Research Datasets: Recent submissions

  • Data: The Impact of a Severe El Niño Event on Vascular Epiphytes in Lowland Panama 
    Zotz, Gerhard; Einzmann, Helena J. R.; Weichgrebe, Tizian (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 2022)
    Readme.txt explains column headers of the two data sets <br/> Nino_2015-16.txt data of the censuses before and after the 2015-16 El Niño event <br/> reference_ period_2002-15.txt data of the reference period censuses
  • Data from Arlauskas et al. in Biological Bulletin 
    Collin, Rachel (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 2022)
    This includes, temperature data from the intertidal (logged with ibuttons) and from the nearby subtidal (logged with Hobos) in the bay of Panama, and lifehistory data from Crepidula cf. marginalis generated by an experiment ...
  • DIDSON fish data and code for analysis 
    Ogburn, Matthew B.; Lefcheck, Jonathan S.; Olson, Jack (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 2022)
    DIDSON imaging sonar was used along 50-m transects to document the mobile fish community in the Rhode River, MD, USA, Indian River Lagoon, FL, USA, San Fransisco Bay, CA, USA, and Bocas del Toro, Panama. Sampling took place ...
  • Data from: Exploring conflicts in whole genome phylogenetics: A case study within Manakins (Aves: Pipridae) 
    Zhao, Min; Kurtis, Sarah; White, Noor D.; Moncrieff, Andre; Leite, Rafael; Brumfield, Robb; Braun, Edward; Kimball, Rebecca (Dryad, 2021)
    Some phylogenetic problems remain unresolved even when large amounts of sequence data are analyzed and methods that accommodate processes such as incomplete lineage sorting are employed. In addition to investigating ...
  • Phylogenomics suggests that larvae are ancestral in polyclads, but not homologous to the trochophore 
    Goodheart, Jessica; Collins, Allen; Cummings, Michael P.; Egger, Bernhard; Rawlinson, Kate (Dryad, 2022)
    Platyhelminthes (flatworms) are a diverse invertebrate phylum that are useful for exploring life history evolution. Within Platyhelminthes, only two clades develop through a larval stage: free-living polyclads and parasitic ...
  • Scale-dependent environmental effects on phenotypic distributions in Heliconius butterflies 
    Martins, Ananda R. Pereira; Martins, Lucas P.; Ho, Wing-Zheng; McMillan, W. Owen; Ready, Jonathan S.; Barrett, Rowan (Dryad, 2022)
    Examining how environmental factors influence phenotypic distribution might provide valuable information about local adaptation, divergence, and speciation. The red-yellow Müllerian mimicry ring of Heliconius butterflies ...
  • Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: a cross-taxa test of the Forage Maturation Hypothesis 
    Esmaeili, Saeideh; Jesmer, Brett R.; Albeke, Shannon E.; Aikens, Ellen O.; Schoenecker, Kathryn A.; King, Sarah R. B.; Abrahms, Briana; Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar; Beck, Jeffrey L.; Boone, Randall B.; Cagnacci, Francesca; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Chimeddorj, Buyanaa; Cross, Paul C.; Dejid, Nandintsetseg; Enkhbayar, Jagdag; Fischhoff, Ilya R.; Ford, Adam T.; Jenks, Kate; Hemami, Mahmoud-Reza; Hennig, Jacob D.; Ito, Takehiko Y.; Kaczensky, Petra; Kauffman, Matthew J.; Linnell, John D. C.; Lkhagvasuren, Badamjav; McEvoy, John F.; Melzheimer, Jörg; Merkle, Jerod A.; Müller, Thomas; Muntifering, Jeff; Mysterud, Atle; Olson, Kirk A.; Panzacchi, Manuela; Payne, John C.; Pedrotti, Luca; Rauset, Geir R.; Rubenstein, Daniel I.; Sawyer, Hall; Scasta, John D.; Signer, Johannes; Songer, Melissa; Stabach, Jared A.; Stapleton, Seth; Strand, Olav; Sundaresan, Siva R.; Usukhjargal, Dorj; Uuganbayar, Ganbold; Fryxell, John M.; Goheen, Jacob R. (Dryad, 2021)
    The Forage Maturation Hypothesis (FMH) states that energy intake for ungulates is maximized when forage biomass is at intermediate levels. Nevertheless, metabolic allometry and different digestive systems suggest that ...
  • Evolutionary history constrains heat tolerance of native and exotic tropical Zingiberales 
    Hernández, Georgia G.; Perez, Timothy M.; Vargas, Oscar M.; Kress, W. John; Molina-Bravo, Ramón; Cordero, Roberto A.; García-Robledo, Carlos (Dryad, 2022)
    Tropical wet forest plants experience relatively stable temperatures throughout the year. However, tropical forests represent a mosaic of habitats characterized by different temperatures. Heat tolerances are expected to ...
  • Behavioral patterns of bats at a wind turbine events 
    Goldenberg, Shifra Z.; Cryan, Paul M.; Gorresen, P. Marcos; Fingersh, Lee Jay (Dryad, 2021)
    Bat fatalities at wind energy facilities in North America are predominantly comprised of migratory, tree-dependent species, but it is unclear why these bats are at higher risk. Factors influencing bat susceptibility to ...
