cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.07hc0m4
title: Data from: Variation in home-field advantage and ability in leaf litter decomposition across successional gradients

description: 1. It is increasingly recognized that interactions between plants and soil
 (a)biotic conditions can influence local decomposition processes. For
 example, decomposer communities may become specialized in breaking down
 litter of plant species that they are associated with, resulting in
 accelerated decomposition, known as ‘home-field advantage’ (HFA). Also,
 soils can vary inherently in their capacity to degrade organic compounds,
 known as ‘ability’. However, we have a poor understanding how
 environmental conditions drive the occurrence of HFA and ability. 2. Here,
 we studied how HFA and ability change across three types of successional
 gradients: coastal sand dunes (primary succession), inland drift sands
 (primary succession), and ex-arable fields (secondary succession). Across
 these gradients, litter quality (i.e., nutrient, carbon and lignin
 contents) increases with successional time for coastal dunes and decreases
 for the other two gradients. 3. We performed a 12-month reciprocal litter
 transplant experiment under greenhouse conditions using soils and litters
 collected from early-, mid-, and late-successional stages of each
 gradient. 4. We found that HFA and ability did not consistently shift with
 successional stage for all gradients, but were instead specific for each
 type of successional gradient. In coastal dunes HFA was positive for
 early-successional litter, in drift sands it was negative for
 mid-successional litter, and for ex-arable fields, HFA increased with
 successional time. Ability of decomposer communities was highest in
 mid-successional stages for coastal dunes and drift sands, but for
 ex-arable fields ability decreased throughout with successional time. High
 HFA was related to high litter C content and soil and organic matter
 content in soils and to low litter and soil nutrient concentrations.
 Ability did not consistently occur in successional stages with high or low
 litter quality. 5. Synthesis: Our findings show that specific
 environmental conditions, such as changes in litter or soil quality, along
 environmental gradients can shape the influence of HFA and ability on
 decomposition. In sites with strong HFA or ability, interactions between
 plants, litter and decomposer communities will be important drivers of
 nutrient cycling and hence have the potential to feedback to plant growth.
description: Mass loss and
 environmental data - Veen et al 2018 - Functional
 EcologyData file including
 litter mass loss data, soil abiotic properties and litter chemical
 properties for Veen et al 2018 (Functional Ecology)Veen et al
 FE-data.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3sm0340
title: Data from: Vegetation type controls root turnover in global grasslands

description: Abstract: Aim: Root turnover is an important process determining carbon
 and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. It is an established fact
 that root turnover is jointly regulated by climatic, edaphic, and biotic
 factors. However, the relative importance of these forces in determining
 the global patterns of root turnover time is far from clear. Location:
 Global. Time period: 1946–2017. Major taxa studied: Grasslands. Methods:
 We compiled a database of 141 sites with 433 observations on root turnover
 time and applied structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the
 relative contribution of climate, soil properties, and vegetation type to
 the observed variations in root turnover time. Results: Root turnover time
 was 3.1 years on average across the global grasslands and differed
 significantly among grassland types (tropical grassland & savanna,
 temperate grassland & meadow, alpine grassland & meadow,
 tundra, and desert). It decreased with mean annual temperature, mean
 annual precipitation, and Palmer Drought Severity Index but increased with
 soil organic carbon content, total nitrogen content, and carbon: nitrogen
 ratio. Soil bulk density and soil texture also significantly affected root
 turnover time, with clay content negatively correlating to root turnover
 time and explaining more variations than bulk density and sand content.
 The SEM showed that climatic factors had dominant effects on root turnover
 time when vegetation type was not considered. Vegetation type became the
 primary driver when it was included in the SEM. Main conclusions: Our
 results highlight that the influences of climatic and edaphic factors on
 root turnover time are predominantly manifested through vegetation type.
 The critical role of precipitation as revealed for the first time in this
 study challenges our current understanding of climate impacts on root
 turnover time. The findings necessitate accurate representation of
 vegetation type in Earth system models to predict root function dynamics
 under global change.
description: Root turnover in
 grasslands
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5b270
title: Data from: Intra-specific variability of hindlimb length in the palmate newt: an indicator of population isolation induced by habitat fragmentation?

