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Data from: A phylogenomic approach to clarifying the relationship of Mesodinium within the Ciliophora: a case study in the complexity of mixed-species transcriptome analyses

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publicNov 2019View details →
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A case study of the effects of wetland restoration on the hydrology, species diversity, species composition and floristic quality of restored wetlands within a Central Florida ranchland, 2003 - ongoing.

In the USA the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has restored millions of acres of wetlands through its Wetland Reserve Easement (WRE) programs. However few quantitative studies have explored whether WREs have enhanced wetland hydrology and wetland plant communities. Additionally USDA Compatible Use Permits for cattle grazing and other management practices are sometimes issued for WREs but little is known about potential benefits/detriments of such practice on the success of wetland restoration. In this study we tested if hydrological restoration of previously drained species poor pastures increased water depth and hydroperiod. Restoration involved plugging key ditches adding water control structures and a berm. We also tested if hydrological restoration increased plant diversity (alpha and beta) floristic quality (using coefficient of conservatism) and increased the cover of wetland species (using species wetland status). Finally we tested if cattle grazing had an effect on the success of restoration by comparing grazed plots to fenced plots. We studied two conservation easements (a total of 748 acres) located on semi-native pastures in central Florida USA. We monitored vegetation using permanent transects stratified by vegetation type before (2004-2005) and after (2012) the restoration (2008). We assessed wetland hydroperiod using groundwater wells set up in 2003 and located within and outside the boundaries of these two easements.

openCC0Jun 2018View details →
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Small Mammal Exclosure Study (SMES) Termite Mud Casing Data from Chihuahaun Desert Grassland and Shrubland at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (1996-2005)

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the activities of small  mammals regulate plant community structure, plant species diversity, and spatial vegetation patterns in Chihuahuan Desert shrublands and grasslands. What role if any do indigenous small mammal consumers have in maintaining desertified landscapes in the Chihuahuan Desert? Additionally, how do the effects of small mammals interact with changing climate to affect vegetation patterns over time? This is data for amounts of termite mud casing measured on each of the SMES study plots. Three-dimensional measurements were made from all termite mud casing present on each of the 36 one-meter2 quadrats twice each year when vegetation was measured.

openOpenAug 2016View details →
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Data set for initializing and forcing of high-resolution local area model implementations in two ATLAS case study areas, Rockall Bank and Condor Seamount

<p>The&nbsp;data set includes all necessary data for set up, initial&nbsp;and boundary conditions of high-resolution local area model implementations using the ROMS-AGRIF model in two case study areas, Rockall Bank and Condor Seamount, conducted as part of the EU ATLAS project. The data include all computational grids, initialization fields (temperature, salinity) and boundary conditions (temperature salinity, currents, sea surface height) for each case study area.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Dec 2019View details →
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All site data for Citizen Science (Guildford case study)

<p>The collected data during citizen science activities in Guildford&nbsp;using low-cost sensors.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Jan 2020View details →
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2D numerical modelling: the case study of the Arno River at Greve junction

<p>files description:</p> <p>- &quot;nuova mesh_barra.2dm&quot; is the input mesh file for BASEMENT;</p> <p>- &quot;veg. surveys.docx&quot; shows the data collected during the vegetation surveys activities.</p>

opencc-by-4.0May 2020View details →
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Data from: Patterns of intraspecific variation through ontogeny–a case study of the Cretaceous nautilid Eutrephoceras dekayi and modern Nautilus pompilius

<p>The magnitude and ontogenetic patterns of intraspecific variation can provide important insights into the evolution and development of organisms. Understanding the intraspecific variation of organisms is a key to correctly pursuing studies in major fields of palaeontology. However, intraspecific variation has been largely overlooked in ectocochleate cephalopods, particularly nautilids. Furthermore, little is known regarding the evolutionary pattern. Here, we present morphological data for the Cretaceous nautilid <i>Eutrephoceras dekayi</i> (Morton, 1834) and the modern nautilid <i>Nautilus</i> <i>pompilius </i>Linnaeus, 1758<i> </i>through ontogeny. The data are used to describe the change of conch morphology and to elucidate the evolutionary patterns of intraspecific variation. We discovered the presence of morphological changes at hatching and maturity, which is shared in every conch parameter in <i>E. dekayi</i> and <i>N. pompilius</i>. We also found that intraspecific variation is high in early ontogeny in both taxa, followed by various patterns in later ontogeny. The high variation in early ontogeny may imply their flexibility of changing the timing of growth events, which may have played an important role in nautilid evolutioin. We assume that the decrease in variation in later ontogeny may indicate developmental constraints. Lastly, we compared the similarity/dissimilarity of ontogenetic patterns of variation between taxa. Results reveal that the similarity/dissimilarity of the ontogenetic pattern differs between <i>E. dekayi</i> and <i>N. pompilius</i>. We conclude that this shift in the ontogenetic pattern of variation may be rooted in changes in the developmental program of nautilids through time. We propose that studying ontogenetic patterns of intraspecific variation can provide new insights into the evolution and development of organisms.         </p>