  • Speciation in the abyss - genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale 
    Carroll, Emma L.; McGowen, Michael R.; McCarthy, Morgan L.; Marx, Felix G.; Aguilar De Soto, Natacha; Dalebout, Merel L.; Dreyer, Sascha; Gaggiotti, Oscar E.; Hansen, Sabine S.; Van Helden, Anton; Onoufriou, Aubrie B.; Baird, Robin W.; Baker, C. Scott; Berrow, Simon; Cholewiak, Danielle; Claridge, Diane; Constantine, Rochelle; Davison, Nicholas J.; Eira, Catarina; Fordyce, R. Ewan; Gatesy, John; Hofmeyr, G. J. Greg; Martin, Vidal; Mead, James G.; Mignucci-Giannoni, Antonio A.; Morin, Phillip A.; Reyes, Cristel; Rogan, Emer; Rosso, Massimiliano; Silva, Mónica A.; Springer, Mark S.; Steel, Debbie; Olsen, Morten T. (Dryad, 2021)
    Earth's deep oceans remains less well understood than the surface of Mars. Beaked whales (ziphiids) are among the most visible inhabitants of the abyss, due to their large size and worldwide distribution, yet their diversity ...
  • A phylogenomic backbone for gastropod molluscs 
    Uribe, Juan E.; González, Vanessa L.; Irisarri, Iker; Kano, Yasunori; Herbert, David G.; Strong, Ellen E.; Harasewych, M. G. (Dryad, 2022)
    Gastropods have survived several mass extinctions during their evolutionary history resulting in extraordinary diversity in morphology, ecology, and developmental modes, which complicate the reconstruction of a robust ...
  • Lack of avian predators is associated with behavioural plasticity in nest construction and height in an island songbird 
    Cheek, Rebecca G.; Hays, Sarah C.; Mouton, James C.; Sillett, T. Scott; Ghalambor, Cameron K. (Dryad, 2021)
    Orange-crowned warblers, Leiothlypis celata sordida, breeding on the California Channel Islands exhibit remarkable variation in their nest structure and placement, providing an intriguing exception to the general pattern ...
  • Wild herbivores enhance resistance to invasion by exotic cacti in an African savanna 
    Wells, Harry B. M.; Crego, Ramiro D.; Alston, Jesse; Ndung'u, S. Kimani; Khasoha, Leo; Reed, Courtney; Hassan, Abdikadir; Kurukura, Samson; Ekadeli, Jackson; Namoni, Mathew; Stewart, Peter; Kimuyu, Duncan; Wolf, Amelia; Young, Truman P.; Kartzinel, Tyler; Palmer, Todd; Goheen, Jacob; Pringle, Robert (Dryad, 2022)
    1. Whether wild herbivores confer biotic resistance to invasion by exotic plants remains a key question in ecology. There is evidence that wild herbivores can impede invasion by exotic plants, but it is unclear whether and ...
  • Data from: Climate affects the outbreaks of a forest defoliator indirectly through its tree hosts 
    Haynes, Kyle J.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Lefcheck, Jonathan S.; Morin, Randall S.; Wang, Guiming (Dryad, 2022)
    Spatial variation in climate is known to affect the survival and reproduction of herbivorous forest insects and tree-species compositions, but the importance of indirect effects of climate on outbreaks of forest insects ...
  • Out of the temperate zone: a phylogenomic test of the biogeographical conservatism hypothesis in a contrarian clade of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Stenammini) 
    Branstetter, Michael G.; Longino, John T.; Reyes-López, Joaquín; Brady, Seán G.; Schultz, Ted R. (Dryad, 2022)
    Aim: The standard latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), in which species richness decreases from equator to pole, is a pervasive pattern observed in most organisms. Some lineages, however, exhibit inverse LDGs. Seemingly ...
  • Base-substitution mutation rate across the nuclear genome of Alpheus snapping shrimp and the timing of isolation by the Isthmus of Panama 
    Silliman, Katherine; Indorf, Jane L.; Knowlton, Nancy; Browne, William E.; Hurt, Carla (Dryad, 2021)
    The formation of the Isthmus of Panama and final closure of the Central American Seaway (CAS) provides an independent calibration point for examining the rate of DNA substitutions. This vicariant event has been widely used ...
  • Nuclear and plastid phylogenomic analyses provide insights into the reticulate evolution, species delimitation and biogeography of the Sino-Japanese disjunctive Diabelia (Caprifoliaceae) 
    Ke, Xiu-Rong; Morales-Briones, Diego F.; Wang, Hong-Xin; Sun, Qing-Hui; Landis, Jacob B.; Wen, Jun; Wang, Hua-Feng (Dryad, 2021)
    Understanding biological diversity and the mechanisms of the Sino-Japanese disjunctions are major challenges in eastern Asia biogeography. The Sino-Japanese flora has been broadly studied as an ideal model for plant ...
  • Soil chemistry and dry season intensity, Panama Canal Area 
    Turner, Benjamin L.; Condit, Richard S. (Dryad, 2022)
    Woody plant species were surveyed at 72 locations near the Panama Canal, spanning geological formations and a rainfall gradient. Soil chemistry, and dry season intensity at all the sites. Response of tree species to ...
  • Data from: Insectivorous birds reduce herbivory but do not increase mangrove growth across productivity zones 
    Forde, Alexander J.; Feller, Ilka C.; Parker, John D.; Gruner, Daniel S. (Dryad, 2021)
    Top-down effects of predators and bottom-up effects of resources are important drivers of community structure and function in a wide array of ecosystems. Fertilization experiments impose variation in resource availability ...
  • Can you hear/see me? Multisensory integration of signals does not always facilitate mate choice 
    Coss, Derek A.; Ryan, Michael J.; Page, Rachel A.; Hunter, Kimberly L.; Taylor, Ryan C. (Dryad, 2022)
    Females of many species choose mates using multiple sensory modalities. Multimodal noise may arise, however, in dense aggregations of animals communicating via multiple sensory modalities. Some evidence suggests multimodal ...

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