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Fig. 10 in Long-Term Development Of Fish Assemblage In Lake Fenéki (Kis-Balaton Water Protection System, Hungary): Succession, Invasion And Stabilization

Fig. 10. Trends in the relative abundance of trophic guilds in Lake Fenéki (Piscivores: y = 0.06 + 0.003x; R2 = 0.757; P> 0.00001)

Fig. 9 in Long-Term Development Of Fish Assemblage In Lake Fenéki (Kis-Balaton Water Protection System, Hungary): Succession, Invasion And Stabilization

Fig. 9. Proportion of each species in the cumulative abundance of non-native fish species in Lake Fenéki

Fig. 7 in Long-Term Development Of Fish Assemblage In Lake Fenéki (Kis-Balaton Water Protection System, Hungary): Succession, Invasion And Stabilization

Fig. 7. PCA biplot of the arcsin-square root transformed relative abundance data of the whole sampling period (1992–2011) (Variables: Sampling years; Objects: Relative abundances) (abbreviations were constructed from the Latin names of the species, using the first 3 characters of genus and species

Fig. 5 in Long-Term Development Of Fish Assemblage In Lake Fenéki (Kis-Balaton Water Protection System, Hungary): Succession, Invasion And Stabilization

Fig. 5. Estimated number of species (SD's ignored in order to improve visibility) as a function of number of individuals collected in each sampling year

Fig. 8 in Long-Term Development Of Fish Assemblage In Lake Fenéki (Kis-Balaton Water Protection System, Hungary): Succession, Invasion And Stabilization

Fig. 8. PCA biplot of the arcsin-square root transformed relative abundance data of the period 1994–2011 (Variables: Sampling years; Objects: Relative abundances)

Fig. 4 in Long-Term Development Of Fish Assemblage In Lake Fenéki (Kis-Balaton Water Protection System, Hungary): Succession, Invasion And Stabilization

Fig. 4. Relationships between the age of Lake Fenéki and the Shannon–Weaver index (y = 0.414ln(x) + 0.852; R2 = 0.772; P <0.0001)

Fig. 3 in Long-Term Development Of Fish Assemblage In Lake Fenéki (Kis-Balaton Water Protection System, Hungary): Succession, Invasion And Stabilization

Fig. 3. Relationships between the age of Lake Fenéki and the number of fish species (y = 4.141ln(x) + 3.807; R2 = 0.759; P <0.0001)

Fig. 1 in Long-Term Development Of Fish Assemblage In Lake Fenéki (Kis-Balaton Water Protection System, Hungary): Succession, Invasion And Stabilization

Fig. 1. Overlooking map of the Balaton-catchment, with the sampling site (Dark rectangle marked by the arrow indicates the flooded area of Lake Fenéki)

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Fig. 3 in Spatio-Temporal Structure And Reproductive Success In A Rook (Corvus Frugilegus) Colony

Fig. 3. Relationship between local nest density (number of neighbouring nests within 6 metres) at the date of hatching and hatchling's survival rate (medians). Spearman rank correlation: r s = 0.382, n = 80, P <0.001

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Fig. 2 in Spatio-Temporal Structure And Reproductive Success In A Rook (Corvus Frugilegus) Colony

Fig. 2. Relationship between the date of nesting and the elapsed time from nesting to egg laying. Spearman rank correlation: r s = –0.695, n = 102, P <0.01

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Fig. 1 in Spatio-Temporal Structure And Reproductive Success In A Rook (Corvus Frugilegus) Colony

Fig. 1. Temporal distribution of nest building and egg laying. Bars represent the number of nests that were started to build (white) and number of nests in which the first egg was laid (grey) grouped into five-day periods. n = 20, mean±SD: 40.00±5.94 and 76.33±8.80 days, respectively

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SBF-SEM datasets related to the manuscript "Trans-cellular tunnels induced by the fungal pathogen Candida albicans facilitate invasion through successive epithelial cells without host damage" by Lachat et al, 2022.

11 serial block face- scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM) datasets described in the manuscript "Trans-cellular tunnels induced by the fungal pathogen Candida albicans facilitate invasion through successive epithelial cells without host damage" by Lachat et al, 2022. Resolution: 10 nm x,y, 100 nm Z. Datasets description and quantification can be found in the Supplementary information.

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Captive Rearing Success and Critical Thermal Maxima of Bombus griseocollis (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A Candidate for Commercialization?

