cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5x69p8d2k
title: Mosquito community composition in San Juan, Puerto Rico

description: Mosquito community dynamics in urban areas are influenced by an array of
 both social and ecological factors. Human socioeconomic factors (SEF) can
 be related to mosquito abundance and diversity as urban mosquito
 development sites are modified by varying human activity, e.g. level of
 abandoned structures or amount of accumulated trash. The goal of this
 study was to investigate the relationships among mosquito diversity,
 populations of Aedes aegypti, and SEF in a tropical urban setting.
 Mosquitoes were collected using BG Sentinel 2 traps and CDC light traps
 during three periods between late 2018 and early 2019 in San Juan, Puerto
 Rico and were identified to species. Socioeconomic factors (i.e., median
 household income, population density, college-level educational
 attainment, unemployment, health insurance coverage, percentage of
 households below the poverty line, amount of trash, and level of abandoned
 homes) were measured using foot surveys and U.S. Census data. We found 19
 species with the two most abundant species being Culex quinquefasciatus (n
 = 10,641, 87.6%) and Ae. aegypti (n = 1,558, 12.8%). We found a positive
 association between Ae. aegypti abundance and mosquito diversity which
 were both negatively related to SES and ecological factors. Specifically,
 lower socioeconomic status neighborhoods had both more Ae. aegypti and
 more diverse communities, due to more favorable development habitat,
 indicating that control efforts should be focused in these areas.
description: Adult mosquitoes were sampled using BG Sentinel 2 traps baited
 with BG scented lures and CDC mini light traps baited with carbon dioxide
 (dry ice) set in the San Juan Metropolitan Area, Puerto Rico in 2018 and
 2019. Mosquitoes were identified using morphological keys. A more indepth
 description of the methods can be<br> found in Scavo et al., 2021
 (citation above).
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ttdz08kxg
title: A single mutation underlying phenotypic convergence for hypoxia adaptation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

description: Similar highland phenotypes have evolved in different endemic mammals in
 the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). However, until' now, we know
 little about genomic underpinnings of these convergent phenotypes. Here,
 we de novo sequenced genomes of plateau pika and plateau zokor. Along with
 yak and Tibetan antelope genomes, we discovered that all four QTP mammal
 species share a mutation Q247R in RETSAT. In vitro functional experiments
 indicate that this mutation significantly increases RETSAT enzymatic
 activity. Knock-in mice carrying this mutation can reproduce highland
 traits featuring larger heart size and lower pulmonary artery pressure,
 and importantly, survive longer under hypoxic conditions. Our findings
 identify a novel gene involved in hypoxia adaptation and heart enlargement
 and more importantly highlight that convergent highland phenotypes can be
 determined by a single mutation.
description: We collected the RETSAT protein from NCBI database. Some ruminats
 do not have published genomic annotation, we used
 <em>genewise</em> to extract their RETSAT protein sequences.
 Total, we obtained 137 RETSAT protein sequences in placental mammals after
 filtering sequences with large fragment gaps.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.z8w9ghxbv
title: DNA barcode analyses improve accuracy in fungal species distribution models