opencc-zeroMay 2020View details →
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plan4res - public dataset for case study 1 part MIM-1: time series used for multi-modal investment pathway modelling

<p>Public data set which is used within the plan4res project for performing case study 1 &quot;Multi-modal European energy concept for achiving COP21&quot;&nbsp; - Multi-modal Investment modelling (MIM) Part 1:&nbsp;Time series&nbsp;for the reference year&nbsp;2015</p> <p>The related documentation is included in plan4res&#39; deliverable D4.5 chapter 3.2 (see 10.5281/zenodo.3785010)&nbsp;</p> <p>The data set includes the following data:</p> <p>a) characteristic annual load profiles&nbsp;for large industrial heat demand&nbsp;for chemical, iron &amp; steel, food &amp; beverage and pulp &amp; paper industries&nbsp;for the reference year 2015</p> <p>HOTMAPS__TD_OUT_D_CHEM__20200608T160653__20200422T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br> HOTMAPS__TD_OUT_D_FOOD__20200608T160724__20200422T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br> HOTMAPS__TD_OUT_D_IRON__20200608T160705__20200422T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; HOTMAPS__TD_OUT_D_PAPER__20200608T160715__20200422T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp;</p> <p>b) characteristic demand profiles&nbsp;for road-side car passenger transport and availability of cars for charging while (home) parking for the reference year 2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>SIEMENS__TD_OUT_D_RoadCar__20200608T160627__20200401T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; SIEMENS__TD_CAP_CarPark__20200608T160637__20200401T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp;</p> <p>c) load profiles&nbsp;for exogeneous demand of electricity for the reference year 2015. The exogenous demand includes all electricity consumptions&nbsp;not explicitly modeled within MIM modeling.</p> <p>HRE4__TD_OUT_ElectricityExo__20200608T160732__20200401T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>c) regionally resolved demand profiles for (individual) space heating and space cooling for the reference year 2015</p> <p>HRE4__TRD_CAP_Cool_2015__20200608T160051__20200401T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> HRE4__TRD_CAP_HeatInd_2015__20200608T155849__20200401T120000Z__v01.csv</p> <p>d)&nbsp;regionally resolved generation&nbsp;profiles of electricity from photovoltaic, wind onshore, wind offshore, hydro run-of-river, and for heat generation from&nbsp;solar thermal for the reference year 2015</p> <p>NINJA__TRD_CAP_PV_2015__20200608T160440__20191104T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br> NINJA__TRD_CAP_WindOFF_2015__20200608T155422__20191104T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> NINJA__TRD_CAP_WindON_2015__20200608T155251__20191104T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; HRE4__TRD_CAP_HydroRoR_2015__20200608T155550__20200401T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> HRE4__TRD_CAP_SolarThermal_2015__20200608T155718__20200401T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp;</p> <p>e) regionally resolved generation&nbsp;profile of electricity from wind offshore&nbsp;transformed in a way to represent potential capacity&nbsp;factors&nbsp;in future as&nbsp;stated by doi:10.2760/041705.&nbsp;Data based on reference year 2015</p> <p>SIEMENS__TRD_CAP_WindOFF_2040__20200608T155127__20200401T120000Z__v01.csv &nbsp;</p> <p>x) A list of geographical description of the zone hierarchy data used in MIM for the EU33 region set.:</p> <p>SIEMENS__ZoneHierarchy_MIM_EU33__20181231T120000Z___20200131T1200000Z__v001.csv&nbsp;</p> <p>Further info:</p> <p>Time series are based on historical data for the reference year 2015.&nbsp;</p> <p>Values are normalized over one reference year in a way that&nbsp;either the maximum&nbsp;= 1 (CAP) or the integral = 1 (OUT).</p> <p>All values are listed in arbitrary units.&nbsp;</p> <p>All country names&nbsp;are according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Apr 2020View details →
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Data from: Does migration promote or inhibit diversification? A case study involving the dominant radiation of temperate Southern Hemisphere freshwater fishes