description: Habitat fragmentation is one of the main drivers of global amphibian
 decline. Anthropogenic landscape elements can act as barriers, hindering
 the dispersal that is essential for maintaining gene flow between
 populations. Dispersal ability can be influenced by locomotor performance,
 which in turn can depend on morphological traits, such as hindlimb length
 (HLL) in amphibians. Here, we tested relationships between HLL and
 environmental variables—road types, forests and agricultural lands—among
 35 sub-populations of palmate newts (Lissotriton helveticus) in
 southwestern France. We expected roads to select for short-legged newts
 due to a higher mortality of more mobile individuals (long-legged newts)
 when crossing roads. Accordingly, short-legged newts were found in the
 vicinity of roads, whereas long-legged newts were found closer to forests
 and in ponds close geographically to another water body. HLL in newts was
 hence influenced by habitat types in a heterogeneous landscape, and could
 therefore be used as an indicator of population isolation in a
 meta-population system.
description: Morphological traits of
 palmate newts with environmental variables of each sampling
 pondIndividual variables:
 ID: individual number; Sex: F for female and M for male; SVL:
 snout-to-vent length in cm; HLL: hindlimb length in cm; Environmental
 variables: x, y: geographical coordinates (Lambert 93); Site: site number;
 see Table 1 for environmental variables details.Trochet_et_al_Data.csv
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q8v3f
title: Data from: The outcome of shared pollination services is affected by the density and spatial pattern of an attractive neighbour

description: Interactions among neighbouring plants are often mediated by foraging
 choices of pollinators. For example, the presence of a conspicuous species
 may increase the number of pollinators attracted to its vicinity,
 indirectly increasing visitation rates also to neighbouring plants.
 Because pollinator choices are frequently density dependent, the presence
 of a conspicuous species at high densities may also increase competition
 for pollination services. Additionally, models predict that plant density
 will interact with spatial distribution in manipulating the pollinator
 behaviour, yet experimental evidence for this effect is missing. We
 performed a field experiment in which we introduced a highly conspicuous
 species in different densities and spatial configurations in a
 full-factorial manner into a species-rich meadow and studied its effect on
 neighbouring plants. We showed that the highly conspicuous species
 strongly contributed to the attractiveness of its local patch and thus
 benefited its neighbours. However, because of the strong density effect,
 the conspicuous species changed its role and became a competitor for
 pollinators when its density increased. We supported our theoretical
 assumptions and showed that when the introduced conspicuous species was
 regularly distributed among other plants in the patch, it increased
 visitation rate, and in some cases also seed set, to conspicuous
 neighbours relative to when it was aggregated, at least at low densities.
 Synthesis. We suggest that complex interactions between density and
 spatial distribution of plant species at the patch scale are highly
 relevant for the interpretation of pollinator behaviour and therefore
 should be treated as factors of floral attractiveness in future studies.
description: Visit_dataRow data on visits per specific target plant per plot per 15 minutes, including floral density in the plot.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.m3351
title: Data from: Historical and recent processes shaping the geographic range of a rocky intertidal gastropod: phylogeography, ecology, and habitat availability