description: Species distribution models based on environmental predictors are useful
 to explain a species geographic range. For many groups of organisms,
 including fungi, the increase of occurrence data sets has generalized
 their use. However, fungal species are not always easy to distinguish, and
 taxonomy of many groups is not completely settled. This study explores the
 effect of taxonomic uncertainty in databases used for modeling fungal
 distributions. We analyze distribution models for three morphospecies from
 the corticioid genus Xylodon (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota), comparing
 models based on species names on vouchers specimens with models derived
 from species identified by DNA barcode. Differences in the contribution of
 predictors driving the distribution of each modeled taxon and the extent
 of their ranges were studied. Records under Xylodon paradoxus, X.
 flaviporus and X. raduloides were obtained from fungarium collections and
 GenBank repository. Two grouping criteria were used: (1) specimens were
 grouped by their collection or sequence voucher names and (2) specimens
 were grouped following molecular identification using ITS sequences
 through barcoding gap species recognition (BGSR). Climatic, geographic and
 biotic variables were used to predict the potential distribution of each
 taxon through MaxEnt algorithm. From the three morphospecies selected
 according to voucher names, up to 19 species candidates were detected
 using BGSR. Climatic variables were the most important predictors in
 distribution models made from names on voucher specimens, but their
 importance decreased when BGSR was applied. In general, the extent of
 species distributions was more restricted for taxa under BGSR. Our results
 show that taxonomic uncertainty has a strong effect in Xylodon species
 distribution models. Misleading results can be obtained when cryptic
 species or identification errors mask the actual diversity of the presence
 records. Preserved specimens in natural history collections offer the
 possibility to assess if the species name on labels matches the current
 species recognition criteria.
description: Presence records (lon, lat) used for species distribution models.
 Coordinates were obtained from specimen or sequences vouchers.
 This dataset contains the same data under two different
 classifications: - Folowing  species names in vouchers:
 "paraxosus", "flaviporus" and
 "raduloides" - Folowing BGSR approach (see
 main text)
DOI: 10.7291/d1h971
title: Long-term study reveals top-down effect of crabs on a California salt marsh

description: Consumers can structure plant communities, and may function as keystone
 species or ecosystem engineers. In salt marshes, the prevailing paradigm
 has shifted in recent decades from nearly complete focus on bottom-up
 processes to inclusion of top-down effects. Although the number of studies
 investigating top-down control continues to climb, few experiments span
 multiple years, so temporal variability in or long-term impacts of
 consumers have not been well characterized. In addition, while top-down
 control has been found to be common in Western and Eastern Atlantic and
 Western Pacific salt marshes, our study is one of the first to
 experimentally consider top-down control of salt marsh plants in the
 Eastern Pacific. We conducted a five-year field experiment along eroding
 creekbank edges of a California salt marsh in which we manipulated
 densities of the shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes, and tracked marsh
 responses over time. Our results demonstrate that, through both
 consumption and engineering activities, this superabundant crab is
 regulating marsh vegetation and soil structure. Experimentally reducing
 crab abundance enhanced vegetation biomass and sediment bulk density.
 Moreover, root biomass and bulk density—factors known to increase marsh
 resilience to erosion and sea level rise—decreased linearly with
 increasing burrow density. Our long-term study uniquely revealed that
 burrows can persist for years after crab abundances are reduced, and that
 plant responses from grazer exclusions gradually strengthen over time,
 likely due to the relatively slow growth of woody perennial foundational
 plants. Since shore crabs are abundant throughout the marsh in most major
 estuaries within the range of the species (from Baja California, Mexico to
 Oregon, U.S.), we hypothesize that this species is exerting significant,
 yet underappreciated top-down control and modifying the sediment
 properties of many West Coast salt marshes. 
description: Please see Read Me file for more details about this dataset
DOI: 10.7280/d1zq3c
title: Data from: Consumer trait responses track change in resource supply along replicated thermal gradients

description: Temperature rise may alter consumer diets through increased metabolic
 demand and altered resource availability. However, current theories
 assessing dietary shifts with warming do not account for change in
 resource availability. It is unknown whether consumers will increase
 consumption rates or consume different resources to meet increased energy
 requirements and whether dietary change will lead to associated variation
 in morphology and nutrient utilisation. Here, we used populations of
 Gambusia affinis across parallel thermal gradients in New Zealand and
 California to understand the influence of temperature on diets,
 morphology, and stoichiometric phenotypes. Our results show that with
 increasing temperature in New Zealand, mosquitofish consumed more plant
 material, whereas, in California, mosquitofish shifted towards increased
 consumption of invertebrate prey. In both regions, populations with
 plant-based diets had fuller guts, longer gut length to body length
 ratios, more dorsally orientated mouths, and reduced body elemental %C and
 N/P. Together, our results show multiple pathways by which consumers may
 alter their feeding patterns with rising temperatures, and they suggest
 that warming-induced changes to resource availability may be the principal
 determinant of which pathway is taken.
description: We collected <i>Gambusia affinis </i>from sites along
 parallel temperature gradients in NZ and CA using a seine net. In CA, we
 sampled between the 30<sup>th</sup> of May and the
 1<sup>st</sup> of June 2016, and in NZ, we sampled from the
 8<sup>th</sup> of February to the
 21<sup>st</sup> of February 2017. All fish were euthanised
 onsite and frozen immediately. From each population 40 fish were
 photographed for morphological triats, dissected for gut traits, and 20
 fish from each population were dried and ground for elemental composition.
 At each site we took samples of macroinverebrates and zooplankton. Gut
 contents were summarized as relative importance for analyses, and are
 presented as proportional occurrence of the major dietary categories in
 the fishes diet in the data file. 
description: Where gut length data are not available (due to the
 absence of a photograph of the dissected gut) these cells have been
 intentionally left blank. Gut content and
 fullness values of '0' indicate an empty gut.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.v9s4mw6v8
title: When text simplification is not enough: Could a graph-based visualization facilitate consumers’ comprehension of dietary supplement information?