<p>While theory predicts that dispersal is a pivotal influence on speciation and extinction rates, it can have contradictory effects on each, such that empirical studies are needed to quantify its role. In many studies, dispersal reduction appears to promote diversification, although some analyses of migratory species suggest otherwise. Here we test for a relationship between migratory status and diversification rate within the dominant radiation of temperate Southern Hemisphere freshwater fishes, the Galaxiidae. We reconstructed a molecular phylogeny for the group, comprising &gt;95% of extant lineages, and applied State-dependent Speciation Extinction models to estimate speciation, extinction, and diversification rates. In contrast to some previous studies, we revealed higher diversification rates in non-migratory lineages. The reduced gene flow experienced by non-migratory galaxiids appears to have increased diversification under conditions of allopatry or local adaptation. Migratory galaxiid lineages, by contrast, are genetically homogeneous within landmasses, but may also be rarely able to colonise other landmasses in the temperate Southern Hemisphere. The life history state exhibiting higher diversification likely reflects the spatial context of the study system relative to species dispersal abilities, by means of the intermediate dispersal model; the accurate quantification of dispersal abilities will aid in our understanding of these likely interactions.</p>

opencc-zeroJul 2020View details →
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Confronting sources of systematic error to resolve historically contentious relationships: a case study using gadiform fishes (Teleostei, Paracanthopterygii, Gadiformes)

<p>Reliable estimation of phylogeny is central to avoid inaccuracy in downstream macroevolutionary inferences. However, limitations exist in the implementation of concatenated and summary coalescent approaches, and Bayesian and full coalescent inference methods may not yet be feasible for computation of phylogeny using complicated models and large datasets. Here, we explored methodological (e.g., optimality criteria, character sampling, model selection) and biological (e.g., heterotachy, branch length heterogeneity) sources of systematic error that can result in biased or incorrect parameter estimates when reconstructing phylogeny by using the gadiform fishes as a model clade. Gadiformes include some of the most economically important fishes in the world (e.g., Cods, Hakes, and Rattails). Despite many attempts, a robust higher-level phylogenetic framework was lacking due to limited character and taxonomic sampling, particularly from several species-poor families that have been recalcitrant to phylogenetic placement. We compiled the first phylogenomic dataset, including <span>14,208 loci (&gt;2.8 M bp) from 58 species representing all recognized gadiform families, to infer a time-calibrated phylogeny for the group. </span>Data were generated with a gene-capture approach targeting coding DNA sequences from single-copy protein-coding genes. Species-tree and concatenated maximum-likelihood analyses resolved all family-level relationships within Gadiformes. While there were a few differences between topologies produced by the DNA and the amino acid datasets, most of the historically unresolved relationships among gadiform lineages were consistently well resolved with high support in our analyses regardless of the methodological and biological approaches used. However, at deeper levels, we observed inconsistency in branch support estimates between bootstrap and gene and site coefficient factors (gCF, sCF). Despite numerous short internodes, all relationships received unequivocal bootstrap support while gCF and sCF had very little support, reflecting hidden conflict across loci. Most of the gene-tree and species-tree discordance in our study is a result of short divergence times, and consequent lack of informative characters at deep levels, rather than incomplete lineage sorting (ILS). We use this phylogeny to establish a new<span> higher-level classification of Gadiformes as a way of clarifying the evolutionary diversification of the order.</span> We recognize 17 families in five suborders: Bregmacerotoidei, Gadoidei, Ranicipitoidei, Merluccioidei, and Macrouroidei (including two subclades). A time-calibrated analysis using 15 fossil taxa suggests that Gadiformes evolved ~79.5 million years ago (Ma) in the late Cretaceous, but that most extant lineages diverged after the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction (66 Ma)<span>. </span>Our results reiterate the importance of examining phylogenomic analyses for evidence of systematic error that can emerge as a result of unsuitable modeling of biological factors and/or methodological issues, even when datasets are large and yield high support for phylogenetic relationships.</p>

opencc-zeroAug 2020View details →
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Investigating morphological complexes using informational dissonance and bayes factors: A case study in corbiculate bees

