cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.49n4k
title: Data from: Fish faunal provinces of the conterminous United States of America reflect historical geography and familial composition

description: Although the conterminous USA has a long history of ichthyological
 exploration, the description of biogeographical provinces has been ad hoc.
 In this study we quantitatively determined fish faunal provinces and
 interpreted them in the context of the geological history of North
 America. We also evaluated influences of major river basin occupancy and
 contemporary environmental factors on provincial patterns. Our data set
 comprised 794 native fishes, which we used to generate a presence and
 absence matrix for U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) four-digit hydrologic
 units. Three nested data sets were analysed separately: primary freshwater
 families, continental freshwater families (including primary and secondary
 families) and all freshwater families (including primary, secondary and
 peripheral families). We used clustering analysis to delimit faunal breaks
 and one-way analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) to determine significance
 among clusters (i.e. provinces). We used an indicator-species analysis to
 identify species that contributed most to province delineations and a
 similarity-percentage (SIMPER) analysis to describe the relative influence
 of representatives from each category (i.e. primary, secondary,
 peripheral) on provincial boundaries. Lastly, we used a parsimony
 redundancy analysis to determine the roles of historical (i.e. major river
 basin) and contemporary environmental factors in shaping provinces.
 Analysis of the nested data sets revealed lessening provincial structure
 with inclusion of more families. There were 10 primary freshwater
 provinces, 9 continental freshwater provinces and 7 all freshwater
 provinces. Major basin occupancy, but not contemporary environmental
 factors, explained substantial variance in faunal similarities among
 provinces. However, provincial boundaries did not conform strictly to
 modern river basins, but reflected river-drainage connections of the
 Quaternary. Provinces represent broad-scale patterns of endemism and
 provide a starting point for future studies. Relative malleability of
 province boundaries in the continental interior highlights this region as
 biogeographically diverse and dynamic. Interior-core provinces of this
 region (Central Gulf Coastal Plains, Northern Interior) have not been
 recognized previously and warrant further study.
description: Freshwater Fish
 Distributions by HUC4Presence-absence matrix
 for the 794 freshwater fish species in the 204 HUC4 basins for the
 continental United States.Freswhater_Fish_Disstibution_HUC4.csvSalinity Classification for Freshwater FishCheck list of the 794 species, family membership, and salinity tolerance classification.Freswhater_Fish_Salinity.csvHUC4 membership in each of the defined freshwater fish provinces.Names of the defined regions for each of the 204 HUC4sHUC_Provinces.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.bk8p4
title: Data from: Demographic superiority with increased logging in tropical understorey insectivorous birds

