cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.gc60p
title: Data from: A small badge of longevity: opposing survival selection on the size of white and black wing markings

description: According to handicap principle, exaggerated ornamental traits are
 supposed to exert costs on their bearers. However, there is much less
 theoretical and practical consensus about whether and under which
 conditions ornament expression should positively correlate with survival.
 We measured age-related variation and survival selection on the size of
 white wing patches and black wing tips in a long-lived monogamous seabird,
 the common gull Larus canus. Males had larger white patches than females
 but patch size showed concave relationship with age irrespective of sex,
 suggesting that white patch size was prone to senescence in both sexes.
 Extent of wing tip abrasion correlated negatively with the size of white
 patch, suggesting, in agreement with the Zahavian handicap hypothesis that
 only individuals with largest ornaments are able of maintaining them and
 not paying cost of displaying them. Areas of white wing patches and black
 wing tips correlated negatively. Irrespective of sex, survival selection
 favored birds with larger white wing patches and smaller black wing tips,
 which suggests that white and black wing markings may have coevolved as
 reverse components of a single ornament. Altogether, our results provide
 an evidence for the case where survival selection on ornamental traits in
 females is not weaker than in males. Absence of sex differences with
 respect to most of observed patterns is consistent with a prediction that
 among monogamous long-lived species with biparental care, mutual mate
 choice leads to evolution of elaborate ornamental traits in both sexes.
description: wingspot_dataThis file includes data about age, reproductive performance, survival, and plumage signal traits of common gulls.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.31154368
title: Facial width-to-height ratio predicts aggression and contest outcomes in wild golden snub-nosed monkeys

description: Animals evolve behavioural and anatomical traits to avoid physical conflict by assessing visual cues, and primates’ facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is linked to aggression, though relevant empirical evidence in primates is inconsistent across species. We studied the associations of fWHR with aggressiveness and contest outcomes in wild golden snub-nosed monkeys, finding age-specific sexual dimorphism in fWHR and a significant positive correlation between adult males’ fWHR and their aggressive initiation frequency as well as contest winning probability, with male age and first-mover advantage also predicting contest success. No direct evidence was found that resident males initiate more aggression toward conspecifics with smaller fWHR in this species. Our findings confirm fWHR as a signal of male aggressiveness and fighting ability in golden snub-nosed monkeys, while further detailed ethological research is needed to verify if it acts as a deterrent signal to opponents.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.31154368.v1
title: Facial width-to-height ratio predicts aggression and contest outcomes in wild golden snub-nosed monkeys

description: Animals evolve behavioural and anatomical traits to avoid physical conflict by assessing visual cues, and primates’ facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is linked to aggression, though relevant empirical evidence in primates is inconsistent across species. We studied the associations of fWHR with aggressiveness and contest outcomes in wild golden snub-nosed monkeys, finding age-specific sexual dimorphism in fWHR and a significant positive correlation between adult males’ fWHR and their aggressive initiation frequency as well as contest winning probability, with male age and first-mover advantage also predicting contest success. No direct evidence was found that resident males initiate more aggression toward conspecifics with smaller fWHR in this species. Our findings confirm fWHR as a signal of male aggressiveness and fighting ability in golden snub-nosed monkeys, while further detailed ethological research is needed to verify if it acts as a deterrent signal to opponents.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s7q82
title: Data from: Warm–cold colonization: response of oaks to uplift of the Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains

description: Clarifying the relationship between distribution patterns of organisms and
 geological events is critical to understanding the impact of environmental
 changes on organismal evolution. Quercus sect. Heterobalanus is now
 distributed across the Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains (HHM) and warm lowland
 in East China, yet how the distribution patterns of this group changed in
 response to the HHM uplift remains largely unknown. This study examines
 the effect of tectonic events in the HHM region on the oaks, providing a
 biological perspective on the geological history of this region. Fifty-six
 populations of Quercus sect. Heterobalanus were genotyped using four
 chloroplast DNA regions and nine nuclear simple sequence repeat loci to
 assess population structure and diversity, supplemented by molecular
 dating and ancestral area reconstructions. The underlying demographic
 dynamics were compared using ecological niche models of the species
 distributions during the last glacial maximum and the present. These
 analyses illustrate that Quercus sect. Heterobalanus diversified as the
 HHM uplifted and climatic cooling during the mid-Miocene, colonizing the
 cold habitats from warm broadleaf mixed forests. Lineages in cold
 highlands and warm lowlands have diverged as a consequence of local
 adaptation to diverging climates since the late Miocene. Our results
 suggest that continuous uplift of the HHM in the late Miocene to early
 Pliocene accompanied by simultaneous cooling triggered the differentiation
 of oaks. The biogeography of Quercus sect. Heterobalanus illuminates the
 geological events responsible for the modern-day HHM.
description: nSSR loci, the nuclear
 microsatellite dataThe loci of nSSR, the
 nuclear microsatellite datanSSR
 loci.xlsxspecies distribution
 localities of ENMsThe species distribution
 localities from the natural populations (56 populations), and other from
 CVH.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s3630
title: Data from: Lower body symmetry and running performance in elite Jamaican track and field athletes