description: Background: Dietary supplements are widely used. However, dietary
 supplements are not always safe. For example, an estimated 23,000
 emergency room visits every year in the United States were attributed to
 adverse events related to dietary supplement use. With the rapid
 development of the Internet, consumers usually seek health information
 including dietary supplement information online. To help consumers access
 quality online dietary supplement information, we have identified
 trustworthy dietary supplement information sources and built an
 evidence-based knowledge base of dietary supplement information—the
 integrated DIetary Supplement Knowledge base (iDISK) that integrates and
 standardizes dietary supplement related information across these different
 sources. However, as information in iDISK was collected from scientific
 sources, the complex medical jargon is a barrier for consumers’
 comprehension. Objective: To assess how different approaches to simplify
 and represent dietary supplement information from iDISK will affect lay
 consumers’ comprehension. Methods: Using a crowdsourcing platform, we
 recruited participants to read dietary supplement information in four
 different representations from iDISK: (1) original text, (2) syntactic and
 lexical text simplification, (3) manual text simplification, and (4) a
 graph-based visualization. We then assessed how the different
 simplification and representation strategies affected consumers’
 comprehension of dietary supplement information in terms of accuracy and
 response time to a set of comprehension questions. Results: With responses
 from 690 qualified participants, our experiments confirmed that the manual
 approach, as expected, had the best performance for both accuracy and
 response time to the comprehension questions, while the graph-based
 approach ranked the second outperforming other representations. In some
 cases, the graph-based representation outperformed the manual approach in
 terms of response time. Conclusions: A hybrid approach that combines text
 and graph-based representations might be needed to accommodate consumers’
 different information needs and information seeking behavior.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.xksn02vfp
title: Spectra of walnut kernel for moisture content measurement

description: The rapid and accurate detection of moisture content is of great
 significance to the quality evaluation and oil extraction process of
 walnut kernel. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is an ideal method for
 measuring moisture content in walnut kernel. In this paper, an analysis
 model for the moisture content in walnut kernel was developed based on NIR
 diffuse reflectance spectroscopy using chemometric methods. The different
 spectral pretreatment methods were adopted to pre-process the original
 spectral data. The whole spectra band was divided into 5 subbands, 10
 subbands, 15 subbands and 20 subbands to screen specific wavelengths
 relevant to the walnut kernel moisture content and different pretreatment
 spectral data. The PLS, MLR, PCR and SVR were used to establish the
 relationship model between the spectral data and measurement values of
 moisture content. In comparison, the optimized modeling conditions were
 determined as follows: detection wavelength range from 1349 to 1490nm,
 SNV+1st preprocessing, and PLS modeling. Under these conditions, the
 square correlation coefficient(R2) and root mean square error of
 prediction(RMSEP) of the prediction model were 0.9865 and 0.0017,
 respectively. The results of this study provided a feasible method for the
 rapid detection of moisture content in walnut kernel. In addition, in
 order to improve the the performance and applicability of the model, it
 was necessary to continuously expand the size of the sample set.
description: The walnut kernel samples used in the experiment were collected
 from Aksu, Xinjiang province in China. In order to make the walnut kernel
 samples more representative, the method of moisture absorption in a closed
 container was adopted. The walnut kernels were crushed by a high-speed
 universal pulverizer and passed through a 10-mesh fine sieve after
 removing the shell. The filtered samples were used in the experiment. A
 certain amount of walnut kernels were placed in a closed container with
 water at the bottom, and then the container was stored in a constant
 temperature incubator at 20°C to make the water absorbed evenly. The NIR
 spectra were collected at 780-2500nm with DS2500 near-infrared diffuse
 reflectance spectrometer, which was equipped with a tungsten halogen lamp
 light source and a lead sulfide (1100-2500nm) detector. The operating
 conditions were listed as follows: the operating temperature 35°C,
 resolution ±2nm and scanning times 32 times. All data were obtained in
 triplicate and the mean value was used in subsequent calculations. At
 last, the spectra of 136 walnut kernel samples with different moisture
 contents were collected.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18396703
title: Appendices - The Transgressive Woman Character in the Dramatic Works of Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre - McMaster 2026

