prior to the
 development of these semi-natural landscapes or is an evolutionary
 response to the anthropogenic fire regime. We show that smoke-induced
 germination in Calluna is found in populations from traditionally burnt
 coastal heathlands but is lacking in naturally occurring populations from
 other habitats with infrequent natural fires. Our study thus demonstrates
 evolutionary imprints of human land-use in semi-natural ecosystems.
 Evolutionary consequences of historic anthropogenic impacts on wildlife
 have been understudied, but understanding these consequences is necessary
 for informed conservation and ecosystem management.
description: Calluna smoke induced
 germinationCalluna smoke, Vandvik et. al.
 Biology Letters.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j8776
title: Data from: Calibration uncertainty in molecular dating analyses: there is no substitute for the prior evaluation of time priors

description: Calibration is the rate-determining step in every molecular clock analysis
 and, hence, considerable effort has been expended in the development of
 approaches to distinguish good from bad calibrations. These can be
 categorized into a priori evaluation of the intrinsic fossil evidence, and
 a posteriori evaluation of congruence through cross-validation. We
 contrasted these competing approaches and explored the impact of different
 interpretations of the fossil evidence upon Bayesian divergence time
 estimation. The results demonstrate that a posteriori approaches can lead
 to the selection of erroneous calibrations. Bayesian posterior estimates
 are also shown to be extremely sensitive to the probabilistic
 interpretation of temporal constraints. Furthermore, the effective time
 priors implemented within an analysis differ for individual calibrations
 when employed alone and in differing combination with others. This
 compromises the implicit assumption of all calibration consistency
 methods, that the impact of an individual calibration is the same when
 used alone or in unison with others. Thus, the most effective means of
 establishing the quality of fossil-based calibrations is through a priori
 evaluation of the intrinsic palaeontological, stratigraphic,
 geochronological and phylogenetic data. However, effort expended in
 establishing calibrations will not be rewarded unless they are implemented
 faithfully in divergence time analyses.
description: CytB+RAG1+R35Alignment file (nexus format). Matrix contains the molecular markers CytB, RAG1 and R35. All sequences were downloaded from GenBank. Outgroups are excluded.CytB+RAG1+R35-inc-outgroupsAlignment file (nexus format). Matrix contains the molecular markers CytB, RAG1 and R35. All sequences were downloaded from GenBank.BEAST.xmlInput file for divergence time analysis using BEAST.mcmctree._sequence_fileSequence input file for divergence time analysis using MCMCTREE.mcmctree._tree_file._uniform_priorsInput tree for divergence time analysis in MCMCTREE. Includes minimum and maximum constraints on each node.mcmctree.usedata1 control fileInput control file for divergence time analysis in MCMCTREE.mcmctree.usedata1.ctlmcmctree._tree_file._minimum_boundsInput tree for divergence time analysis in MCMCTREE. Includes minimum constraints only on each node.mcmctree.usedata2 control fileInput control file for divergence time analysis in MCMCTREE, using the approximate likelihood method.mcmctree.usedata2.ctl
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.443g2
title: Data from: A strong genetic correlation underlying a behavioural syndrome disappears during development because of genotype-age interactions

description: In animal populations, as in humans, behavioural differences between
 individuals that are consistent over time and across contexts are
 considered to reflect personality, and suites of correlated behaviours
 expressed by individuals are known as behavioural syndromes. Lifelong
 stability of behavioural syndromes is often assumed, either implicitly or
 explicitly. Here, we use a quantitative genetic approach to study the
 developmental stability of a behavioural syndrome in a wild population of
 blue tits. We find that a behavioural syndrome formed by a strong genetic
 correlation of two personality traits in nestlings disappears in adults,
 and we demonstrate that genotype–age interaction is the likely mechanism
 underlying this change during development. A behavioural syndrome may
 hence change during organismal development, even when personality traits
 seem to be strongly physiologically or functionally linked in one age
 group. We outline how such developmental plasticity has important
 ramifications for understanding the mechanistic basis as well as the
 evolutionary consequences of behavioural syndromes.
description: DatafileFile contains individual-based behavioral assay scores as well as covariatesontoDryad.txtpedigreeFile contains the pedigree (ID of individual, sire, dam) associated with the datafilepedDryad.txt
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1hs12ng
title: Data from: Brood-tending males in a biparental fish suffer high paternity losses but rarely cuckold