description: 1. Selective logging is pervasive in the tropics and is among the most
 urgent threats to tropical biodiversity. The vast areas of logged tropical
 forest are often vulnerable to relogging, clear-felling, burning or
 conversion to plantations, despite evidence that logged forests retain a
 large proportion of tropical forest species at high abundances compared
 with alternate land uses. However, the demographic processes (e.g.
 survival, fecundity) that drive community or species properties (e.g.
 occurrence, density) in response to logging have never been examined. 2.
 We used a novel capture–recapture-based sampling design to separate in
 situ reproduction from immigration-fuelled recruitment to investigate the
 demographic vital rates of six forest-dependent understorey insectivorous
 bird species along a logging continuum in the Eastern Himalaya Global
 Biodiversity Hotspot. We expected a positive relationship between forest
 intactness and reproductive rates, and that intact patches would
 contribute ‘excess’ individuals to logged patches from natal dispersal. 3.
 Contrary to our expectations, we found: (i) a positive relationship
 between logging intensity and reproduction, and (ii) evidence of natal
 dispersal from more logged to less logged and intact forest patches. Our
 results indicate that for certain forest-dependent species in particular
 contexts, selectively logged habitats can have surprising and hitherto
 unrecognized demographic value that might be superior even to primary
 forest. 4. Synthesis and applications. In most tropical settings, logged
 forests can not only support a greater subset of forest biodiversity than
 other forms of land use (for instance, agriculture), but can also play an
 important role in supporting populations of certain forest-dependent
 species. The ongoing conversion of large swathes of logged forest to
 non-forest habitat (such as oil palm plantation) because of their
 perceived lack of importance for biodiversity is a cause for serious
 concern for the conservation of tropical biodiversity.
description: Mist-netting data - six
 species, five primary sessionsThis dataset has eight
 columns: These are named, and represent: (1) session: the primary session
 for sampling under the capture-recapture modelling framework; (2) season -
 categorical - whether breeding or post-breeding; (3) plot - nominal - name
 of the sampling plot (A, B, C, D, F, H, J); (4) tree density per hectare -
 continuous, and at the plot level; (5 & 6) quality of the buffer
 around the plot relative to plot quality in terms of vegetation - (5)
 represents this value for a buffer width of 300 metres around the plot,
 and (6) this value for a buffer width of 1000m around the plot; (7) a code
 representing the identity of each individual (the ring number of the ring
 used to ring each bird); and (8) the scientific name of the six species,
 with the genus and species names separated by a period.srinivasan et
 al_2015_JAPE.xls
DOI: 10.15468/dl.ct7umq
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 2026 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 "OccurrenceStatus is Present"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 2026 records from 7 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0000594-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.8ucv85
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 2026 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 "and" : [
 "Geometry POLYGON((-100.95714 20.5035,-100.94629 20.50553,-100.94594 20.51875,-100.95564 20.51999,-100.96993 20.5184,-100.97222 20.52334,-100.97927 20.52307,-100.98324 20.51946,-100.98977 20.5191,-100.99285 20.50852,-100.98703 20.50491,-100.9806 20.50597,-100.96702 20.505,-100.96569 20.50217,-100.9619 20.50156,-100.95714 20.5035))",
 "OccurrenceStatus is Present"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 2026 records from 7 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0000596-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.567pt
title: Data from: Closing the achievement gap through modification of neurocognitive and neuroendocrine function: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial of an innovative approach to the education of children in kindergarten

description: Effective early education is essential for academic achievement and
 positive life outcomes, particularly for children in poverty. Advances in
 neuroscience suggest that a focus on self-regulation in education can
 enhance children’s engagement in learning and establish beneficial
 academic trajectories in the early elementary grades. Here, we
 experimentally evaluate an innovative approach to the education of
 children in kindergarten that embeds support for self-regulation,
 particularly executive functions, into literacy, mathematics, and science
 learning activities. Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial
 involving 29 schools, 79 classrooms, and 759 children indicated positive
 effects on executive functions, reasoning ability, the control of
 attention, and levels of salivary cortisol and alpha amylase. Results also
 demonstrated improvements in reading, vocabulary, and mathematics at the
 end of kindergarten that increased into the first grade. A number of
 effects were specific to high-poverty schools, suggesting that a focus on
 executive functions and associated aspects of self-regulation in early
 elementary education holds promise for closing the achievement gap.
description: ToolsK_archiveData collected from children in kindergarten classrooms in schools randomly assigned to implement the Tools of the Mind kindergarten program or to a business as usual control conditionToolsK readme_updated.txt
DOI: 10.15468/dl.qtdwk6
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 261 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 "BasisOfRecord is one of (Observation, Human Observation, Specimen)",
 "Geometry POLYGON((-127.08 59.12,-84.39 59.12,-84.39 70.13,-127.08 70.13,-127.08 59.12))",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "License is one of (CC-BY-NC 4.0, CC-BY 4.0, CC0 1.0)",
 "OccurrenceStatus is Present",
 "TaxonKey is Ochrophyta"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 261 records from 13 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0000595-260126135527185/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.23gt0
title: Data from: Sex roles, parental care and offspring growth in two contrasting coucal species