description: Factors shaping the geographic range of a species can be identified when
 phylogeographic patterns are combined with data on contemporary and
 historical geographic distribution, range-wide abundance, habitat/food
 availability, and through comparisons with codistributed taxa. Here, we
 evaluate range dynamism and phylogeography of the rocky intertidal
 gastropod Mexacanthina lugubris lugubris across its geographic range – the
 Pacific coast of the Baja peninsula and southern California. We sequenced
 mitochondrial DNA (CO1) from ten populations and compliment these data
 with museum records, habitat availability and range-wide field surveys of
 the distribution and abundance of M. l. lugubris and its primary prey (the
 barnacle Chthamalus fissus). The geographic range of M. l. lugubris can be
 characterized by three different events in its history: an old sundering
 in the mid-peninsular region of Baja (~ 417,000 years ago) and more recent
 northern range expansion and southern range contraction. The
 mid-peninsular break is shared with many terrestrial and marine species,
 although M. l. lugubris represents the first mollusc to show it. This
 common break is often attributed to a hypothesized ancient seaway
 bisecting the peninsula, but for M. l. lugubris it may result from large
 habitat gaps in the southern clade. Northern clade populations,
 particularly near the historical northern limit (prior to the 1970s), have
 high local abundances and reside in a region with plentiful food and
 habitat – which makes its northern range conducive to expansion. The
 observed southern range contraction may result from the opposite scenario,
 with little food or habitat nearby. Our study highlights the importance of
 taking an integrative approach to understanding the processes that shape
 the geographic range of a species via combining range-wide phylogeography
 data with temporal geographic distributions and spatial patterns of
 habitat/food availability.
description: CO1
 dataGenetic data used in the
 analysesCO1_seqs.txtEcological and Museum dataMuseum data for M.l.lugubris and ecological data (abundance and habitat).Fenberg et al. (2014)_dryad.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.dp0fq30
title: Data from: Transgenerational effects of maternal sexual interactions in seed beetles

description: Mating bears large costs to females, especially in species with high
 levels of sexual conflict over mating rates. Given the direct costs to
 females associated with multiple mating, which include reductions in
 lifespan and lifetime reproductive success, past research focused on
 identifying potential indirect benefits (through increases in offspring
 fitness) that females may accrue. Far less attention has been given to
 understanding how costs of sexual interactions to females may span across
 generations. Hence, little is known about the transgenerational
 implications of variation in mating rates, and net consequences of
 maternal sexual activities across generations. Using the seed beetle,
 Callosobruchus maculatus, a model system for the study of sexual conflict,
 we look at the effects of mating with multiple males versus a single male,
 and tease apart effects due to sexual harassment and those due to mating
 per se, over three generations. We show that across generations, harassed
 females suffer a severe decline in fitness compared to non-harassed
 females, while multiply mated females showed no difference in net fitness
 compared to singly mated females. Overall, it appears that the
 transgenerational benefits of multiple mating counteract but do not exceed
 the direct costs of harassment. Our study highlights the importance of
 examining transgenerational effects from an inclusive (looking at both
 indirect benefits but also costs) perspective, and the need to investigate
 transgenerational effects across several generations if we are to fully
 understand the consequences of sexual interactions, sexual conflict
 evolution, and the interplay of sexual conflict and multi-generational
 costs and benefits.
description: F0File containing
 Mothers' IDs, lifetime reprodutive success (LRS) and
 lifespanF1_femalesDaughters' lifetime reproductive success (LRS) and lifespan.F2_femalesGranddaughters' lifetime reproductive success (LRS) and lifespanF1_malesData for sons' lifespan (age)F2_malesGrandsons' age (lifespan)
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.qp188
title: Data from: The boundary of holistic processing in the appraisal of facial attractiveness

description: Facial attractiveness is often studied on the basis of the internal facial
 features alone. This study investigated how this exclusion of the external
 features affects the perception of attractiveness. We studied the effects
 of two most commonly used methods of exclusion, where the shape of an
 occluding mask was defined by either the facial outline or an oval.
 Participants rated attractiveness of the same faces under these
 conditions. Results showed that faces were consistently rated more
 attractive when they were masked by an oval shape rather than by their
 outline (Experiment 1). Attractive faces were more strongly affected by
 this effect than were less attractive faces when participants were able to
 control the viewing time. However, unattractive faces benefited more from
 this effect when the same face stimuli were presented briefly for only 20
 ms (Experiment 2). Further manipulation confirmed that the effect was
 mainly due to the occlusion of a larger area of the external features
 rather than the regular and symmetrical features of the oval shape
 (Experiment 3) or lacks contextual cues about the face boundary
 (Experiment 4). The effect was only relative to masked faces, with no
 advantage over unmasked faces (Experiment 5), and is likely a result of
 the interaction between the shape of a mask and the internal features of
 the face. This holistic effect in the appraisal of facial attractiveness
 is striking because the oval shape of the mask is not a part of the face
 but is the edge of an occluding object.
description: The Boundary of Holistic
 Processing in the Appraisal of Facial AttractivenessData from Experiments
 1-5 in Excel file. There are five tabs in the file. Each tab in the file
 contains data from an experiment.Experiments
 1-5.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.h658g
title: Data from: Worldwide population genetic structure of the oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta), a globally invasive pest

