cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.hx3ffbgg7
title: Knowledge, attitude and practice of the local people towards human-carnivore coexistence in Faragosa-Fura landscape, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

description: Local people's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) have played
 an important role in human-wildlife coexistence and have received
 increased attention in biodiversity conservation. However, studies on the
 KAP of local people towards human-carnivore coexistence (HCC) are scarce,
 species-specific, or limited to the protected areas. Therefore, we
 investigated the local people's KAP towards carnivores’ coexistence
 with humans, the problem of livestock, and mitigation practices in a
 human-dominated landscape of Southern Ethiopia. We collected the data from
 352 households’ interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire and
 photographic sampling. The respondents mentioned 13 carnivores coexisting
 with local people belonging to six families. Eighty-five percent of the
 respondents perceived carnivores as problematic species and expressed a
 negative attitude towards them, primarily due to the damage they caused to
 their livestock. Respondents who had better knowledge of carnivores also
 showed a positive attitude towards carnivores. The cluster analysis showed
 that the spotted hyena, serval, leopard, common genet, and black-backed
 jackal were grouped under a high-threat cluster. Chickens and goats were
 the most threatened livestock reported by respondents. The main predation
 control methods reported were guarding and fencing for larger livestock
 and keeping chickens indoors during the night. The regression models
 predicted that males and literate respondents had better knowledge of
 carnivores than females and illiterates. The respondents who owned more
 livestock experienced more damage to livestock, and females showed a
 negative attitude towards carnivores. Although the study area is the
 critical conservation value of the 13 carnivore species, livestock
 predation by carnivores, the local people’s negative attitude towards
 carnivores, and lethal predation control methods practiced by local people
 were affecting HCC in the area. The findings call for conservation actions
 such as conservation education to raise awareness and develop a positive
 attitude and non-lethal predation mitigation measures to promote HCC in
 consultation with the local community.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15123553
title: Dataset of forested catchments described in the manuscript "Controls on runoff processes in forested catchments worldwide", Nature Water, 2026, 4, 102-114. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-025-00547-z.

description: Dataset of forested catchments described in the manuscript "Controls on runoff processes in forested catchments worldwide", Nature Water, 2026, 4, 102-114. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-025-00547-z.

A note was added about the effect of precipitation amount on streamflow magnitude.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18399303
title: Dataset of forested catchments described in the manuscript "Controls on runoff processes in forested catchments worldwide", Nature Water, 2026, 4, 102-114. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-025-00547-z.

description: Dataset of forested catchments described in the manuscript "Controls on runoff processes in forested catchments worldwide", Nature Water, 2026, 4, 102-114. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-025-00547-z.

A note was added about the effect of precipitation amount on streamflow magnitude.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.37pvmcvmr
title: Biological and physiological responses of Bradysia odoriphaga 4th instar larvae to long-term constant and fluctuating mild heat stress

description: Global climate change can expose insects to high-temperature stress,
 including extreme and mild heat stress. For soil insects, mild heat stress
 is more common than extreme heat stress. High summer temperature is a key
 barrier for Bradysia odoriphaga (Diptera: Sciaridae), a devastating soil
 pest of vegetables in China. The 4th instar larvae possess the strongest
 thermal tolerance to high temperatures. To determine whether the 4th
 instar larvae of B. odoriphaga possess other adaptations to summer mild
 heat stress besides thermal plasticity, we evaluated the biological
 performance of 4th instar larvae under constant and fluctuating long-term
 mild heat stress. The physiological responses were studied including
 energy storage, hormone level, and expression of related genes. Bioassay
 results indicated that 4th instar larvae survived, without pupation, for
 more than 40 days under long-term mild heat stress (34°C). Combined with
 constant and fluctuating treatment, mild heat stress delayed larval
 development, reduced longevity, and reduced fecundity. However, a summer
 diapause-like phenomenon was observed, including larval development stasis
 under mild heat stress and a prolonged recovery time after mild heat
 stress. Protective physiological responses were involved in regulating the
 larval stage including accumulating fat and glycogen, a high level of
 juvenile hormone, and a low level of molting hormone. Also, high
 expression levels of hsp70 and hsp90 were detected. The delayed
 development of B. odoriphaga 4th instar larvae appears to be a special
 adaptation strategy to withstand mild heat stress in summer, and it is
 regulated by complex physiological processes.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5dv41ns7c
title: Red in tooth and claw: A review of animal antagonistic roles in movies

