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Plant functional traits and corresponding satellite multispectral data for two sites in the Czech Republic

This data set contains measurements of plant functional traits and corresponding satellite multispectral data for two sites in the Czech Republic – Lanžhot and &Scaron;títná throughout multiple campaigns. Plant functional traits were collected from representative trees selected at both study sites. At the Lanžhot site, a total of 16 trees of the following species were sampled: Quercus robur (4 trees), Quercus cerris L. (2 trees), Carpinus betulus (4 trees), Fraxinus angustifolia (4 trees), Tilia cordata (2 trees). At &Scaron;títná, a total of 10 Fagus sylvatica trees were sampled. Field campaigns were timed to cover different phenological stages of deciduous tree leaf development, from fresh leaf emergence, through full leaf development at the peak of the growing season, to autumn leaf senescence. In total, six field campaigns at Lanžhot during 2019 and 2020 and five field campaigns at &Scaron;títná during 2020 and 2021 were conducted.

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Data from: Landscape variation in defense traits along gradients of multiple resources in a tropical savanna plant

Many plant species are widely distributed and consequently are exposed to multiple abiotic factors and diverse herbivores, each of which may distinctly affect the magnitude of different defense traits. Alternative theories for optimal allocation to plant defense traits predict both positive and negative associations between magnitude of defense and resource availability. These predictions may apply even within species. This suggests potential for a single species' patterns of association of defense traits and resources to vary with both the type of defense and identity of resource, but relatively few studies have explored intraspecific variation in multiple defense traits along several resource gradients simultaneously. In order to address this gap, especially in an ecosystem dominated by large mammalian herbivores, we assessed relationships between multiple resources (rainfall, soil N, and soil P) and plant defense traits (prickle density, phenolics, and lignin content) using a widely distributed tropical savanna herb, Solanum incanum, growing in naturally occurring resource gradients within the Serengeti National Park. We found substantial intraspecific variation in all three defense traits across sites (n =43). Variation in prickle density was positively associated with rainfall and soil P, but not soil N. In contrast to prickle density, phenolics and lignin were uncorrelated with all three resource gradients. This independent association of soil P with a carbon-based defense, prickle density, suggests potential for resources that are not components of defenses to influence allocation to defense traits. Such influence may reflect association between resource and herbivore abundance and/or preference. These varied patterns in resource-defense associations further emphasize the tremendous variation in anti-herbivore traits which may be influenced by different plant resources and highlight the need to consider multiple resource gradients in understanding evolution of plant traits.

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Figs 8–12 in A review of Afrotropical plant-lice of the genus Moraniella, with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae: Rhinocolinae)

Figs 8–12. Moraniella bella sp. n., adult: (8) ơ terminalia, in profile; (9) distal segment of aedeagus, in profile; (10) ^terminalia, in profile, with detail of circumanal ring; (11) ^valvulae; (12) antennal segment 10. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

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Figs 13–16 in A review of Afrotropical plant-lice of the genus Moraniella, with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae: Rhinocolinae)

Figs 13–16. Moraniella bella sp. n., parasitised fifth instar larva: (13) habitus, ventral surface above, dorsal surface below; (14) caudal plate, dorsal view; arrows indicate the mandibles of chalcidoid parasitoids; (15) detail of caudal plate showing wax pores; (16) lanceolate setae on margin of caudal plate. Scale bar = 0.5 mm in Fig. 13, 0.1 mm in Fig. 14, 0.02 mm in Figs 15, 16.

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Figs 1–7 in A review of Afrotropical plant-lice of the genus Moraniella, with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae: Rhinocolinae)

Figs 1–7. Moraniella bella sp. n., adult: (1) habitus ơ, (2) habitus ^(in ethanol), (3) forewing (light field), (4) forewing (dark field) showing extension of surface spinules, (5) head ơ, (6) head ^, (7) antenna. Scale bar = 1.0 mm in Figs 1–4, 0.1 mm in Figs 5–7.

Scolytinae former Cryphalini host plant dataset

The present database includes all Coriacephilini, Corthylini, Ernoporini, Trypophloeini, Xyloctonini, and Xyloterini species known and described prior to February 28th 2023 and their relative host plants.

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Data for: Position in the plant size hierarchy is not heritable

The rate of fitness evolution is largely determined by the amount of genetic variation for fitness in the population. In many plant populations, a few large individuals often occur alongside many more, smaller individuals. In annual plants, size is highly correlated with fitness. The contribution of genetic variation to position in the plant size hierarchy has not been investigated. We genotyped individuals at opposing positions in the plant size distribution in a natural population of the annual plant Impatiens capensis (Jewelweed). No significant genetic variation for position in the size hierarchy was detected when population structure was accounted for. This result suggests that the rate of evolution for increased plant fitness is constrained by low levels of standing genetic variation.