<p>It is widely recognized that different regions of a genome often have different evolutionary histories and that ignoring this variation when estimating phylogenies can be misleading. However, the extent to which this is also true for morphological data is still largely unknown. Discordance among morphological traits might plausibly arise due to either variable convergent selection pressures or else phenomena such as hemiplasy. Here we investigate patterns of discordance among 282 morphological characters, which we scored for 50 bee species particularly targeting corbiculate bees, a group that includes the well-known eusocial honeybees and bumblebees. As a starting point for selecting the most meaningful partitions in the data, we grouped characters as morphological modules, highly integrated trait complexes that as a result of developmental constraints or coordinated selection we expect to share an evolutionary history and trajectory. In order to assess conflict and coherence across and within these morphological modules, we used recently developed approaches for computing Bayesian phylogenetic information allied with model comparisons using Bayes factors. We found that despite considerable conflict among morphological complexes, accounting for among-character and among-partition rate variation with individual gamma distributions, rate multipliers, and linked branch lengths can lead to coherent phylogenetic inference using morphological data. We suggest that evaluating information content and dissonance among partitions is useful step in estimating phylogenies from morphological data, just as it is with molecular data. Furthermore, we argue that adopting emerging approaches for investigating dissonance in genomic datasets may provide new insights into the integration and evolution of anatomical complexes.</p>

opencc-zeroDec 2019View details →
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Very high rate GPS observables at San Pedro Martir, Mexico (SPIG) continously operating station: dataset for the case study. Part 4.

<p>Archived data is on a Trimble raw T02 format from a Trimble NetR9 receiver. Complete metadata for the station can be obtained at the TLALOCNet archive at <strong>http://tlalocnet.udg.mx</strong>.</p> <p>This dataset is a high rate (50hz) version of &nbsp;the SPIG continous GPS station observables that is otherwise available as a 15 sec recording on the TLALOCNet archive (<strong>http://tlalocnet.udg.mx</strong>).</p> <p>Any use of this dataset or parts of it must give the proper acknowledgement, including the Zenodo assigned DOI (10.5281/zenodo.4002090)&nbsp;as follows:</p> <p>This material is partly based on GPS data provided by the SSN-Trans-boundary, Land and Atmosphere Long-term Observational and Collaborative Network (TLALOCNet; Cabral-Cano et al., 2018 and P&eacute;rez-Campos et al., 2018) jointly operated by Servicio de Geodesia Satelital (SGS) and Servicio Sismol&oacute;gico Nacional (SSN) at the Instituto de Geof&iacute;sica-Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico in collaboration with UNAVCO, Inc. We gratefully acknowledge all the personnel from SGS, SSN and UNAVCO for station installation, maintenance, data acquisition, permanent IT support and data distribution. TLALOCNet and related GPS operations at SGS are supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog&iacute;a (CONACyT) projects 253760 and 2017-01-5955, by the National Science Foundation grant EAR-1338091 and supplemental support from UNAM-Instituto de Geof&iacute;sica.<br> &nbsp;<br> <strong>References</strong>.</p> <p>E. Cabral-Cano, X. P&eacute;rez-Campos, B. M&aacute;rquez-Az&uacute;a, M. A. Sergeevaa, L. Salazar-Tlaczani, C. DeMets, D. Adams, J. Galetzka, K. Feaux, Y. L. Serra, G. S. Mattioli, and M. Miller, 2018. TLALOCNet: A Continuous GPS-Met Backbone in Mexico for Seismotectonic, and Atmospheric Research. Seismological Research Letters, v. 89, n. 2&ordf;, p. 373-381. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170190.</p> <p>X. P&eacute;rez‐Campos, &nbsp;V.H. Esp&iacute;ndola, &nbsp;J. P&eacute;rez, &nbsp;J. A. Estrada C. C&aacute;rdenas Monroy, &nbsp;D. Bello, &nbsp;Adriana Gonz&aacute;lez‐L&oacute;pez, &nbsp;Daniel Gonz&aacute;lez &Aacute;vila, Mois&eacute;s Gerardo Contreras Ruiz Esparza, &nbsp;Rafael Maldonado, &nbsp;Yi Tan, &nbsp;Iv&aacute;n Rodr&iacute;guez Rasilla, Miguel &Aacute;ngel Vela Rosas, &nbsp;Jos&eacute; Luis Cruz, &nbsp;Arturo C&aacute;rdenas, &nbsp;Fernando Navarro Estrada, Alejandro Hurtado, &nbsp;Antonio de Jes&uacute;s Mendoza Carvajal, &nbsp;Edgar Montoya‐Quintanar, Miguel A. P&eacute;rez‐Vel&aacute;zquez, 2018. The Mexican National Seismological Service: An Overview. Seismological Research Letters, v. 89, n. 2&ordf;, p.318-323. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170186.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Aug 2020View details →
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Very high rate GPS observables at Coeneo, Mexico (UCOE) continously operating station: dataset for the case study. Part 3.