description: The decision to provide parental care is often associated with trade-offs,
 because resources allocated to parental care typically cannot be invested
 in self-maintenance or mating. In most animals, females provide more
 parental care than males, but the reason for this pattern is still debated
 in evolutionary ecology. To better understand sex differences in parental
 care and its consequences we need to study closely related species where
 the sexes differ in offspring care. We investigated parental care in
 relation to offspring growth in two closely related coucal species that
 fundamentally differ in sex roles and parental care, but live in the same
 food-rich habitat with a benign climate, and have a similar breeding
 phenology. Incubation patterns differed and uniparental male black coucals
 fed their offspring two times more often than female and male white-browed
 coucals combined. Also, white-browed coucals had more `off-times´ than
 male black coucals, during which they perched and preened. However, these
 differences in parental care were not reflected in offspring growth,
 likely because white-browed coucals fed their nestlings a larger
 proportion of frogs than insects. A food-rich habitat with a benign
 climate may be a necessary, but – perhaps unsurprisingly – is not a
 sufficient factor for the evolution of uniparental care. In combination
 with previous results (Goymann et al. (2015) J. Evol. Biol. 28, 1335-1353)
 these data suggest that white-browed coucals may cooperate in parental
 care because they lack opportunities to become polygamous rather than
 because both parents were needed to successfully raise all offspring. Our
 case study supports recent theory suggesting that permissive environmental
 conditions in combination with a particular life-history may induce sexual
 selection in females. A positive feed-back loop between sexual selection,
 body size, and adult sex-ratio may then stabilize reversed sex-roles in
 competition and parental care.
description: Feeding rate
 dataIn this file, feeding
 rates and 'off-time' data of the analyses regarding feeding
 rates and perching high on bushes or grasses are
 includedfeeding_rate.csvIncubation patternThis file contains the data for of the binomial analysis of sex specific incubation pattern of coucalsincubation_pattern.csvIbutton incubation dataThis file contains the ibutton data used for the analysis of absence bouts, total absence duration, and the diurnal pattern of incubation in black coucals and white-browed coucals.ibutton_incubation_2005_06.csvGrowth ratesThis file contains the body mass and tarsus length data which form the basis of the growth rate analysis of black coucals and white-browed coucalsgrowth_rates.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g3t3cj8
title: Data from: Discovery and exploitation of a natural ecological trap for a mosquito disease vector

description: Ecological traps occur due to a mismatch between a habitat’s
 attractiveness and quality, wherein organisms show preference for
 low-quality habitats over other available high-quality habitats. Our
 previous research identified leaf litter from common blackberry (Rubus
 allegheniensis) as a natural ecological trap for an important vector for
 West Nile virus (Culex pipiens), attracting mosquitoes to oviposit in
 habitats deleterious to the survival of their larvae. Here we demonstrate
 that manipulation of leaf litter in stormwater catch basins, an important
 source of disease vector mosquitoes in urban environments, can increase
 Cx. pipiens oviposition but reduce survival. In a series of experiments
 designed to elucidate the mechanisms that explain the attractive and
 lethal properties of this native plant, behavioral bioassays suggest that
 oviposition site selection by Cx. pipiens is mediated primarily by
 chemical cues as leaves decompose. However, we also show that juvenile
 mosquito survival mainly is related to the suitability of the bacterial
 community in the aquatic habitat for mosquito nutritional needs, which
 does not appear to create a cue that influences oviposition choice. This
 mismatch between oviposition cues and drivers of larval habitat quality
 may account for the ecological trap phenomenon detected in this study. Our
 findings provide new insights into potential mechanistic pathways by which
 ecological traps may occur in nature and proof-of-concept for a new
 ‘attract-and-kill’ tool for mosquito control.
description: Catch basin experiment
 dataGardner
 Catch Basin Experiment Data.xlsxLeaf mixture emergence
 bioassay dataGardner Leaf Mixture Emergence
 Bioassay Data.xlsxLeaf mixture emergence
 bioassay bacterial OTU tableGardner OTU
 Table.xlsxOviposition cage
 bioassay dataGardner Oviposition Cage
 Bioassay Data.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g7765
title: Data from: Experimental heatwaves negatively impact sperm quality in the zebra finch