description: In a study of degree of lower body symmetry in 73 elite Jamaican track and
 field athletes we show that both their knees and ankles (but not their
 feet) are – on average – significantly more symmetrical than those of 116
 similarly aged controls from the rural Jamaican countryside. Within the
 elite athletes, events ranged from the 100 to the 800 m, and knee and
 ankle asymmetry was lower for those running the 100 m dashes than those
 running the longer events with turns. Nevertheless, across all events
 those with more symmetrical knees and ankles (but not feet) had better
 results compared to international standards. Regression models considering
 lower body symmetry combined with gender, age and weight explain 27 to 28%
 of the variation in performance among athletes, with symmetry related to
 about 5% of this variation. Within 100 m sprinters, the results suggest
 that those with more symmetrical knees and ankles ran faster. Altogether,
 our work confirms earlier findings that knee and probably ankle symmetry
 are positively associated with sprinting performance, while extending
 these findings to elite athletes.
description: Dataset for Trivers et
 al. (2014) PLOS ONEExcel
 fileDataset_Trivers_Dryad.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.c15ph
title: Data from: Estimating the phenology of elk brucellosis transmission with hierarchical models of cause-specific and baseline hazards

description: Understanding the seasonal timing of disease transmission can lead to more
 effective control strategies, but the seasonality of transmission is often
 unknown for pathogens transmitted directly. We inserted vaginal implant
 transmitters (VITs) in 575 elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) from 2006 to
 2014 to assess when reproductive failures (i.e., abortions or still
 births) occur, which is the primary transmission route of Brucella
 abortus, the causative agent of brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone
 Ecosystem. Using a survival analysis framework, we developed a Bayesian
 hierarchical model that simultaneously estimated the total baseline hazard
 of a reproductive event as well as its 2 mutually exclusive parts
 (abortions or live births). Approximately, 16% (95% CI = 0.10, 0.23) of
 the pregnant seropositive elk had reproductive failures, whereas 2% (95%
 CI = 0.01, 0.04) of the seronegative elk had probable abortions.
 Reproductive failures could have occurred as early as 13 February and as
 late as 10 July, peaking from March through May. Model results suggest
 that less than 5% of likely abortions occurred after 6 June each year and
 abortions were approximately 5 times more likely in March, April, or May
 compared to February or June. In western Wyoming, supplemental feeding of
 elk begins in December and ends during the peak of elk abortions and
 brucellosis transmission (i.e., Mar and Apr). Years with more snow may
 enhance elk-to-elk transmission on supplemental feeding areas because elk
 are artificially aggregated for the majority of the transmission season.
 Elk-to-cattle transmission will depend on the transmission period relative
 to the end of the supplemental feeding season, elk seroprevalence,
 population size, and the amount of commingling. Our statistical approach
 allowed us to estimate the probability density function of different event
 types over time, which may be applicable to other cause-specific survival
 analyses. It is often challenging to assess the cause of death, or in this
 case whether the reproductive event was an abortion or live birth.
 Accounting for uncertainty in the event type is an important future
 addition to our methodological approach.
description: Timing of elk births and
 abortionsData_dryad.xlsx
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.tj3q6
title: Data from: Individual size inequality links forest diversity and above-ground biomass