description: 1. Although cinema narrative represents a fundamental communication tool
 in framing public opinion, whether or not a negative representation of
 certain species in the context of animal-horror movies might increase the
 attitudinal hostilities toward them, remains an aspect of wildlife
 perception that is poorly studied. 2. Here, we reviewed online sources
 from the last 70 years to describe the negative representation of animals
 roles in horror and disaster movies. Specifically, we described species
 diversity, how the animal was depicted, the cause for its aggressive
 behavior, and how it came in contact with the human characters. By means
 of Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA), we also highlighted three main
 typologies of animal-horror movies. 3. The dataset consisted of 263 titles
 produced worldwide from 1950 to 2019. The results showed that animal
 representation is transversal yet uneven, with five species groups out of
 18 appearing in more than half of the movies. There were significant
 associations between species, their representation and the different kinds
 of movies they appeared in, with some species groups appearing more
 commonly in certain types of film plots rather than others. 4. Together,
 the results suggested that both the themes and topics of animal-horror
 movies were often the result of a combination of factors, including
 fashion-driven audience interests, societal and political concerns, and
 technological availability at the time of production. Whether this
 repeated and variegated representation can increase attitudinal hostility,
 remains however unclear.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.zpc866t9j
title: Simultaneous selection on vegetative and reproductive phenology in a perennial herb

description: The timing of different life history events are often correlated, and
 selection might only rarely be exerted independently on the timing of a
 single event. In plants, phenotypic selection has often been shown to
 favour earlier flowering. However, little is known about to what extent
 this selection acts directly vs. indirectly via vegetative phenology, and
 if selection on the two traits is correlational. We estimated direct,
 indirect and correlational phenotypic selection on vegetative and
 reproductive phenology over three years for flowering individuals of the
 perennial herb Lathyrus vernus. Direct selection favoured earlier
 flowering and shorter timespans between leaf-out and flowering in all
 years. However, early flowering was associated with early leaf-out, and
 the direction of selection on leaf-out day varied among years. As a
 result, selection on leaf-out weakened selection for early flowering in
 one of the study years. We found no evidence of correlational selection.
 Our results highlight the importance of including temporally correlated
 traits when exploring selection on the phenology of seasonal events.
description: The dataset contains data describing the size, flowering
 phenology, leaf-out phenology and fitness (number of intact seeds) of
 <em>Lathyrus vernus </em>individuals from a natural
 population. The variables in the dataset have been calculated or estimated
 from data collected in the field.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g4f4qrfs3
title: Oncorhynchus kisutch genetic stock ID SNP baseline

description: Genetic stock identification (GSI) using genotypes produced from
 genotyping-by-sequencing of SNP loci has become the gold standard for
 stock identification in Pacific salmon, which are found in mixed stocks in
 the ocean. Sequencing platforms currently applied require large batch
 sizes and multi-day processing in specialized facilities to perform
 genotyping by the thousands. However, recent advances in third-generation
 single-molecule sequencing platforms, like the Oxford Nanopore minION,
 provide base calling on portable, pocket-sized sequencers and promise
 real-time, in-field stock identification on variable batch sizes. Here we
 evaluate utility and comparability to established GSI platforms of at-sea
 stock identification of coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch based on targeted
 SNP amplicon sequencing on the minION platform during a high-sea winter
 expedition to the Gulf of Alaska. As long read sequencers are not
 optimized for short amplicons, we concatenate amplicons to increase
 coverage and throughput. Nanopore sequencing at-sea yielded stock
 assignment for 50 of the 80 assessed individuals. Nanopore-based SNP calls
 agreed with Ion Torrent based genotypes in 83.25%, but assignment of
 individuals to stock of origin only agreed in 61.5% of individuals
 highlighting inherent challenges of Nanopore sequencing, such as
 resolution of homopolymer tracts and indels. However, poor representation
 of assayed coho salmon in the queried baseline dataset contributed to poor
 assignment confidence on both platforms. Future improvements will focus on
 lowering turnaround time, accuracy, throughput, and cost, as well as
 augmentation of the existing baselines. If successfully implemented,
 Nanopore sequencing will provide an alternative method to the large-scale
 laboratory approach by providing mobile small batch genotyping to diverse
 stakeholders.
description: This SNP
 baseline used for genetic stock identification of coho salmon on the
 Oxford Nanopore minION is a combination of previously published baseline
 data from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Molecular Genetics Laboratory at
 the Pacific Biological Station by Beacham et al. (https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.msbcc2fvk; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.3g1r4v3; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.4md17).
description: An explanation of the SNP loci and alles can be found in Appendix Table A2 of Beacham, Terry D., et al. "Population and individual identification of coho salmon in British Columbia through parentage-based tagging and genetic stock identification: an alternative to coded-wire tags." <i>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences</i> 74.9 (2017): 1391-1410 (https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0452). The database is foramted for use in rubias (https://github.com/eriqande/rubias).
DOI: 10.25666/dataubfc-2025-04-10
title: Ecotoxicology of metals in the Eurasian lynx in Switzerland
title: Écotoxicologie des métaux chez le lynx boréal en Suisse