description: Extra-pair paternity within socially monogamous mating systems is
 well-studied in birds and mammals but rather neglected in other animal
 taxa. In fishes, social monogamy has evolved several times but few studies
 have investigated the extent to which pair-bonded male fish lose
 fertilizations to cuckolders and gain extra-pair fertilizations
 themselves. We address this gap and present genetic paternity data
 collected from a wild population of Variabilichromis moorii, a socially
 monogamous African cichlid with biparental care of offspring. We show that
 brood-tending, pair-bonded males suffer exceptionally high paternity
 losses, siring only 63% of the offspring produced by their female partners
 on average. The number of cuckolders per brood ranged up to nine and yet,
 surprisingly, brood-tending males in the population were rarely the
 culprits. Brood-tending males sired very few extra-pair offspring, despite
 breeding in close proximity to one another. While unpaired males were
 largely responsible for the cuckoldry, pair-bonded males still enjoyed
 higher fertilization success than individual unpaired males. We discuss
 these results in the context of ecological and phenotypic constraints on
 cuckoldry and the fitness payoffs of alternative male tactics. Our study
 provides new insights into how pair-bonded males handle the trade-off
 between securing within-pair and extra-pair reproduction.
description: Microsatellite genotypes
 of adults and broods sampled in April 2016The first Excel sheet
 contains status, ID, sex, nest and microsatellite alleles of adults;
 followed by fry genotypes (one nest per sheet).DRYAD_genotypes_April2016.xlsxMicrosatellite genotypes of adults and broods sampled in October 2015The first Excel sheet contains status, ID, sex, nest and microsatellite alleles of adults; followed by fry genotypes (one nest per sheet).DRYAD_genotypes_October2015.xlsxGonadosomatic indexStatus, body size, body and testes weight of unpaired and paired males.DRYAD_GSI_data.csvReproductive success of pair-bonded and cuckolders malesFor pair-bonded males: body sizes of male and female, body size of fry, brood size, numbers of extra-pair sires and dams, numbers of own and foreign offspring in nest. For cuckolder males: body size of fry, number of offspring.DRYAD_RS_data.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.m2j85
title: Data from: Foraging environment determines the genetic architecture and evolutionary potential of trophic morphology in cichlid fishes

description: Phenotypic plasticity allows organisms to change their phenotype in
 response to shifts in the environment. While a central topic in current
 discussions of evolutionary potential, a comprehensive understanding of
 the genetic underpinnings of plasticity is lacking in systems undergoing
 adaptive diversification. Here, we investigate the genetic basis of
 phenotypic plasticity in a textbook adaptive radiation, Lake Malawi
 cichlid fishes. Specifically, we crossed two divergent species to generate
 an F3 hybrid mapping population. At early juvenile stages, hybrid families
 were split and reared in alternate foraging environments that mimicked
 benthic/scraping or limnetic/sucking modes of feeding. These alternate
 treatments produced a variation in morphology that was broadly similar to
 the major axis of divergence among Malawi cichlids, providing support for
 the flexible stem theory of adaptive radiation. Next, we found that the
 genetic architecture of several morphological traits was highly sensitive
 to the environment. In particular, of 22 significant quantitative trait
 loci (QTL), only one was shared between the environments. In addition, we
 identified QTL acting across environments with alternate alleles being
 differentially sensitive to the environment. Thus, our data suggest that
 while plasticity is largely determined by loci specific to a given
 environment, it may also be influenced by loci operating across
 environments. Finally, our mapping data provide evidence for the evolution
 of plasticity via genetic assimilation at an important regulatory locus,
 ptch1. In all, our data address long-standing discussions about the
 genetic basis and evolution of plasticity. They also underscore the
 importance of the environment in affecting developmental outcomes, genetic
 architectures, morphological diversity and evolutionary potential.
description: LateralAllometryRemovedF3impFormatLateral landmarks with allometry removedventralallometrycorrectedLMsVentral landmarks with allometry removedAll_F3_phenotypesAll traits from F3 hybrid cichlids, including the genetic map.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.847vk
title: Data from: Testing for independence between evolutionary processes

description: Evolutionary events co-occurring along phylogenetic trees usually point to
 complex adaptive phenomena, sometimes implicating epistasis. While a
 number of methods have been developed to account for co-occurrence of
 events on the same internal or external branch of an evolutionary tree,
 there is a need to account for the larger diversity of possible relative
 positions of events in a tree. Here we propose a method to quantify to
 what extent two or more evolutionary events are associated on a
 phylogenetic tree. The method is applicable to any discrete character,
 like substitutions within a coding sequence or gains/losses of a
 biological function. Our method uses a general approach to statistically
 test for significant associations between events along the tree, which
 encompasses both events inseparable on the same branch, and events
 genealogically ordered on different branches. It assumes that the
 phylogeny and themapping of branches is known without errors. We address
 this problem from the statistical viewpoint by a linear algebra
 representation of the localization of the evolutionary events on the
 tree.We compute the full probability distribution of the number of paired
 events occurring in the same branch or in different branches of the tree,
 under a null model of independence where each type of event occurs at a
 constant rate uniformly inthephylogenetic tree. The strengths
 andweaknesses of themethodare assessed via simulations;we then apply the
 method to explore the loss of cell motility in intracellular pathogens.
description: Supplementary
 MaterialBehdenna_etal_supp_mat.pdfepics-dist
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b17v784
title: Data from: Innate turning preference of leaf-cutting ants in the absence of external orientation cues