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Data from: Population divergence in heat and drought responses of a coastal plant: from metabolic phenotypes to plant morphology and growth

This dataset supports the article "Population divergence in heat and drought responses of a coastal plant: from metabolic phenotypes to plant morphology and growth", which is under minor revision in Journal of Experimental Botany. The study addresses the combined effects of and plant population origin, drought and heat stress on plant growth, plant morphology and the leaf metabolome. The data were assessed in Northern and Southern European individuals of Cakile maritma (See Rocket). An R-script containing all statistical analyses that have been implemented with these data is also provided.

Plant Community Formation and Species Distribution Patterns in relation to environmental variables in Endiras Natural Forest, Fogera District, South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

We need to deposit the data for the manuscript entitled plant community formation and species distribution patterns in relation to environmental variables in Endiras forest, Fogera District, South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia so as to be cited easily

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Datasets related to agroinoculation and transmission experiments with Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus Spain Strain between zucchini cv. Milenio and Ecballium elaterium plants by Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaci MED whiteflies

These datasets support the data provided directly in the scientific publication titled "Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus Spain Strain Is Not Transmitted by Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Is Inefficiently Transmitted by Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean between Zucchini and the Wild Cucurbit Ecballium elaterium", published in the <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/4/384">Insects journal</a>.  The figure included in the datasets highlights agroinoculation experiments with tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus Spain strain using different source plant–target plant–whitefly species combinations. ToLCNDV (DNA-A and DNA-B) was detected by molecular hybridization after tissue printing on nylon membranes using specific digoxigenin-labelled DNA probes for each viral component. (A) Prints of zucchini plants inoculated using Trialeurodes vaporariorum (T. v.) or Bemisia tabaci MED (B. t.) as a vector and infected zucchini plants as the virus source. (B) Prints of Ecballium elaterium plants using B. t. as a vector and infected zucchini plants as the virus source. (C) Prints of zucchini plants using B. t. as a vector and infected E. elaterium plants as the virus source. Blots from one of the two independent experiments (Experiment 1 in the Table) carried out for each source plant–target plant–whitefly species combination are shown. Prints of ToLCNDV-infected zucchini plants included as positive controls are outlined with red squares. The table included in the datasets show the results of transmission experiments of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus Spain strain between zucchini cv. Milenio and Ecballium elaterium plants by Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaci MED. Infection was determined by tissue-printing and molecular hybridization with digoxigenin-labelled ToLCNDV DNA-A and DNA-B probes. Blots from experiment (Exp.) 1 of each source plant–target plant–whitefly species combination are shown in the Figure. The provided datasets are further discussed and interpreted in detail, as well as their subsequent results, in the scientific publication. This research was conducted within the VIRTIGATION project, which is part of the EU Open Research Data pilot. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 101000570.

The Prairie State: Using Ecological Niche Modeling to Predict Distributions of Early Land Plants

This data includes raw data of over 12,000 occurrences were downloaded from the Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria (<a href="http://www.bryophyteportal.org/portal">www.bryophyteportal.org/portal</a>), that were listed to be in Illinois and included longitude and latitude data. This data set was screened and cleaned to investigate species distribution models as well as generate models of selected bryophytes investigating future changes in distribution across climate change scenarios.

A global LC-MS2-based methodology to identify and quantify anionic phospholipids in plant samples

This table contains peaks aera values from LC-MS used to develop a method for identification and quantification of anionic lipid in plant sample: Genva et al. 2023: “A global LC-MS2-based methodology to identify and quantify anionic phospholipids in plant samples”

FIG. 3 in Neither fish nor fowl. Isotopic evidence of a plant-based diet in (captive?) brown bears from Roman Augusta Raurica, Switzerland

FIG. 3. — Scatter plot of δ13C and δ15N values from bone collagen of the four brown bears (Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758) from Augusta Raurica compared to equids (Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758) and dogs (Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758) from Augusta Raurica (this study; Granado et al., unpublished data) and Basel-Gasfabrik (Knipper et al. 2017).

FIG. 2 in Neither fish nor fowl. Isotopic evidence of a plant-based diet in (captive?) brown bears from Roman Augusta Raurica, Switzerland

FIG. 2. — Subterranean well house in Insula 8 and well MR12.Brown bears (Ursus arctos Linnaeus,1758) are coloured in grey.The animal silhouettes represent the minimum number of individuals (MNI), mainly agreeing with complete or almost complete carcasses. Credit: image, Claudia Zipfel, RÖmerstadt Augusta Raurica. Scale bar: 1 m.