<p>Archived data is on a Trimble raw T02 format from a Trimble NetR9 receiver. Complete metadata for the station can be obtained at the TLALOCNet archive at <strong>http://tlalocnet.udg.mx</strong>.</p> <p>This dataset is a high rate (50hz) version of &nbsp;the UCOE continous GPS station observables that is otherwise available as a 15 sec recording on the TLALOCNet archive (<strong>http://tlalocnet.udg.mx</strong>).</p> <p>Any use of this dataset or parts of it must give the proper acknowledgement, including the Zenodo assigned DOI (10.5281/zenodo.4002072)&nbsp;as follows:</p> <p>This material is partly based on GPS data provided by the Trans-boundary, Land and Atmosphere Long-term Observational and Collaborative Network (TLALOCNet; Cabral-Cano et al., 2018) jointly operated by Servicio de Geodesia Satelital (SGS) at the Instituto de Geof&iacute;sica-Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico in collaboration with UNAVCO, Inc. We gratefully acknowledge Armando Carrillo-Vargas and&nbsp;all the personnel from SGS and UNAVCO at for station installation, maintenance, data acquisition, permanent IT support and data distribution. TLALOCNet and related GPS operations at SGS are supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog&iacute;a (CONACyT) projects 253760 and 2017-01-5955, by the National Science Foundation grant EAR-1338091 and supplemental support from UNAM-Instituto de Geof&iacute;sica.<br> &nbsp;<br> <strong>References</strong>.</p> <p>E. Cabral-Cano, X. P&eacute;rez-Campos, B. M&aacute;rquez-Az&uacute;a, M. A. Sergeevaa, L. Salazar-Tlaczani, C. DeMets, D. Adams, J. Galetzka, K. Feaux, Y. L. Serra, G. S. Mattioli, and M. Miller, 2018. TLALOCNet: A Continuous GPS-Met Backbone in Mexico for Seismotectonic, and Atmospheric Research. Seismological Research Letters, v. 89, n. 2&ordf;, p. 373-381. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170190.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Aug 2020View details →
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Case Studies analysis of prospects for different CSP technology concepts - Input data

<p><strong>Description of the dataset</strong></p> <p>This dataset contains the input data (.inc files) for Balmorel, used for the&nbsp;Case Studies analysis of prospects for different CSP technology concepts conducted within Deliverable 8.1 in the MUSTEC project.</p> <p>For description of the modelled scenarios, results and findings, see: Sch&ouml;niger, F., Resch, G. (2019):<em> Case Studies analysis of prospects for different CSP technology concepts. </em>Deliverable 8.1 MUSTEC project, TU Wien, Wien.</p> <p>For information on the project see: https://www.mustec.eu/</p> <p><strong>Data format</strong></p> <p>We provide the data in form of the data folders holding the .inc files for the scenarios described in the report above.</p> <p>The original Balmorel source code is available under https://github.com/balmorelcommunity/Balmorel under the ISC license. It was adapted in order to include a new technology generating electricity from heat (GETOH). The inputs for this development were kindly supported by DTU and Ea Energy Analyses with previously done works.</p>

opencc-by-4.0May 2019View details →
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Data from: Using full-length metabarcoding and DNA barcoding to infer community assembly for speciose taxonomic groups: a case study