description: For sexually reproducing species, functionally competent sperm are
 critical to reproduction. While high atmospheric temperatures are known to
 influence the timing of breeding, incubation and reproductive success in
 birds, the effect of temperature on sperm quality remains largely
 unexplored. Here, we experimentally investigated the impact of
 ecologically relevant extreme temperatures on cloacal temperature and
 sperm morphology and motility in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. We
 periodically sampled males exposed to 30°C or 40°C temperatures daily for
 14 consecutive days. Following a 12-day (23°C) recovery period, birds were
 again exposed to heat, but under the alternate treatment (e.g. birds
 initially exposed to 40°C were exposed to 30°C). Elevated temperatures led
 to an increase in cloacal temperature and a reduction in the proportion of
 sperm with normal morphology; these effects were most notable under 40°C
 conditions, and were influenced by the duration of heat exposure and prior
 exposure to high temperature. Our findings highlight the potential role of
 temperature in determining male fertility in birds, and perhaps also in
 constraining the timing of avian breeding. Given the increased frequency
 of heatwaves in a warming world, our results suggest the need for further
 work on climatic influences on sperm quality and male fertility.
description: ZBFI Sperm Heatwave
 dataThis file containes all
 the data to run the main analysis and create figures that are described in
 the electronic supplementary R code file. Fowlers Gap 2014-2017
 temperature data used in paper is also provided.Hurley et al. heatexp__Data
 .xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2f8b74
title: Data from: Lifestyle and socio-economic inequalities in diabetes prevalence in South Africa: a decomposition analysis

description: Background: Inequalities in diabetes are widespread and are exacerbated by
 differences in lifestyle. Many studies that have estimated inequalities in
 diabetes make use of self-reported diabetes which is often biased by
 differences in access to health care and diabetes awareness. This study
 adds to this literature by making use of a more objective standardised
 measure of diabetes in South Africa. The study estimates socio-economic
 inequalities in undiagnosed diabetes, diagnosed diabetes (self-reported),
 as well as total diabetes (undiagnosed diabetics + diagnosed diabetics).
 The study also examines the contribution of lifestyle factors to diabetes
 inequalities in South Africa. Methods: This cross sectional study uses
 data from the 2012 South African National Health and Nutrition Examination
 Survey (SANHANES-1) and applies the Erreygers Concentration Indices to
 assess socio-economic inequalities in diabetes. Contributions of lifestyle
 factors to inequalities in diabetes are assessed using a decomposition
 method. Results: Self-reported diabetes and total diabetes (undiagnosed
 diabetics + diagnosed diabetics) were significantly concentrated amongst
 the rich (CI = 0.0746; p &lt; 0.05 and CI = 0.0859; p &lt; 0.05).
 The concentration index for undiagnosed diabetes was insignificant but
 pro-poor. The decomposition showed that lifestyle factors contributed 22%
 and 35% to socioeconomic inequalities in self-reported and total diabetes,
 respectively. Conclusion: Diabetes in South Africa is more concentrated
 amongst higher socio-economic groups when measured using self-reported
 diabetes or clinical data. Our findings also show that the extent of
 inequality is worse in the total diabetes outcome (undiagnosed diabetics +
 diagnosed diabetics) when compared to the self-reported diabetes outcome.
 Although in comparison to other determinants, the contribution of
 lifestyle factors was modest, these contributions are important in the
 development of policies that address socio-economic inequalities in the
 prevalence of diabetes.
description: Lifestyle and
 socio-economic inequalities in diabetes prevalence in South Africa: a
 decomposition analysisData are taken from the
 2012 South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
 (SANHANES-1) undertaken in April to November 2012. Citation: Shisana O,
 Labadarios D, Rehle T, Simbayi L, Zuma K, Dhansay A, Reddy P, Parker W,
 Hoosain E, Naidoo P, Hongoro C, Mchiza Z, Steyn NP, Dwane N, Makoae M,
 Maluleke T, Ramlagan S, Zungu N, Evans MG, Jacobs L, Faber M, &
 SANHANES-1 Team (2013) South African National Health and Nutrition
 Examination Survey (SANHANES-1). Cape Town: HSRC PressInequalities in diabetes - a
 decomposition analysis.dta
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1s2p7
title: Data from: Sons do not take advantage of a head start: parity in herring gull offspring sex ratios despite greater initial investment in males