description: 1. Despite the mounting evidence for positive diversity–productivity
 relationships found in controlled experiments, diversity effects on
 productivity in natural systems remain hotly debated. Understanding the
 multivariate links between diversity and productivity in natural systems,
 in particular natural forests that host the majority of terrestrial
 biodiversity and provide essential services for humanity, remains a
 critical challenge for ecologists. 2. We analyzed data from 448 plots of
 varying tree species diversity, stand ages, and local nutrient
 availability in Canada's boreal forest (52°30’ – 55°24’ N latitude
 and 102°36’ – 108° W longitude). We used structural equation models to
 link multivariate relationships between above-ground biomass, tree species
 diversity, stand age, and soil nutrient availability. 3. Above-ground
 biomass increased with diversity indirectly via increasing tree size
 inequality, and increased with stand age and was higher on sites of medium
 soil nutrient regime directly as well as indirectly via increased tree
 size inequality. 4. Synthesis. Our results demonstrate positive diversity
 effects on above-ground biomass in natural forests of diverse forest ages
 and soil resource availability. Furthermore, we show that tree size
 inequality acts as a mechanism for the positive diversity effects on
 above-ground biomass, and as a mechanism in regulating above-ground
 biomass and species diversity simultaneously via interactions among
 individuals in natural forests.
description: JEcol-2014-0815_dataThe data contain sample plot locations and all variables used in the analyses. The description for each variable is included in the data file.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.24gs0
title: Data from: Unexpected high vulnerability of functions in wilderness areas: evidence from coral reef fishes

description: High species richness is thought to support the delivery of multiple
 ecosystem functions and services under changing environments. Yet, some
 species might perform unique functional roles while others are redundant.
 Thus, the benefits of high species richness in maintaining ecosystem
 functioning are uncertain if functions have little redundancy, potentially
 leading to high vulnerability of functions. We studied the natural
 propensity of assemblages to be functionally buffered against loss prior
 to fishing activities, using functional trait combinations, in coral reef
 fish assemblages across unfished wilderness areas of the Indo-Pacific:
 Chagos Archipelago, New Caledonia and French Polynesia. Fish functional
 diversity in these wilderness areas is highly vulnerable to fishing,
 explained by species- and abundance-based redundancy packed into a small
 combination of traits, leaving most other trait combinations (60%)
 sensitive to fishing, with no redundancy. Functional vulnerability peaks
 for mobile and sedentary top predators, and large species in general.
 Functional vulnerability decreases for certain functional entities in New
 Caledonia, where overall functional redundancy was higher. Uncovering
 these baseline patterns of functional vulnerability can offer early
 warning signals of the damaging effects from fishing, and may serve as
 baselines to guide precautionary and even proactive conservation actions.
description: Chagos_DATA_ProcVulnerability and Abondance of fish functional entities for Chagos dataFrench_Pol_DATA_ProcVulnerability and Abondance of fish functional entities for French Polynesia dataNew_Cal_DATA_ProcVulnerability and Abondance of fish functional entities for New Caledonia data
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.97d13
title: Data from: Toward a mechanistic understanding of human-induced rapid environmental change: a case study linking energy development, nest predation, and predators

description: 1. Demographic consequences of human-induced rapid environmental change
 (HIREC) have been widely documented for many populations. The mechanisms
 underlying such patterns, however, are rarely investigated and yet are
 critical to understand for effective conservation and management. 2. We
 investigated the mechanisms underlying reduced avian nest survival with
 intensification of natural gas development, an increasing source of HIREC
 globally. We tested the hypothesis that energy development increased the
 local activity of important nest predator species thereby elevating nest
 predation rates. During 2011–2012, we surveyed predators and monitored 668
 nests of Brewer's sparrows Spizella breweri, sagebrush sparrows
 Artemisiospiza nevadensis and sage thrashers Oreoscoptes montanus breeding
 at twelve sites spanning a gradient of habitat loss from energy
 development in western Wyoming, USA. 3. Nine species, representing four
 mammalian and three avian families, were video-recorded depredating eggs
 and nestlings. Important nest predator species differed across songbird
 species, despite similar nesting habitats. Approximately 75% of
 depredation events were by rodents. 4. Consistent with our predictions,
 detections of most rodent nest predators increased with surrounding
 habitat loss due to natural gas development, which was associated with
 increased probability of nest predation for our three focal bird species.
 5. An altered nest predator assemblage was therefore at least partly
 responsible for elevated avian nest predation risk in areas with more
 surrounding energy development. 6. Synthesis and applications. We
 demonstrate one mechanism, i.e. the local augmentation of predators, by
 which human-induced rapid environmental change (HIREC) can influence the
 demography of local populations. Given the accelerating trajectory of
 global energy demands, an important next step will be to understand why
 the activity and/or abundance of rodent predators increased with
 surrounding habitat loss from energy development activities.
description: Nest_records_BrewersNest check data for Brewer's sparrow dataNest_records_SageNest records for Sage ThrashersNest_records_SagebrushNest records for Sagebrush SparrowScent_station_dataVisitations of meso-carnivores to scent stationsSciurid_survey_dataDetections of Sciurid rodents during surveysMouse_trapping_dataMouse captures
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15657460
title: Transfer function data for 2020.10-2021.8 in Morimachi, central Japan