description: Background: Invasive pest species have large impacts on agricultural crop
 yields, and understanding their population dynamics is important for
 ensuring food security. The oriental fruit moth Grapholita molesta is a
 cosmopolitan pest of stone and pome fruit species including peach and
 apple, and historical records indicate that it has invaded North and South
 America, Europe, Australia and Africa from its putative native range in
 Asia over the past century. Results: We used 13 microsatellite loci,
 including nine newly developed markers, to characterize global population
 structure of G. molesta. Approximately 15 individuals from each of 26
 globally distributed populations were genotyped. A weak but significant
 global pattern of isolation-by-distance was found, and G. molesta
 populations were geographically structured on a continental scale.
 Evidence does not support that G. molesta was introduced to North America
 from Japan as previously proposed. However, G. molesta was probably
 introduced from North America to The Azores, South Africa, and Brazil, and
 from East Asia to Australia. Shared ancestry was inferred between
 populations from Western Europe and from Brazil, although it remains
 unresolved whether an introduction occurred from Europe to Brazil, or vice
 versa. Both genetic diversity and levels of inbreeding were surprisingly
 high across the range of G. molesta and were not higher or lower overall
 in introduced areas compared to native areas. There is little evidence for
 multiple introductions to each continent (except in the case of South
 America), or for admixture between populations from different origins.
 Conclusions: Cross-continental introductions of G. molesta appear to be
 infrequent, which is surprising given its rapid worldwide expansion over
 the past century. We suggest that area-wide spread via transport of fruits
 and other plant materials is a major mechanism of ongoing invasion, and
 management efforts should therefore target local and regional farming
 communities and distribution networks.
description: Kirk_microsatellite_genotypesMicrosatellite genotyping data for 15 Grapholita molesta individuals from each of 26 populations sampled across the global distribution range.Kirk_sampling_informationSampling information, including location, sample size, name of supplier, host plant, sample life-stage, and latitude and longitude data.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r8s0s8q
title: Data from: Global patterns of the double mutualism phenomenon

description: A double mutualism (DM) occurs when two interacting species benefit each
 other in two different functions, e.g. when an animal species acts both as
 pollinator and seed disperser of the same plant. Besides the double
 benefit, a DM also imposes a larger risk to both functions if the
 performance of one partner declines. We conducted the first global review
 of DMs involving pollinators and seed dispersers, aiming to: (1) assess
 their prevalence across ecosystems and biogeographical regions; (2)
 identify the main plant and animal taxa, and their traits, implicated in
 DMs; and (3) evaluate the conservation status of double mutualist species.
 We compiled published and unpublished DM records using specific search
 terms, noting the species involved, their conservation status and
 geographic location, as well as the type of study (species vs
 community-level) in which the DM was detected. We identified 302 DM cases
 involving 207 plant and 92 animal species from 16 mainland and 17 island
 areas. Most records come from tropical regions and islands. Animals
 included birds (62%), mammals (22%), and reptiles (16%), mostly
 opportunist species; only 18% were nectarivores. Plants were mainly
 fleshy-fruited shrub or tree species (59%) with actinomorphic flowers that
 were visited by several or many pollinator species (87%). Most (56%) DMs
 were detected in community-level studies. DMs are mostly prevalent in
 ecosystems with limited food resources and mutualist partners, and with
 high generalization levels. Nearly 30% of the species involved in DMs are
 threatened according to IUCN criteria, 68% of which are found on islands.
 The high prevalence of DM on islands paired with the threat status of
 island species suggest that the loss of a double mutualists and its
 cascading consequences may have a severe impact on community composition
 and functioning of fragile island ecosystems.
description: Potential double
 mutualismsThis data file is a
 dataset with all potential double mutualisms we found on the bibliography.
 In it, there is taxonomic, life form, morphology and conservation status
 information from both animal and plant species involved. References from
 which the double mutualism relationship information was get are also
 noted.Double mutualism
 data.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b45bm
title: Data from: Female cowbirds have more accurate spatial memory than males