description: Skewed adult sex ratios sometimes occur in populations of free-living
 animals yet the proximate mechanisms, timing of sex-biases, and the
 selective agents contributing to skew remain a source of debate with
 contradictory evidence from different systems. We investigated potential
 mechanisms contributing to sex biases in a population of herring gulls
 with an apparent female skew in the adult population. Theory predicts that
 skewed adult sex ratios will adaptively lead to skewed offspring sex
 ratios to restore balance in the effective breeding population. Parents
 may also adaptively bias offspring sex ratios to increase their own
 fitness in response to environmental factors. Therefore, we expected to
 detect skewed sex ratios either at hatching or at fledging as parents
 invest differentially in offspring of different sexes. We sampled complete
 clutches (n = 336 chicks) at hatching to quantify potential skews in sex
 ratios by position in the hatch order, time of season, year, and nesting
 context (nest density), finding no departure from equal sex ratios at
 hatching related to any of these factors. Further, we sampled 258 chicks
 at near-fledging to investigate potential sex biases in survival at the
 chick stage. Again, no biases in sex ratios were recorded. Male offspring
 were favored in this population via greater maternal investment in eggs
 carrying male embryos and greater parental provisioning of male offspring
 which reached greater sizes by fledging. Despite the advantages realized
 by male offspring, females were equally as likely to fledge as males.
 Thus, biased adult sex ratios apparently arise in the post-fledging and
 pre-recruitment stage in our population.
description: Dryad_growth_ratesData on growth rates of herring gull chicksDryad_egg_measurementsHerring gull egg measurementsDryad_nest_summaryInformation on herring gull nest success or failureDryad_HERG_Sex_DataResults of genetic work (sex assignments) of herring gull chicks.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.79t6p
title: Data from: Niche divergence by deep-sea octocorals in the genus Callogorgia across the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico

description: Environmental variables that are correlated with depth have been suggested
 to be among the major forces underlying speciation in the deep sea. This
 study incorporated phylogenetics and ecological niche models (ENM) to
 examine whether congeneric species of Callogorgia (Octocorallia:
 Primnoidae) occupy different ecological niches across the continental
 slope of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), and whether this niche divergence could
 be important in the evolution of these closely related species.
 Callogorgia americana americana, C. americana delta, and C. gracilis were
 documented at 13 sites in the GoM (250-1000 m) from specimen collections
 and extensive video observations. On a first order, these species were
 separated by depth, with C. gracilis occurring at the shallowest sites, C.
 a. americana at mid-depths, and C. a. delta at the deepest sites.
 Callogorgia a. delta was associated with areas of increased seep activity
 whereas C. gracilis and C. a. americana were associated with narrow, yet
 warmer, temperature ranges and did not occur near cold seeps. ENM
 background and identity tests revealed little to no overlap in ecological
 niches between species. Temporal calibration of the phylogeny revealed the
 formation of the Isthmus of Panama was a vicariance event that may explain
 some of the patterns of speciation within this genus. These results
 elucidate the potential mechanisms for speciation in the deep sea,
 emphasizing both bathymetric speciation and vicariance events in the
 evolution of a genus across multiple regions.
description: Quattrini_MorphologyDataMorphological data on Callogorgia americana americana, C. am. delta, and Callogorgia gracilis collected from the Gulf of Mexico.Quattrini_Callogorgia_ENVABUNDATAAbundances and densities for Callogorgia spp. collected in the Gulf of Mexico, with corresponding site, location, and environmental data.Quattrini_etal_MSH_COI_28S_alignment