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Local communities' perceptions of wild edible plant and mushroom change: A systematic review

These datasets are the basis of publication "Local communities’ perceptions of wild edible plant and mushroom change: A systematic review", DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100601 File GFS_paperIDs.csv lists the articles that are included in the systematic review with their identification numbers. File GFS_data_papers.csv contains data related to the articles reporting on changes of wild edible plants. File GFS_data_plants.csv contains data related to the plant species that are affected by the changes. File GFS_variable_desriptions.txt informs about the variables in files GFS_data_papers.csv and GFS_data_plants.csv.

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VCF files of common grassland plants from wild collected seeds of 19 common European grassland species with up to 4 consecutive generations grown in monoculture for seed production for restoration

A growing number of restoration projects require large amounts of seeds. As harvesting natural populations cannot cover the demand, wild plants are often propagated in large-scale monocultures. There are concerns that this cultivation process may cause genetic drift and unintended selection, which would alter the genetic properties of the cultivated populations and reduce their genetic diversity. Such changes could reduce the pre-existing adaptation of restored populations, and limit their adaptability to environmental change. We used single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and a pool-sequencing approach to test for genetic differentiation and changes in gene diversity during cultivation in 19 wild grassland species, comparing the source populations and up to four consecutive cultivation generations. We then linked the magnitudes of genetic changes to the species' breeding systems and seed dormancy, to understand the roles of these traits in genetic change. The propagation changed the genetic composition of the cultivated generations only moderately. The genetic differentiation we observed as a consequence of cultivation was much lower than the natural genetic differentiation between different source regions. The propagated generations harbored even higher gene diversity than wild-collected seeds. Genetic change was stronger in self-compatible than in self-incompatible species, probably as a result of increased outcrossing in the monocultures. Synthesis and applications: Our study indicates that large-scale seed production maintains the genetic integrity of natural populations. Increased genetic diversity may be indicative of increased adaptive potential of propagated seeds, which would make them especially suitable for ecological restoration. Yet, it remains to be tested whether these patterns observed on the level of molecular markers will be mirrored also in plant phenotypes. Further, we used seeds produced in Germany and Austria, where the seed production is regulated and certified. Whether other seed production systems perform equally well remains to be tested.

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Dataset accompanying Riesch et al. 2022. Grazing by wild red deer can mitigate nutrient enrichment in protected semi-natural open habitats. Oecologia

This repository contains the data set on nutrient fluxes through wild red deer used by Riesch et al. 2022 in an article puplished in Oecologia (accepted 2022-05-01). Metadata are provided in the first excel worksheet. For further details please see the original article (DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05182-z).

T a b l e 4 in Changes In The Trophic Structure Of The Vertebrate Predator Community In The Cold Season In Belarussian Paazerje (Northern Belarus) With Emphasis On Depopulation Of The Wild Boar, Sus Scrofa (Artiodactyla, Suida)

T a b l e 4. Dietary overlaps (the Morisita's index) between vertebrate predators in the cold season in coniferous-small-leaved forests of Belarussian Paazerje, Northern Belarus, upper right corner — before a depopulation of the Wild Boar (1982–2011), bottom left corner — aft er a large-scale depopulation of the Wild Boar (2013–2019)

Fig. 2 in Changes In The Trophic Structure Of The Vertebrate Predator Community In The Cold Season In Belarussian Paazerje (Northern Belarus) With Emphasis On Depopulation Of The Wild Boar, Sus Scrofa (Artiodactyla, Suida)

Fig. 2. Th e Golden and White-tailed Eagles feed regularly on carrion and physical interference takes place quite often.

Fig. 1 in Changes In The Trophic Structure Of The Vertebrate Predator Community In The Cold Season In Belarussian Paazerje (Northern Belarus) With Emphasis On Depopulation Of The Wild Boar, Sus Scrofa (Artiodactyla, Suida)

Fig. 1. Dietary similarity of 17 vertebrate predators in the cold season in Belarussian Paazerje, 1972–2012.

Fig. 4 in Changes In The Trophic Structure Of The Vertebrate Predator Community In The Cold Season In Belarussian Paazerje (Northern Belarus) With Emphasis On Depopulation Of The Wild Boar, Sus Scrofa (Artiodactyla, Suida)

Fig. 4. Dietary similarity of 10 vertebrate predators in the cold season in Belarussian Paazerje, 2013–2019.