description: Individual data and concentrations of trace metal elements in the liver of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) found dead in Switzerland.
description: Données individuelles et de concentrations en éléments traces métalliques de foie de lynx boréal (Lynx lynx) retrouvés morts en Suisse.
description: Audience: Research
description: UpdatePeriodicity: unknown
description: AdditionnalInformation: Data collected as part of Laurie Bedouet's thesis on population biology, co-supervised by Eve Afonso, Lecturer, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur - Chrono-environnement Laboratory and Michael Coeurdassier, Lecturer, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur - Chrono-environnement Laboratory. 
The collection of these data also forms part of a national monitoring plan for the health of the Eurasian lynx in Switzerland (Ryser-Degiorgis et al. 2021).
description: AdditionnalInformation: Données collectées dans le cadre de la thèse en biologie des populations de Laurie Bedouet, co-encadrée par Eve Afonso, Maître de conférences, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement et Michael Coeurdassier, Maitre de conférences, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement. 
La collecte de ces données s'intègre également dans un plan de surveillance nationale de la santé du Lynx boréal en Suisse (Ryser-Degiorgis et al. 2021).
description: Project: Ecotoxicologie du lynx boréal en Suisse, APR Chrysalide 2020 « Viabilité des populations de lynx en Suisse et en France - Exposition des populations de Lynx boréal à des substances toxiques » (University of Franche-Comté), SRO 2022 LYNX² (OSU), Zone Atelier Arc Jurassien (Zone atelier (ZA))
description: Label: PEA²t (Plateforme technologique d'étude des Environnements Anciens et Actuels)
description: Label: ZAAJ (Zone Atelier Arc Jurassien)
description: Derived or compiled data: Data from autopsies performed by the Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI; University of Bern) of lynx carcasses found dead in Switzerland. The concentrations of 19 trace elements were measured in liver samples by ICP-MS.
description: Données dérivées ou compilées: Données issues de l'autopsie par Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI; Université de Bern) de carcasses de lynx retrouvés morts en Suisse. Les concentrations en 19 éléments traces ont été mesurées dans des échantillons de foie par ICP-MS.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k98sf7m78
title: Surveying Grassland Islands: the genetics and performance of Appalachian switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) collections

description: The interior Southeastern United States could contain novel germplasm for
 the bioenergy crop switchgrass due to its diverse habitats and geographic
 location between genetic subpopulations (Atlantic, Midwest, and Gulf).
 Collections from this region could accelerate breeding progress,
 contribute to conservation efforts, and improve understanding of isolated
 grasslands in the region. This study located 22 sites in the Midsouth
 region and obtained 1,521,210 single nucleotide polymorphism markers of
 202 individuals through genotype-by-sequencing. Individuals were evaluated
 for flowering time, winter survival and tiller number. Comparison to a
 national diversity panel revealed that branches of two major
 subpopulations occur in the region with two levels of polyploidy: Atlantic
 tetraploids and Midwest octoploids. Two locations contained admixed
 octoploid individuals with Midwest and Gulf genetics. Field performance of
 the Midwest octoploids conformed with prior reported performance of the
 Midwest subpopulation, although three sites contained promising late
 flowering traits. The Atlantic tetraploids had moderate winter survival,
 short stature, and anomalously early flowering. Atlantic populations
 mostly occurred in marginal sites and their morphological and flowering
 time adaptations may be a resource conservation strategy. Demographic
 inference of historical effective population size variation in a subset of
 tetraploid locations indicated a widespread recent decline in effective
 population size. This pattern is consistent with isolation of these
 switchgrass communities from larger populations and is further supported
 by evidence of inbreeding within the populations (FI = 0.18). The
 populations documented in this study contain novel genetic diversity and
 adaptations to a range of marginal habitats. Therefore, this study
 provides a new source of germplasm for future breeding and conservation
 programs.
description: Germplasm was collected across the interior southeastern United
 States by collecting ramets from switchgrass individuals at 22 locations. 
 Surviving individuals were sequenced using genotype-by-sequencing as
 described in the manuscript.  Sample IDs were assigned a location code and
 number (DSF-01 and MP-08, for example).
DOI: 10.6076/d1d011
title: Hourly acoustic presence of Cuvier’s beaked whales and anthropogenic signals near Guadalupe Island, México