description: Appendices for the doctoral thesis titled 'The Transgressive Woman Character in the Dramatic Works of Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre' submitted to the University of Newcastle Australia in 2026.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18396704
title: Appendices - The Transgressive Woman Character in the Dramatic Works of Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre - McMaster 2026

description: Appendices for the doctoral thesis titled 'The Transgressive Woman Character in the Dramatic Works of Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre' submitted to the University of Newcastle Australia in 2026.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rfj6q5799
title: Plot-level wood-leaf separation for terrestrial laser scanning point clouds

description: With the increasing use of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) technology in
 the field of forest ecology, wood-leaf separation for TLS point clouds of
 forest plots has attracted a large number of studies. This dataset was
 open to the public for the developing, testing and comparision of the
 wood-leaf separation methods for TLS data. The dataset was collected from
 three forest plots of different stem density, topography and tree
 species, i.e., a white birch (Betula papyrifera) plot, a Dahurian larch
 (Larix gmelinii) plot and a Chinese scholar tree (Styphnolobium japonicum)
 plot. The wood and leaf points were classified manually, which can be as
 the reference for method validation.
description: The TLS
 datasets were collected in Northern China. The WB plot is a 15 m × 30 m
 that includes 21 white birches on a slope of approximately 22 degrees. The
 DL plot is 15 m × 15 m and includes 15 trees on flat terrain. The CST plot
 is 30 m × 30 m and includes 37 trees on flat terrain.  The TLS datasets
 were collected in July 2018 by using a Riegl VZ-1000 (Riegl GmbH, Horn,
 Austria) terrestrial laser scanner. The scan angle resolution
 was 0.03°, and the vertical and horizontal scanning ranges were 30°-130°
 and 0°-360°, respectively. In each sample plot, five to seven scans were
 implemented at the centre and the periphery of the rectangular plots. The
 scans were registered together using the RiSCAN Pro software package
 (Riegl GmbH, Horn, Austria). The registered point clouds were clipped to
 exclude trees outside each rectangular plot.
description: Please contact wanpeng@mail.crsri.cn if have any questions.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.2f53kz
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 7 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "Continent is Asia",
 "CoordinateUncertaintyInMeters 0.0-1049.0",
 "Country is China",
 "GadmGid is one of (CHN.15_1, CHN.24_1, CHN.16_1, CHN.23_1, CHN.4_1, CHN.1_1, CHN.31_1)",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "HasGeospatialIssue is false",
 "OccurrenceStatus is Present",
 "TaxonKey is Lepomis",
 "Year 2006-2026"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 7 records from 1 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0002833-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1ns1rn8t4
title: Context dependent host-symbiont interactions: shifts along the parasitism-mutualism continuum

