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Data from: Release from natural enemies mitigates inbreeding depression in native and invasive Silene latifolia populations
No full textInbreeding and enemy infestation are common in plants and can synergistically reduce their performance. This inbreeding × environment (I×E) interaction may be of particular importance for the success of plant invasions if introduced populations experience a release from attack by natural enemies relative to their native conspecifics. Here, we investigate whether inbreeding affects plant infestation damage, whether inbreeding depression in growth and reproduction is mitigated by enemy release and whether this effect is more pronounced in invasive than native plant populations. We used the invader Silene latifolia and its natural enemies as a study system. We performed two generations of experimental out- and inbreeding within eight native (European) and eight invasive (North American) populations under controlled conditions using field-collected seeds. Subsequently, we exposed the offspring to an enemy exclusion and inclusion treatment in a common garden in the species' native range to assess the interactive effects of population origin (range), breeding treatment and enemy treatment on infestation damage, growth and reproduction. Inbreeding increased flower and leaf infestation damage in plants from both ranges, but had opposing effects on fruit damage in native versus invasive plants. Inbreeding significantly reduced plant fitness, whereby inbreeding depression in fruit number was higher in enemy inclusions than exclusions. This effect was equally pronounced in populations from both distribution ranges. Moreover, the magnitude of inbreeding depression in fruit number was lower in invasive than native populations. These results support that inbreeding has the potential to reduce plant defenses in S. latifolia, which magnifies inbreeding depression in the presence of enemies. However, future studies are necessary to further explore whether enemy release in the invaded habitat has actually decreased inbreeding depression and thus facilitated the persistence of inbred founder populations and invasion success. In addition, our findings emphasize the importance of purging for for successful range expansion
R script
No full textFully annotated R code corresponding to 1) the IPM; 2) the 3 density-dependence models shown in the paper
Data from: Fibulin-3 has anti-tumorigenic activities in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
No full textCutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common skin cancers. Several previous studies have shown that Fibulin-3 participates in the occurrence and development of various tumors; however, its role in cSCC remains unknown. In the present study, we observed that the expression of Fibulin-3 was down-regulated in cSCC tissues compared with normal skin tissues, which was due to Fibulin-3 promoter methylation. In vitro, knockdown of Fibulin-3 in cSCC cell lines A431 and SCL-1 cells promoted cell proliferation, protected cells against apoptosis and enhanced the migration and invasion abilities. Conversely, overexpression of Fibulin-3 inhibited cell proliferation by promoting growth arrest during the G1/S phase transition, induced apoptosis, and reduced the migration and invasion abilities. These anticarcinogenic effects of Fibulin-3 were associated with inhibition of the AKT signaling pathway. Through a mouse xenograft model, we found that Fibulin-3 overexpression inhibited the cSCC tumor growth in vivo. Our results suggest that Fibulin-3 has anti-tumorigenic activities in cSCC. Down-regulation of Fibulin-3 is involved in cSCC development and that it may serve as a novel therapeutic target of this disease
Figure_e-2_Ratio_stratification_plots_migraine_smoking
No full textFigure e-2: ApoA1 and S-HDL-FC ratio stratification plots for migraine and smoking in NESDA and LUMINA
parcellation
No full textThe file "parcellation.zip" contains the data of cortical parcellation for each subject. The files in each subject folder can be viewed by using wb_view in Connectome Workbench (https://www.humanconnectome.org/software/connectome-workbench). The parcels and borders are displayed in each subject's original space. In the file "parcel_center_coords.txt" within each subject folder, normalized MNI coordinates of each parcel center are listed. In the file "individual_parcel_numbers.xlsx", the parcel numbers of IFC, preSMA, IPS and TPJ for each subject are listed
Data on AIS detections within 1km of CPODs
No full textData on the Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel detections within 1km of each CPOD. Raw AIS data for 2017 for the Moray Firth were supplied to BOWL by Astra Paging Ltd., Sliven, Bulgaria. This AIS data consisted of the location (latitude and longitude) of each AIS vessel at 5 minutes intervals. These data were processed in R to select only those AIS vessel locations within 1 km of each CPOD when the CPOD was operational (i.e. deployed and recording data).
Filename = “Graham_BOWL_cMMMP_5min_boat_withineach_1kmCPODbuffer _data_2019-01-18.csv”
Five columns = MMMSI.x, DATE.TIME.x, Deployment.number, BOAT.LATITUDE, BOAT.LONGITUDE.
MMMSI.x is the unique 9 digit vessel identifier.
DATE.TIME.x is the time of the vessel detection.
Deployment.number is the CPOD deployment to which that vessel detection refers.
BOAT.LATITUDE is the latitude in decimal degrees for that vessel detection.
BOAT.LONGITUDE is the longitude in decimal degrees for that vessel detection
R code to analyse porpoise responses to construction activity
No full textR code to analyse porpoise responses to pile-driving, acoustic deterrent device (ADD) use and vessel activity.
Filename = "Graham_BOWL_cMMMP_R_code_to_analyse_porpoise_responses_2019-01-18.R
Gender outcomes_anonymized
No full textGender, review scores and editorial decisions for the first submissions of all standard papers (re-submissions and non-standard papers are deleted) submitted to Evolution, Functional Ecology (FE), Journal of Applied Ecology (JAPPL), Journal of Animal Ecology (JANIM), Journal of Ecology (JECOL) and Methods in Ecology and Evolution (MEE) over the period of our study. These data allow recreation of nearly all analyses in the published manuscript. Data on geographic location of authors is not included to ensure the dataset cannot be de-anonymized
Reed_et_al_2019.zip
No full textThis .zip package contains data files for the article: Reed et al. 2019. Prairie plant phenology driven more by temperature than moisture in climate manipulations across a latitudinal gradient in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Ecology and Evolution. Please see the README.txt file for a description of each data file
Data from: Introgression between non-sister species of honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) several million years after speciation
No full textWe reassessed whether two parapatric non-sister Australian honeyeater species (Aves: Meliphagidae), varied and mangrove honeyeaters (Gavicalis versicolor and G. fasciogularis, respectively), that diverged from a common ancestor c. 2.5 Mya intergrade in the Townsville area of north-eastern Queensland. Consistent with a previous specimenbased study, by using genomics methods we show one-way gene flow for autosomal but not Z-linked markers from varied into mangrove honeyeaters. Introgression barely extends south of the area of parapatry in and around the city of Townsville. While demonstrating the long-term porosity of species boundaries over several million years, our data also suggest a clear role of sex chromosomes in maintaining reproductive isolation