description: Many ants use a combination of cues for orientation but how do ants find
 their way when all external cues are suppressed? Do they walk in a random
 way or are their movements spatially oriented? Here we show for the first
 time that leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex lundii) have an innate preference
 of turning counter-clockwise (left) when external cues are precluded. We
 demonstrated this by allowing individual ants to run freely on the water
 surface of a newly-developed treadmill. The surface tension supported
 medium-sized workers but effectively prevented ants from reaching the wall
 of the vessel, important to avoid wall-following behaviour (thigmotaxis).
 Most ants ran for minutes on the spot but also slowly turned
 counter-clockwise in the absence of visual cues. Reconstructing the
 effectively walked path revealed a looping pattern which could be
 interpreted as a search strategy. A similar turning bias was shown for
 groups of ants in a symmetrical Y-maze where twice as many ants chose the
 left branch in the absence of optical cues. Wall-following behaviour was
 tested by inserting a coiled tube before the Y-fork. When ants traversed a
 left-coiled tube, more ants chose the left box and vice versa. Adding
 visual cues in form of vertical black strips either outside the treadmill
 or on one branch of the Y-maze led to oriented walks towards the strips.
 It is suggested that both, the turning bias and the wall-following are
 employed as search strategies for an unknown environment which can be
 overridden by visual cues.
description: FigureData_EndleinSitti2018Data for Figures 3-6
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.11962
title: Data from: What is a mild winter? Regional differences in within-species responses to climate change

description: Climate change is known to affect ecosystems globally, but our knowledge
 of its impact on large and widespread mammals, and possibly
 population-specific responses is still sparse. We investigated large-scale
 and long-term effects of climate change on local population dynamics using
 the wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) as a model species. Our results show that
 population increases across Europe are strongly associated with
 increasingly mild winters, yet with region-specific threshold temperatures
 for the onset of exponential growth. Additionally, we found that abundant
 availability of critical food resources, e.g. beech nuts, can outweigh the
 negative effects of cold winters on population growth of wild boar.
 Availability of beech nuts is highly variable and highest in years of
 beech mast which increased in frequency since 1980, according to our data.
 We conclude that climate change drives population growth of wild boar
 directly by relaxing the negative effect of cold winters on survival and
 reproduction, and indirectly by increasing food availability. However,
 region-specific responses need to be considered in order to fully
 understand a species’ demographic response to climate change.
description: Data for testing effects
 on wild boar population growthData used in the
 European and the Austrian multi-model averages testing how wild boar
 population growth (lambda) is affected by climatic parameters, food
 availability (only for Austria), and density.Dryad_Lambda.xlsxData on the body mass of wild boar from different regionsBody mass data of wild boar taken from the literature for testing the Bergmann's rule and local differences in the wild boar.Dryad_BodyMass.xlsxData on traffic accidents involving wild boarData on traffic accidents involving wild boar from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland used for testing the reliability of hunting bag data in investigating relative changes in population size.Dryad_TrafficAccidents.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.pn10j
title: Data from: Population-specific responses to an invasive species

description: Predicting the impacts of non-native species remains a challenge. As
 populations of a species are genetically and phenotypically variable, the
 impact of non-native species on local taxa could crucially depend on
 population-specific traits and adaptations of both native and non-native
 species. Bitterling fishes are brood parasites of unionid mussels and
 unionid mussels produce larvae that parasitize fishes. We used common
 garden experiments to measure three key elements in the bitterling–mussel
 association among two populations of an invasive mussel (Anodonta
 woodiana) and four populations of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus).
 The impact of the invasive mussel varied between geographically distinct
 R. amarus lineages and between local populations within lineages. The
 capacity of parasitic larvae of the invasive mussel to exploit R. amarus
 was higher in a Danubian than in a Baltic R. amarus lineage and in
 allopatric than in sympatric R. amarus populations. Maladaptive
 oviposition by R. amarus into A. woodiana varied among populations, with
 significant population-specific consequences for R. amarus recruitment. We
 suggest that variation in coevolutionary states may predispose different
 populations to divergent responses. Given that coevolutionary
 relationships are ubiquitous, population-specific attributes of invasive
 and native populations may play a critical role in the outcome of
 invasion. We argue for a shift from a species-centred to
 population-centred perspective of the impacts of invasions.
description: Experiment 1 (glochidia
 infections)Raw data from Experiment
 1 (glochidia infections), see Readme file for detailsglochidia.txtExperiment 2 (mussel choice)Data from mussel behavioral discrimination experimentpreference.txtExperiment 3a (impact on Danubian fish)experimental data on population impacts of A. woodiana invasion for Danubian populations of R. amaruspopconCZ.txtExperiment 3b (impacts on Baltic fish)experimental data on population impacts of A. woodiana invasion for Baltic populations of R. amaruspopconPL.txt