description: Symbiotic interactions can shift along a mutualism to parasitism
 continuum. While there are many studies examining dynamics typically
 considered to be mutualistic that sometimes shift towards parasitism,
 little is known about conditions underlying shifts from parasitism towards
 mutualism. In lake populations, we observed that infection by a
 microsporidian gut symbiont sometimes conferred a reproductive advantage
 and other times a disadvantage to its Daphnia host. We hypothesized that
 the microsporidian might benefit its host by reducing infection by more
 virulent parasites, which attack via the gut. In a lab study using
 field-collected animals, we found that spores of a virulent fungal
 parasite were much less capable of penetrating the guts of Daphnia
 harboring the microsporidian gut symbiont. We predicted that this altered
 gut penetrability could cause differential impacts on host fitness
 depending on ecological context. Using data from field surveys, we found
 that microsporidian-infected Daphnia hosts experienced a reproductive
 advantage when virulent parasites were common and a reproductive
 disadvantage when resources were scarce and virulent parasites were rare.
 Our findings highlight the importance of considering multiparasite
 community context and resource availability in host-parasite studies and
 open the door for future research into conditions driving shifts along
 parasitism to mutualism gradients.
description: Two data sets (MicG_benefit_Indiana and MicG_benefit_Michigan)
 share results of field sampling of <em>Daphnia
 dentifera </em>populations in lakes in Indiana and Michigan,
 respectively, from 2017 and 2016, respectively. We measured the prevalence
 of several parasites of <em>D. dentifera</em> on each sampling
 date and also recorded the egg counts in MicG-infected and uninfected
 adult asexual <em>D. dentifera</em>. MicG is an unidentified
 species of microsporidian, infecting the gut ephthelial cells
 of <em>Daphnia</em>. Data have been
 processed to calculate disease prevalence and mean egg counts for each
 date. In addition, we calculated the "MicG Benefit" by comparing
 mean egg counts for MicG-infected/ uninfected Daphnia - 1. 
 The third data set (GP_resources_infectionstatus) shows data from
 an experiment on field collected <em>D. dentifera</em> that
 were either uninfected or infected with MicG. We exposed these individuals
 to the fungal parasite <em>Metschnikowia</em>, observing the
 number of spores that attacked and successfully penetrated the gut wall of
 these animals.  Data processing included identifying
 mean egg counts for uninfected animals from the field data (described
 above). We calculated gut penetrability as the fraction of spores that
 infected the gut/ the number that attacked the gut.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6wwpzgmz2
title: Hydroacoustic and hydrodynamic investigation of bio-inspired leading-edge tubercles on marine ducted thrusters

description: Underwater radiated noise (URN) has a negative impact on the marine
 acoustic environment where it can disrupt marine creature’s basic living
 functions such as navigation and communication. To control the ambient
 ocean noise levels due to human activities, international governing bodies
 such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) have issued
 non-mandatory guidelines to address this issue. Under such framework, the
 hydroacoustic performance of marine vehicles has become a critical factor
 to be evaluated and controlled throughout the vehicles’ service life in
 order to mitigate the URN level and the role humankind plays in the ocean.
 This study aims to apply leading-edge (LE) tubercles of the Humpback
 whales’ pectoral fins to a benchmark ducted propeller to investigate its
 potential in noise mitigation. This was conducted using CFD, where the
 high-fidelity Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulations (IDDES) in
 combination with the porous Ffowcs-Williams Hawkings (FW-H) acoustic
 analogy was used to solve the hydrodynamic flow-field and propagate the
 generated noise to the far-field. It has been found that the LE tubercles
 have shown promising noise mitigation capabilities in the far-field, where
 the OASPL at J = 0.1 was reduced to a maximum of 3.4dB with a maximum of
 11dB reduction in certain frequency ranges at other operating conditions.
 Based on detailed flow analysis researching the fundamental vortex
 dynamics, this noise reduction is shown to be due to the disruption of the
 coherent turbulent wake structure in the propeller slipstream causing the
 acceleration in the dissipation of turbulence and vorticity induced noise.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.9u3pky
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 25536 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "OccurrenceStatus is Present",
 "TaxonKey is Delonix regia"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 25536 records from 545 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0002832-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.