Commercialized bumble bees (Bombus) are primary pollinators of several crops within open field and greenhouse settings. However, B. impatiens is the only species widely available for purchase in North America. As an eastern species, concerns have been expressed over their transportation outside of their native range. Therefore, there is a need to identify regionally appropriate candidates for commercial crop pollination services, especially in the western U.S.A. In this study, we evaluated the commercialization potential of B. griseocollis, a broadly distributed species throughout the U.S.A., by assessing nest initiation and establishment rates of colonies produced from wild-caught gynes, creating a timeline of colony development, and identifying lab-reared workers’ critical thermal maxima (CTMax) and lethal temperature (ecological death). From 2019 to 2021, 70.6% of the wild-caught B. griseocollis gynes produced brood in a laboratory setting. Of these successfully initiated nests, 74.8% successfully established a nest (produced a worker), providing guidance for future rearing efforts. Additionally, lab-reared workers produced from wildcaught B. griseocollis gynes had an average CTMax of 43.5°C and an average lethal temperature of 46.4°C, suggesting B. griseocollis can withstand temperatures well above those commonly found in open field and greenhouse settings. Overall, B. griseocollis should continue to be evaluated for commercial purposes throughout the U.S.A.

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Data from: Can Sphagnum removal reverse undesired succession of rich fens under different alkalinity and fertility levels?

Dataset, PCA results and species responses to both experiments as an addition to paper with the title  "Can Sphagnum removal reverse undesired succession of rich fens under different alkalinity and fertility levels?"

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Data supporting: Success of post-fire plant recovery strategies varies with shifting fire seasonality

Wildfires are increasing in size and severity and fire seasons are lengthening, largely driven by climate and land use change. Many plant species from fire prone ecosystems are adapted to specific fire regimes corresponding to historical conditions and shifts beyond these bounds may have severe impacts on vegetation recovery and long-term species persistence. Here, we conduct a meta-analysis of field-based studies across different vegetation types and climate regions to investigate how post-fire plant recruitment, reproduction and survival are affected by fires that occur outside of the historical fire season. We find that fires outside of the historical fire season may lead to decreased post-fire recruitment for many species, particularly obligate seeding species. Conversely, we find a general increase of post-fire survival in resprouting species. Our results highlight the trade-offs that exist when considering the effects of changes in the seasonal timing of fire, an already present aspect of climate-related global fire regime change.

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Predicting harvest impact and establishment success when translocating highly mobile and endangered species

Harvesting individuals for translocations can negatively impact source populations, a critical challenge for species reduced to small populations. Consequently, translocation cohorts often remain small, reducing the establishment probability at the destination. Balancing the potential benefits and risks of such translocations is further complicated by philopatry and natural metapopulation dynamics if the target species is highly mobile. These challenges highlight the importance of translocation feasibility assessments, but such assessments often remain qualitative to date. The critically endangered Kuaka (Whenua Hou Diving Petrel; Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) is a philopatric, highly mobile seabird that could benefit from conservation translocations, but only one small population remains. Through expert elicitations with a user-friendly Shiny app, we developed a novel metapopulation extension to an integrated population model fitted to long-term data, allowing us to simultaneously project harvest impact on the source and establishment of destination populations under alternative translocation scenarios, while accounting for philopatry and metapopulation dynamics. Establishment of a destination population without excessive impact on the source was possible, but subject to uncertainty about philopatry and metapopulation dynamics. Accounting for juveniles returning to the source post-translocations reduced impact on the source, but also decreased establishment at the destination. Natural movements of adults and juveniles between source and destination populations were predicted to modulate effects of different harvest intensities. Synthesis and application: Using state-of-the art integrated population models and expert elicitations, we illustrate how translocation feasibility can be evaluated transparently and quantitatively, even when targeting endangered, philopatric, and highly mobile species. Our approach is a considerable improvement on current qualitative feasibility assessments. However, we also illustrate that, ultimately, the favoured translocation strategy depends on balancing biological and other fundamental objectives inherent to translocations. Therefore, the ideal strategy cannot be determined solely mathematically, and feasibility assessments should incorporate explicit value statements. Our methodology is applicable to any future translocation scenario.

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Input data and Supplementary Results for "Turnover in life-strategies recapitulates marine microbial succession colonizing model particles"