<p>How insect communities are assembled in nature remains largely unknown. In particular, whether habitat filtering or competition serves as the main mechanism in forming insect communities is rarely subject to an in-depth investigation. One bottleneck lies in the difficulty of species identification when dealing with a large number of diverse insects. However, High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) technology coupled with classic DNA barcoding offers a great opportunity to infer community assembly for this speciose group. In this study, using 13,909 full-length barcodes obtained by Sanger sequencing or the SOAPBarcode metabarcoding method, we showed that competition was the main assembly mechanism for the moth communities studied in temperate forests of China. The two sequencing methods showed highly consistent results with regards to both diversity composition and community assembly mechanism. Significant phylogenetic signals and structure suggested that the focal moth communities were the result of the non-neutral assembly process, which was further confirmed by results of neutral assembly test that accounted for immigration and speciation rates. In conclusion, HTS coupled with a well-curated DNA barcode library can facilitate community assembly inferences, especially for speciose taxonomic groups.</p>

opencc-zeroApr 2020View details →
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Effects of taphonomic deformation on geometric morphometric analysis of fossils: a case study using the dicynodont Diictodon feliceps (Therapsida, Anomodontia)

<p>Taphonomic deformation, the distortion of fossils as a result of geological processes, poses problems for the use of geometric morphometrics in addressing paleobiological questions. Signal from biological variation, such as ontogenetic trends and sexual dimorphism, may be lost if variation from deformation is too high. Here, we investigate the effects of taphonomic deformation on geometric morphometric analyses of the abundant, well known Permian therapsid <i>Diictodon feliceps</i>. Distorted <i>Diictodon </i>crania can be categorized into seven typical styles of deformation: lateral compression, dorsoventral compression, anteroposterior compression, 'saddle-shape' deformation (localized collapse at cranial mid-length), anterodorsal shear, anteroventral shear, and right/left shear. In simulated morphometric datasets incorporating known 'biological' signals and subjected to uniform shear, deformation was typically the main source of variance but accurate 'biological' information could be recovered in most cases. However, in empirical datasets, not only was deformation the dominant source of variance, but little structure associated with allometry and sexual dimorphism was apparent, suggesting that the more varied deformation styles suffered by actual fossils overprint biological variation. In a principal component analysis of all anomodont therapsids, deformed <i>Diictodon </i>specimens exhibit significant dispersion around the 'true' position of this taxon in morphospace based on undistorted specimens. The overall variance associated with deformation for Anomodontia as a whole is minor, and the major axes of variation in the study sample show a strong phylogenetic signal instead. Although extremely problematic for studying variation in fossil taxa at lower taxonomic levels, the cumulative effects of deformation in this study are shown to be random, and inclusion of deformed specimens in higher-level analyses of morphological disparity are warranted. Mean morphologies of distorted specimens are found to approximate the morphology of undistorted specimens, so we recommend use of species-level means in higher-level analyses when possible.</p>

opencc-zeroSep 2020View details →
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Data from: Avian ecological succession in the Amazon: a long-term case study following experimental deforestation

<p>Approximately 20% of the Brazilian Amazon has now been deforested, and the Amazon is currently experiencing the highest rates of deforestation in a decade, leading to large-scale land-use changes. Roads have consistently been implicated as drivers of ongoing Amazon deforestation and may act as corridors to facilitate species invasions. <span>Long-term data, however, are necessary to determine how ecological succession alters avian communities following deforestation and whether established roads lead to a constant influx of new species. </span> </p> <p>We used data across nearly 40 years from a large-scale deforestation experiment in the central Amazon to examine the avian colonization process in a spatial and temporal framework, considering the role that roads may play in facilitating colonization.</p> <p>Since 1979, 139 species that are not part of the original forest avifauna have been recorded, including more secondary forest species than expected based on the regional species pool. Among the 35 species considered to have colonized and become established, a disproportionate number were secondary forest birds (63%), almost all of which first appeared during the 1980s. These new residents comprise about 13% of the current community of permanent residents.</p> <p><span>Widespread generalists associated with secondary forest colonized quickly following deforestation, with few new species added after the first decade, despite a stable road connection. Few species associated with riverine forest or specialized habitats colonized, despite road connection to their preferred source habitat. </span>Colonizing species remained restricted to anthropogenic habitats and did not infiltrate old-growth forests nor displace forest birds.</p> <p>Deforestation and expansion of road networks into <i>terra firme </i>rainforest will continue to create degraded anthropogenic habitat. Even so, the initial pulse of colonization by non-primary forest bird species was not the beginning of a protracted series of invasions in this study, and the process appears to be reversible by forest succession. </p>

opencc-zeroOct 2020View details →
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VTR case studies datasets: myoglobin against hemoglobin, RBDs of SARS-CoV-1 vs. SARS-CoV-2, and glucose-tolerant vs. non-tolerant β-glucosidases