description: Original transfer function data for the manuscript "Estimation of temporal variation in seismic wave velocity using coda wave interferometry with an accurately controlled seismic source"This dataset contains transfer function data obtained through the ACROSS (Accurately Controlled Routinely Operated Signal System). The dataset consists of transfer function data processed according to the methodology described in Section 2.2. Each seismometer in the array provides six-component transfer functions. Monthly data organized in separate compressed packages. When you decompress the files, each .mat file contains transfer function data derived from two-hour continuous recordings.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15657461
title: Transfer function data for 2020.10-2021.8 in Morimachi, central Japan

description: Original transfer function data for the manuscript "Estimation of temporal variation in seismic wave velocity using coda wave interferometry with an accurately controlled seismic source"This dataset contains transfer function data obtained through the ACROSS (Accurately Controlled Routinely Operated Signal System). The dataset consists of transfer function data processed according to the methodology described in Section 2.2. Each seismometer in the array provides six-component transfer functions. Monthly data organized in separate compressed packages. When you decompress the files, each .mat file contains transfer function data derived from two-hour continuous recordings.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g500m
title: Data from: Winter storms drive rapid phenotypic, regulatory and genomic shifts in the green anole lizard

description: Extreme environmental perturbations offer opportunities to observe the
 effects of natural selection in wild populations. During the winter of
 2013–2014, the southeastern United States endured an extreme cold event.
 We used thermal performance, transcriptomics, and genome scans to measure
 responses of lizard populations to storm-induced selection. We found
 significant increases in cold tolerance at the species’ southern limit.
 Gene expression in southern survivors shifted toward patterns
 characteristic of northern populations. Comparing samples before and after
 the extreme winter, 14 genomic regions were differentiated in the
 surviving southern population; four also exhibited signatures of local
 adaptation across the latitudinal gradient and implicate genes involved in
 nervous system function. Together, our results suggest that extreme winter
 events can rapidly produce strong selection on natural populations at
 multiple biological levels that recapitulate geographic patterns of local
 adaptation.
description: Polar_Vortex_Cold_Tolerance__Submitted_Data_07202017Excel file including all individuals analyzed in cold tolerance analyses. Column 1: Individual lizard ID, Column 2: Site of collection, Column 3: Collection Period (Before Vortex - July-August 2013), Early Summer (Late April 2014) Late Summer (July 2014), Column 4: Sex of each individual, Column 5: Critical Thermal Minimum (CTmin), Column 6: average rate of cooling during each CTmin trial.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7651036
title: Data from: Cardiac and skeletal muscle effects in the randomized HOPE-Duchenne trial

description: Objective: To assess the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of
 intracoronary allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cells (CAP-1002) in patients
 with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Methods: The Halt Cardiomyopathy
 Progression (HOPE)-Duchenne trial is a phase I/II, randomized, controlled,
 open-label trial (NCT02485938). Patients with DMD &gt;12 years old,
 with substantial myocardial fibrosis, were randomized (1:1) to usual care
 (control) or global intracoronary infusion of CAP-1002 (75 million cells).
 Participants were enrolled at 3 US medical centers between January and
 August 2016 and followed for 12 months. An independent Data and Safety
 Monitoring Board provided safety oversight. Cardiac function and structure
 were assessed by MRI, and analyzed by a blinded core laboratory. Skeletal
 muscle function was assessed by performance of the upper limb (PUL).
 Results: Twenty-five eligible patients (mean age 17.8 years; 68%
 wheelchair-dependent) were randomized to CAP-1002 (n = 13) or control (n =
 12). Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events was similar between
 groups. Compared to baseline, MRI at 12 months revealed significant scar
 size reduction and improvement in inferior wall systolic thickening in
 CAP-1002 but not control patients. Mid-distal PUL improved at 12 months in
 8 of 9 lower functioning CAP-1002 patients, and no controls (p = 0.007).
 Conclusions: Intracoronary CAP-1002 in DMD appears safe and demonstrates
 signals of efficacy on both cardiac and upper limb function for up to 12
 months. Thus, future clinical research on CAP-1002 treatment of DMD
 cardiac and skeletal myopathies is warranted. Classification of evidence:
 This phase I/II study provides Class II evidence that for patients with
 DMD, intracoronary CAP-1002 is feasible and appears safe and potentially
 effective.
description: Supplemental Data HOPE
 Trail_ DryadSupplemental Tables for
 the HOPE Trail Manuscript