README This page contains processed input data used for downstream analysis and some Supplementary Results for the paper: Pascual-García, A., Schwartzman, J., Enke, T.N., Iffland-Stettner, A., Cordero, O.X., Bonhoeffer, S., Turnover in life-strategies recapitulates marine microbial succession colonizing model particles (2022).   Input data   <ul> <li> File “count_table.ESV.biom”: Table containing the abundance of each Exact Sequence Variant (ESV) in the different samples (biom format). </li> <li> File “count-table_metagenomes_KEGGs.L3.spf”. Table containing the abundances of genes found in the shotgun metagenomics experiments annotated in KEGG and then aggregated into classes according to the finest classification in KEGG's hierarchy (level 3). This is a tsv-formatted file that can be directly used in STAMP to perform statistical analysis (spf format). </li> <li> File “count-table_PICRUST2_KEGGs.L3.spf”. Table containing the abundances of genes predicted with PICRUSt v2. These genes were annotated in KEGG and aggregated into classes according to the finest hierarchy in KEGG (level 3). This is a tsv-formatted file that can be directly used in STAMP to perform statistical analysis (spf format). </li> <li> File “count-table_Isolates_KEGGs.L3.spf”. Table containing the abundances of genes found in the isolates genomes that were annotated in KEGG and aggregated into classes according to the finest classification in KEGG's hierarchy (level 3). This is a tsv-formatted file that can be directly used in STAMP to perform statistical analysis (spf format). </li> <li> File “samples_metadata.tsv”. Metadata table describing the samples. </li> <li> File “isolates_metadata.tsv”. Metadata table describing the isolates, it includes shallow phylogenetic levels and a categorical identifier describing the environmental preference estimated for the ESV having a 100% sequence identity with a ZINB-GLM. </li> <li> File “sequences.ESV.fasta”. File containing the Exact Sequence Variants fasta. </li> </ul> Supplementary Materials   <ul> <li> File “qiime2_visualizations.zip”. A file containing visualizations compatible with the qiime2 viewer (simply drag and drop the file in <a href="https://view.qiime2.org/">https://view.qiime2.org/</a>) for each sample or combination of samples, labelled as `$substrate.$medium.$replicate`, where `$medium = {Beads, Seawater}`  and `$replicate = {A,B,C}`. If the label is not present for one field, it means that all samples are aggregated for that field e.g.: <ul> <li> “count_table.ESV.Chitosan.Beads.A.bar-plots.qzv” Contains the replicate experiment A for communities on the synthetic beads in chitosan. </li> <li> “count_table.ESV.Chitosan.bar-plots.qzv” Contains all samples in chitosan (both seawater communities and the three replicates of communities on the beads). </li> </ul> </li> <li> File “README.odt”. This readme in libreoffice format. </li> <li> File “Genome_deposition_information.xlsx”. NCBI identifiers for the isolates’ genomes. </li> <li> File "barcodes_to_samples_MGRAST.xlsx". Contains the barcodes of each sample and its metadata as it was deposited in MG-RAST. In a second tab, there is a subset of samples with a low number of reads that MG-RAST analyzed together, generating a single entry (termed "mixed"). </li> <li> Access to raw an processed metagenomes and analysis are provided through MG-RAST following [this link](<a href="https://www.mg-rast.org/mgmain.html?mgpage=project&project=mgp85635">https://www.mg-rast.org/mgmain.html?mgpage=project&project=mgp85635</a>). <ul> <li> As of May 30th, 2022, there are two issues with the dataset in MG-RAST which are out of our scope to solve. We will report any update here. The first problem is related to the entry TCCTGAGC-GTAAGGAG-s_2_, which does not load in MG-RAST. These are very low samples and were discarded in most analyses. In addition, you will find in the metadata 17 metagenomes that do not belong to our project. </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

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The Impact of Working From Home on the Success of Scrum Projects: A Multi-Method Study

The number of companies opting for remote working has been increasing over the years, and Agile methodologies, such as Scrum, were adapted to mitigate the challenges caused by the distributed teams. However, the COVID-19 pandemic imposed a fully working from home context, which has never existed before. To investigate this phenomenon, we used a two-phased Multi-Method study. In the first phase, we uncover how working from home impacted Scrum practitioners through semi-structured interviews. Then, in the second phase, we propose a theoretical model that we test and generalize using Partial Least Squares - Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) through a quantitative survey of 138 software engineers who worked from home within Scrum projects. From assessing our model, we can conclude that all the latent variables are reliable and all the hypotheses are significant. We emphasize the importance of supporting the three innate psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness in the home working environment. We conclude that the ability of working from home and the use of Scrum both contribute to project success, with Scrum acting as a mediator.

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Riparian buffers provide refugia during secondary forest succession

Aim Secondary forests regenerating from human disturbance are increasingly becoming a predominant forest type in many regions, and they play a significant role in forest community dynamics. Understanding the factors that underlie the variation in species responses during secondary succession is important for understanding community assembly and biodiversity monitoring and management. Because species vary in ecology and behavior, responses to ecosystem change should vary among species. Here, we show that habitat type (riparian, upland), phylogeny, and species traits mediate anuran and lizard probability of occurrence and species richness in pasture and secondary forest. Location Sarapiquí and Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Methods We used phylogenetic occupancy models to estimate assemblage-level and species-specific responses to forest succession in 30 chronosequence sites that include pasture, secondary forest regenerating from pasture, and mature forest sites. Results For the majority of species, we found increasing probability of occurrence in upland habitats as forest regenerated from pasture to secondary forest and similar probability of occurrence in riparian habitats across pasture, secondary forest, and mature forest sites. Species' responses to forest stage were phylogenetically correlated, and the trend was especially strong for anuran response to pasture sites. Anurans with lotic larval habitat had a positive occupancy response to pasture upland habitat and anurans with lentic larval habitat had a variable response to different forest stages compared to mature forest.