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Fig. 3 in Heterogeneity Studies Of Wild Clarias Gariepinus (Osteichthyes, Clariidae) Using Sds-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

Fig. 3. Dendrogram obtained from Classical Cluster analysis using Paired group Bray-Curtis similarity index on C. gariepinus from two natural populations in Ado-Ekiti and Ilesa.

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Fig. 2 in Heterogeneity Studies Of Wild Clarias Gariepinus (Osteichthyes, Clariidae) Using Sds-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

Fig. 2. Dendrogram from Classical Cluster analysis using Paired group Bray-Curtis similarity index on Clarias gariepinus obtained in Ilesa, Osun State.

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Fig. 1 in Heterogeneity Studies Of Wild Clarias Gariepinus (Osteichthyes, Clariidae) Using Sds-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

Fig. 1. Dendrogram obtained from Classical Cluster analysis using Paired group Bray-Curtis similarity index on Clarias gariepinus in Ado-Ekiti.

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Fig. 1 in Helminths Of Wild Predatory Mammals Of Ukraine. Nematodes

Fig. 1. Structure of nematode communities in carnivorans of the family Canidae in Ukraine (based on original data). A — red fox; B — wolf; C — raccoon dog. Toxe — Toxascaris leonina; Unst — Uncinaria stenocerhala; Toca — Toxocara canis; Pepl — Pearsonema plica; Euae — Eucoleus aeropilus; Paff — Pterygodermatites affinis; Trvu — Trichuris vulpis; Mopa — Molineus patens; Crvu — Crenosoma vulpis; Casp — Capillaria sp.; Ster — Strongyliodes erschowi; Spar — Spirocerca artica; Splu — S. lupi; Trsp — Trichinella cf. spiralis; Aopu — Aonchotheca putorii; Syag — Sy. agraria; Heum — Heligmosomum sp.; Anca — Ancylostoma caninum.

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Fig. 2 in Helminths Of Wild Predatory Mammals (Mammalia, Carnivora) Of Ukraine. Trematodes

Fig. 2. Structure of the trematode fauna of the racoon dog in Ukraine (original data): ALT — A. alata; MSK — M. skworzowi; EPE — E. perfoliatus; IME — I. melis; ADO — A. donicum.

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Fig. 1 in Helminths Of Wild Predatory Mammals (Mammalia, Carnivora) Of Ukraine. Trematodes

Fig. 1. Structure of the trematode fauna of the red fox in Ukraine (original data): ALT — A. alata; EPE — E. perfoliatus; ADO — A. donicum; SDE — S. denticulata; MAP — M. appendiculatus; PCO — Ph. cordatum; MSK — M. skworzowi; IME — I. melis.

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Code and data for: Manipulating actions: a selective two-option device for cognitive experiments in wild animals

Code and data for recreating survival analyses in 'Manipulating actions: a selective two-option device for cognitive experiments in wild animals'

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Negative temporal autocorrelation in mast seeding dynamics positively influences both the long and short-term dynamics of a wild boar population

Temporal autocorrelation in environmental conditions influences population dynamics through its effects on vital rates. However, a comprehensive understanding of how and to what extent temporal autocorrelation shapes population dynamics is still lacking because most empirical studies have unrealistically assumed that environmental conditions are temporally independent. Mast seeding is a biological event characterized by highly fluctuating and synchronized seed production at the tree population scale, as well as a marked negative temporal autocorrelation. In the current context of global change, mast seeding events are expected to become more frequent, leading to strengthened negative temporal autocorrelations and thereby amplified cyclicality in mast seeding dynamics with cycles of length 2 years. Theory predicts that population growth rates are maximized when the environmental cyclicality of consumer resources and their generation times are closely matched. To test this prediction, we took advantage of the long-term monitoring of a wild boar population, a widespread seed consumer species characterized by a short generation time (ca. 2 years). As expected, simulations indicated that its stochastic population growth rate increased as mast seeding dynamics became more negatively autocorrelated. Our findings demonstrate that accounting for temporal autocorrelations in environmental conditions relative to generation time of the focal population is required, especially under global warming where the cyclicality in resource dynamics is likely to change.