<p>Description of the four files:</p> <ol> <li><strong>contacts.xlsx</strong> <ul> <li>List of detected contacts for the three case studies</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>pymol_files_case_study_1.zip</strong> <ul> <li>Contains files in PDB format of the analyzed structures, and files in PML format used to display visualizations in the PyMOL tool for the case study 1: comparison between contacts of myoglobin against hemoglobin</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>pymol_files_case_study_2.zip</strong> <ul> <li>Contains files in PDB format of the analyzed structures, and files in PML format used to display visualizations in the PyMOL tool for the case study 2: comparison between contacts of RBDs of SARS-CoV-1 vs. SARS-CoV-2 both complexed with&nbsp;the cell receptor ACE2</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>pymol_files_case_study_3.zip</strong> <ul> <li>Contains files in PDB format of the analyzed structures, and files in PML format used to display visualizations in the PyMOL tool for the case study 3:&nbsp;comparison between contacts of glucose-tolerant vs. non-tolerant &beta;-glucosidases&nbsp;</li> </ul> </li> </ol>

opencc-by-4.0Sep 2020View details →
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Opportunities and challenges in achieving co-management in marine protected areas in East Africa: a comparative case study

<p>As marine ecosystems decline globally, scientists recommend increasing the coverage of marine protected areas (MPAs), but many are not effectively managed to deliver benefits. Community integration into MPA decision-making can increase management effectiveness by supporting behaviour change, but this poses implementation challenges. We examine differences in adaptive capacity, community engagement, and perceived MPA benefits using interviews and focal group meetings with two fishing communities from MPAs with different management strategies and geographic settings: a centrally managed MPA in Kenya and a co-managed MPA in Tanzania. We hypothesized that perceptions of MPA benefits and MPA support would be higher among fishers and fish vendors in the more collaboratively designed system in Tanzania, and supported by greater adaptive capacity. Indeed, far fewer Kenyan participants (37%) felt they benefited from the MPA compared to Tanzanian participants (95%). However, agency and trust were largely similar and challenges existed in both systems that reduced collaborative action including low interaction/communication between staff and community, internal leadership challenges, and social conflict. We identified pathways towards improved co-management that transcend systems: institutional prioritization of community integration, investment in community leadership, mapping social networks during MPA establishment, and adequate staffing and operational budgets.</p>

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VIBeS Case Studies: Featured Transition Systems and Feature Models

<p>Featured Transition Systems and Feature Models&nbsp;used in the different evaluations presented in: <a href="https://researchportal.unamur.be/en/studentTheses/behavioural-model-based-testing-of-software-product-lines">Behavioural model-based testing of software product lines Devroey, X. (Author). 30 Aug 2017</a></p>

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Allen Brain Atlas

Allen Brain Atlas is an Allen Institute collection of brain map atlases, datasets, APIs, and analysis tools covering mouse, human, and non-human primate brain resources.

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neuroscienceopenDocumentation, web resources, and API references are available online.
Last verified 2026-04-30Open record

Annotated Behaviour and Observability Dataset (ABODe)

ABODe is a University of Edinburgh DataShare dataset for behavior classification in group-housed mice using home-cage video, identities, bounding boxes, ground-plate positions, and annotator labels.

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behavioral-neuroscienceopenThe DataShare record exposes download links for annotations, documentation, license text, and the zipped per-snippet data directory.
Last verified 2026-04-30Open record

DANDI Archive for NWB datasets

DANDI is a BRAIN Initiative archive for publishing and sharing neurophysiology data, including electrophysiology, optophysiology, and behavioral data packaged as NWB and related standards.

dandi-nwb
electrophysiologyopenPublished Dandiset metadata and archive endpoints are available through the production DANDI API.
Last verified 2026-04-30Open record

International Brain Laboratory public data

The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.

ibl
behavioral-neuroscienceopenPublic sessions can be searched and loaded from the IBL public data server through ONE.
Last verified 2026-04-29Open record

OpenNeuro

OpenNeuro is a free, open platform for sharing neuroimaging datasets, with public search, dataset pages, and download paths for web, S3, DataLad, and the OpenNeuro CLI.

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neuroscienceopenPublished datasets are available on demand over the internet.
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