description: Brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) are obligate brood parasites. Only
 females search for host nests and they find host nests one or more days
 before placing eggs in them. Past work has shown that females have a
 larger hippocampus than males, but sex differences in spatial cognition
 have not been extensively investigated. We tested cowbirds for sex and
 seasonal differences in spatial memory on a foraging task with an
 ecologically relevant retention interval. Birds were trained to find one
 rewarded location among 25 after 24 h. Females made significantly fewer
 errors than males and took more direct paths to the rewarded location than
 males. Females and males showed similar search times, indicating there was
 no sex difference in motivation. This sex difference in spatial cognition
 is the reverse of that observed in some polygynous mammals and is
 consistent with the hypothesis that spatial cognition is adaptively
 specialized in this brood-parasitic species.
description: Guiguenoetal_BiologyLetters2014_RawDataData represent acquisition (tabs 1 & 2) and performance (tabs 3 - 6) of a cognitive laboratory task withg brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater). The cognitive testing was performed at the Advanced Facility for Avian Research at the University of Western Ontario.GuiguenoetalFC_RawData.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.91cm1
title: Data from: Pharmacological characterisation of S 47445, a novel positive allosteric modulator of AMPA receptors

description: S 47445 is a novel positive allosteric modulator of
 alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA) receptors
 (AMPA-PAM). S 47445 enhanced glutamate’s action at AMPA receptors on human
 and rat receptors and was inactive at NMDA and kainate receptors.
 Potentiation did not differ among the different AMPA receptors subtypes
 (GluA1/2/4 flip and flop variants) (EC50 between 2.5–5.4 μM), except a
 higher EC50 value for GluA4 flop (0.7 μM) and a greater amount of
 potentiation on GluA1 flop. A low concentration of S 47445 (0.1 μM)
 decreased receptor response decay time of GluA1flop/GluA2flip AMPA
 receptors and increased the sensitivity to glutamate. Furthermore, S 47445
 (0.1 and 0.3 μM) in presence of repetitive glutamate pulses induced a
 progressive potentiation of the glutamate-evoked currents from the second
 pulse of glutamate confirming a rapid-enhancing effect of S 47445 at low
 concentrations. The potentiating effect of S 47445 (1 μM) was
 concentration-dependently reversed by the selective AMPA receptor
 antagonist GYKI52466 demonstrating the selective modulatory effect of S
 47445 on AMPA receptors. Using an AMPA-kainate chimera approach, it was
 confirmed that S 47445 binds to the common binding pocket of AMPA-PAMs. S
 47445 did not demonstrate neurotoxic effect against glutamate-mediated
 excitotoxicity in vitro, in contrast significantly protected rat cortical
 neurons at 10 μM. S 47445 was shown to improve both episodic and spatial
 working memory in adult rodents at 0.3 mg/kg, as measured in the natural
 forgetting condition of object recognition and T-maze tasks. Finally, no
 deleterious effect on spontaneous locomotion and general behavior was
 observed up to 1000 mg/kg of S 47445 given acutely in rodents, neither
 occurrence of convulsion or tremors. Collectively, these results indicate
 that S 47445 is a potent and selective AMPA-PAM presenting procognitive
 and potential neuroprotective properties. This drug is currently evaluated
 in clinical phase 2 studies in Alzheimer’s disease and in Major Depressive
 Disorder.
description: Detailed data of the
 articlein vitro and in vivo
 dataData_2.xlsx