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Manhattan and QQ plots of GWAS on salt stress responses in root system architecture parameters of wild tomato (S. pimpinellifolium)

The population of +/2 200 accessions of wild tomato was screened with the protocol described <a href="https://www.protocols.io/view/studying-root-system-architecture-changes-in-tomat-2mqgc5w">here</a> with the only exception that the plants were transferred 4 days after germination (rather than 3 - described in the protocol). The images were analyzed using the <a href="https://smartroot.github.io/">SmartRoot</a> for days 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 after transfer to treatment plates (0 or 100 mM NaCl, 1/4 MS, 0.5% sucrose, 0.1% MES, 1% Dashin agar). The data analysis was performed as described <a href="https://rpubs.com/mjulkowska/BIGpimp_RSA_salt">here</a>, while the pareto front calculations were done according to Chandrasekhar & Julkowska paper (<a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.12.456185v1">preprint here</a>). The GWAS was performed using the ASReml script similar to <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.15310">Awlia et al. (2021)</a>. The raw GWAS outputs can be found <a href="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.5856310.svg">here</a>. This dataset represents Manhattan plots and QQ plots made out of the data.

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Data from: Unravelling the causes and consequences of dispersal syndromes in a wild passerine

Evidence accumulates that dispersal is correlated with individual behavioural phenotype ('dispersal syndrome'). The evolutionary causes and consequences of such covariation depend on the degree of plasticity vs inheritance of the traits, which requires challenging experiments to implement in mobile organisms. Here, we combine a forced dispersal experiment, natural colonisation and longitudinal data to establish if dispersal and aggression levels are integrated and to test their adaptive nature in pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). We found that (forced) dispersers behaved more aggressively in their first breeding year after dispersal and decreased their aggression in following years. Strength of dispersal syndrome and direction of fecundity selection on aggression in newly colonised areas varied between years. We propose that the net benefits of aggression for dispersers increase under harsh conditions (e.g. low food abundance). This hypothesis now warrants further testing. Overall, this study provides unprecedented experimental evidence that dispersal syndromes can be remodelled via adaptive plasticity depending on the individuals' local breeding experience and/or year-specific ecological conditions. It highlights the importance of individual behavioural variation in population dynamics.

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Data from: Telomere length declines with age, but relates to immune function independent of age in a wild passerine

Telomere length (TL) shortens with age but telomere dynamics can relate to fitness components independent of age. Immune function often relates to such fitness components and can also interact with telomeres. Studying the link between TL and immune function may therefore help us understand telomere-fitness associations. We assessed the relationships between erythrocyte TL and four immune indices (haptoglobin, natural antibodies, complement activity, heterophil-lymphocyte ratio; n=477-589), from known-aged individuals of a wild passerine (Malurus coronatus). As expected, we find that TL significantly declined with age. To verify whether associations between TL and immune function were independent of parallel age-related changes (e.g. immunosenescence), we statistically controlled for sampling age, and used within-subject centring of TL to separate relationships within or between individuals. We found that TL positively predicted complement activity at the between-individual level (individuals with longer average TL had higher complement activity), but no other immune indices. In contrast, age predicted levels of natural antibodies and heterophil-lymphocyte ratio, allowing inference that respective associations between TL and age with immune indices are independent. Any links existing between TL and fitness are therefore unlikely to be strongly mediated by innate immune function, while TL and immune indices appear independent expressions of individual heterogeneity.

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Dataset for paper titled: Conceptual preferences can be transmitted via selective social information use between competing wild bird species

<a name="_Hlk66629591"></a>Concept learning is considered a high-level adaptive ability. Thus far, it has been studied in laboratory via asocial trial and error learning. Yet, social information use is common among animals but it remains unknown whether concept learning by observing others occurs. We tested whether pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) form conceptual relationships from the apparent choices of nest-site characteristics (geometric symbol attached to the nest box) of great tits (Parus major). Each wild flycatcher female (n = 124) observed one tit pair that exhibited an apparent preference for either a large or a small symbol and was then allowed to choose between two nest boxes with a large and a small symbol, but the symbol shape was different to that on the tit nest. Older flycatcher females were more likely to copy the symbol size preference of tits than yearling flycatcher females when there was a high number of visible eggs or a few partially visible eggs in the tit nest. However, this depended on the phenotype; copying switched to rejection as a function of increasing body size. Possibly the quality of and overlap in resource use with the tits affected flycatchers' decisions. Hence, our results suggest that conceptual preferences can be horizontally transmitted across co-existing animals, which may increase the performance of individuals that utilize concept learning abilities in their decision-making.