FIG. 1 in Neither fish nor fowl. Isotopic evidence of a plant-based diet in (captive?) brown bears from Roman Augusta Raurica, Switzerland

FIG. 1. — Map of Switzerland with the location of Roman Augusta Raurica (bottom right) and location of features with (almost) complete skeletons of brown bears (Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758) discussed in the text: MR 12 and well house Insula 8. Credit: image, Claudia Zipfel, RÖmerstadt Augusta Raurica. Abbreviations: A, Austria; D, Germany; F, France; I, Italy.

Effects of climate change on the distribution of plant species and plant functional strategies on the Canary Islands

Occurrence data: We used occurrence data from the Banco de Datos de Biodiversidad de Canarias, an open-access database, for single-island endemic (SIE; n = 325), archipelago endemic (AE; n = 234) and definitely non-endemic native (NEN; n = 149) extant seed plant species (excluding subspecies), in a raster of 500 m x 500 m grid cells covering the Canary Islands (<a href="https://www.biodiversidadcanarias.es/biota/">https://www.biodiversidadcanarias.es/biota/</a>) [accessed 14/03/2022]. The database includes all species listed in the checklist of the Banco de Datos de Biodiversidad de Canarias, across 31,628 grid cell assemblages. Species range in occurrence from 1 to 4,466 cells. We only retrieved occurrences for which a species has been certainly observed or collected (precision level 1 of four levels). The Banco de Datos de Biodiversidad de Canarias provides presence-only information that is spatially biased by sampling effort (Hortal et al., 2007). However, the sampling bias of SIEs, AEs, and NENs is less than for species overall because studies incorporated into the database involved focus on, and extensive sampling of, endemic and non-endemic native species (<a href="https://www.biodiversidadcanarias.es/biota/documentos">https://www.biodiversidadcanarias.es/biota/documentos</a>). We considered a species (pseudo-)absent if it was not recorded at a site, although we recognise that there is debate as to whether this truly represents absences.

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Supplementary materials to: Nano-Strainer: a workflow for identification of single-copy nuclear loci for plant systematic studies, using target capture kits and Oxford Nanopore long reads

In the paper associated with this dataset, a workflow is presented which enables the identification of single-/low-copy nuclear molecular markers for a plant group of interest, by mining data from a small representative target capture experiment done using a commercial probe kit and Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing. The proposed pipeline first assesses sequence variability contained in the data from targeted loci and assigns reads to their respective genes, via a combined BLAST/clustering procedure. Cluster consensus sequences are then examined based on four pre-defined criteria presumably indicative for absence of paralogy. This is done by calculating four specialized indices; loci are ranked according to their performance in these indices, and top-scoring loci are considered putatively single- or low-copy. The approach can be applied to any probe set. As it relies on long reads, the contribution also provides template workflows for processing Nanopore-based target capture data. Identified loci can be used for NGS amplicon sequencing. For detection of possibly remaining paralogy in these data, which might occur in groups with rampant paralogy, the long-read assembly tool CANU is employed. The presented workflow can be useful for researchers dealing with reticulate or polyploidization phylogenetic histories in plants. The present dataset contains several documents supplementing the original paper. Its most important elements are a detailed description (alongside two graphical workflow figures) of all methods employed in the study, suitable for reproducing the steps of the workflow and also the wet-lab work. The workflow employs a collection of BASH, Python and R scripts which is available here, together with a detailed account on command line use in Linux. Also, reference sequences for the identified markers can be found as well as sequence alignments derived from the amplicon sequencing.

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Russian Arctic Vegetation Archive – a new database of plant community composition and environmental conditions

The goal of the Russian Arctic Vegetation Archive is to unite and harmonize data of plot-based plant species and their abundance, vegetation structure and environmental variables from the Russian Arctic (including historical Soviet data). This database can be used to assess the status of the Russian Arctic vegetation and as a baseline to assess biodiversity changes in the future. The archive can be used for scientific studies as well as to inform nature protection and restoration efforts.

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Figure 10 in Lower Devonian Zosterophyllum-like plants from central Victoria, Australia, and their significance

Figure 10. cf. Zosterophyllum sp. B, from the Humevale Siltstone, Ghin Ghin Road, Yea: a, part (NMV P NMV P256742.1); b, counterpart (NMV P NMV P256742.2) respectively; c, line drawing, with S1–9 (sporangia one to nine). Note: Part image reversed to be in the same orientation as the counterpart. Note. Arrow in part, points to sporangium 4, which is obscured in the counterpart.