description: This dataset was used to examine the acoustic presence of Cuvier's
 beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) echolocation clicks, hull-mounted
 ultrasonic antifouling devices, shipboard echosounders, and motorized
 vessel noise from underwater acoustic recordings collected at Guadalupe
 Island, México.
description: Passive acoustic monitoring was conducted at Guadalupe Island,
 México from November 19, 2018 to October 3, 2020, with 683 days of total
 recording effort, using a High-frequency Acoustic Recording Package
 (HARP). The HARP was bottom-mounted and deployed to a depth of
 approximately 1,100 meters, with a calibrated hydrophone suspended ~30
 meters above the seafloor. Data were sampled continuously at a 200 kHz
 sampling rate with 16-bit quantization, effectively monitoring a frequency
 range of 10 Hz – 100 kHz. Beaked whale echolocation pulses were identified
 using an automated click detector followed by expert analyst review, and
 anthropogenic sound sources were manually detected. The start and end
 times of each encounter were logged, and their durations were summed to
 calculate hourly acoustic presence of each signal type over the full
 timeseries.     
description: Please view
 the README.txt file for more information.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.0gb5mkm2w
title: The genetic diversity of triploid Celtis pumila and its diploid relatives C. occidentalis and C. laevigata (Cannabaceae)

description: The genus Celtis in eastern North America shows puzzling patterns of
 variation. While three species are generally recognized, many authors have
 suggested hybridization may be blurring the boundaries among them.
 Suspected hybridization between C. occidentalis and C. pumila has hampered
 conservation planning for the latter, which is a Threatened species in
 Canada. Using microsatellite markers and flow cytometry, we assessed the
 relationship between genetic diversity, ploidy, and morphology in this
 group. We confirmed the presence of two diploid species, C. occidentalis
 and C. laevigata, and that they do hybridize where they co-occur in
 southern Missouri and Illinois. We found two triploid genetic groups.
 These groups had distinct geographic ranges, but were morphologically very
 similar, corresponding to C. pumila. Furthermore, the triploid groups were
 characterized by a small number of heterozygous multi-locus genotypes. A
 single genotype dominated populations across Ontario, Michigan, Ohio and
 Pennsylvania, indicating apomictic reproduction is common in these groups.
 While the triploid clusters were distinct from each other, they did have
 strong associations with sympatric diploid species, and also with the
 western triploid species C. reticulata. The triploid Celtis pumila
 demonstrates remarkable phenotypic plasticity, with the same genotype
 variously presenting as dwarf shrubs in xeric, exposed sites, and
 subcanopy tree in mesic forests.
description: This archive contains complete details on the methods used to
 collect the data, the raw data, and all the code necessary to reproduce
 the analyses in our manuscript. Note that Data Dryad
 required me to include a separate README file and a data file. These are
 taken from the Zenodo/Github archive. You can ignore the single files: all
 the information, including these two files, is found in the
 archive.
description: README.md contains metadata for the included files. data_prep.R
 contains the code used to prepare the raw data, and the code to generate
 the figures are embedded in the text of celtis.Rmd.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3r2280ghs
title: Fossilized pollen malformations as indicators of past environmental stress and meiotic disruption: insights from modern conifers

description: Pollen malformations have been proposed as a paleoenvironmental stress
 proxy. However, the frequency and variability of pollen malformations
 under near-optimal conditions and environmental stress, as well as their
 developmental origins, remain unclear. To bridge these gaps, we compared
 pollen malformation frequencies and assemblages of 14 extant conifer
 genera of Pinaceae and Podocarpaceae producing saccate (winged) grains
 grown under near-optimal conditions. These baseline pollen yields were
 compared with those produced by Pinus mugo ‘Columnaris’ cultured under an
 abiotic stress—three experimentally heightened UV-B regimes proposed for
 the end-Permian crisis. We additionally reviewed previous cytological
 literature of abnormal microsporogenesis in conifers. Under near-optimal
 conditions, malformations comprise &lt;3% of pollen yields in 12 out
 of 13 bisaccate genera and &gt;10% of yields in the naturally
 trisaccate Dacrycarpus dacrydioides. We detected no phylogenetic pattern
 in malformation assemblages of the baseline comparisons. UV-B irradiated
 P. mugo produced significantly higher malformation frequencies and
 different assemblage compositions when compared with baseline bisaccate
 lineages. We propose that pollen malformations originate during the
 meiotic and tetrad stages of microsporogenesis and present a framework for
 the ontogeny of different malformation types seen in the fossil record.
 Malformations comprising &gt;3% of bisaccate pollen yields can be used
 as a paleoenvironmental stress proxy, but rare, naturally trisaccate
 lineages are not suitable for such assessments. Furthermore, heightened
 UV-B not only increases pollen malformation production, but also alters
 the types of abnormalities trees produce. Different environmental stresses
 may therefore leave behind distinct fingerprints in the fossil record.
description: Location GPS and elevation estimated using satellite image maps
 in Geoplaner v. 2.8 (http://www.geoplaner.com).