This dataset is in vitro validation of a potassium sensor that will be inserted into a plant stem. The dataset shows the sensitivity and selectivity of the fabricated potassium sensor. The data was obtained by measuring changes in electrical current with an increase in concentrations of the primary ion (K+) and interfering ion (Na+) to extract the sensitivity and selectivity, respectively using a semiconductor parameter analyser. K+ ion sensing data, measured directly inside a plant stem, are absent as the in vivo experiment should be optimised further. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/89998967-a974-4136-b650-b9af9f9d6969

This dataset contains information about the multivariate plastic life-history responses and thermal tolerance capability of 56 Daphnia magna clones exposed to 4 different environments. The experiment was conducted in a laboratory at the University of Liverpool in 2017. The work was part of a larger mesocosm study that aimed to tease apart how plasticity and genetic diversity influence the evolutionary potential of natural populations. Life history data were measured in common garden experiments. For each clone of the same genotype across all environments, we measured: length at maturity; length at second clutch; age at maturity; age at second clutch; juvenile growth rate ((length at maturity - length as neonate) / age at maturity); adult growth rate ((length at second clutch - length at maturity) / (age at second clutch-age at maturity)); average fecundity (across clutches 1 and 2); and average offspring size (across clutches 1 and 2) The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/K007394/1). Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cce747ad-7536-4669-a244-d8bc48693cc7

This dataset contains measurements from smart sensors monitoring the motion state of a physical analogue of a Large Wood (LW) dam in laboratory experiments. The smart sensors were equipped with an accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer and they recorded angular velocity, total acceleration, and the magnetic field. These data were used to calculate the linear acceleration and gravity acceleration which are also provided in this dataset. Three factors were changed during the experiment: inclination, constraint configuration, and flow conditions. The experiments were repeated 10 times. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/94aa98b2-b7f7-42c8-81ad-3085d0151eff

The data report plant growth parameters measured on six week old rice plants grown under two contrasting nitrogen treatments. The purpose is to conduct genome wide association mapping of nitrogen response and uses 229 cultivars of the Bengal and Assam Aus Panel. Traits are plant height, shoot dry weight, tiller number and two measures from a Dualex hand-held meter, the nitrogen balance index and the chlorophyl index. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7ac2ba22-6915-43ca-93cc-d75b9c458b51

This code: (1) Generates data for the weak-selection mathematical model. This is contained in the "Generate_data_for_island_model_weak_selection" script. (2) Generates data for the agent-based simulation model, which accounts for stronger selection and finite populations. This is contained in the "Generate_data_for_agent_based_simulation" script. (3) Generates data for the version of the agent-based simulation model where there is no tag mutation, in which balancing selection is examined via tag fixation times. This is contained in the "Generate_data_for_balancing_selection_finite_pop" script. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/aec1e55f-f6ac-4673-9e93-706b44df88f1

[This nonGeographicDataset is embargoed until April 1, 2025]. Three files describe behavioural trials involving jumping spiders, crab spiders and praying mantises respectively. They include details about the individual predators, the stimuli used and the behavioural responses from the predators. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ee7ba05a-449b-466e-840c-8de1d3f1d4d1

This dataset contains count data for the number of each aphid life stage (nymphal stages 1-4 and adult) consumed by coccinellids in two lab-based experiments. The unit of observation (row) in the dataset is aphid life stage, therefore five rows correspond to one focal coccinellid. We experimentally assessed changes in feeding behaviour (prey preference and consumption rate) of native UK coccinellid species (Adalia bipunctata and Coccinella septempunctata), whose populations are, respectively, declining and stable, when exposed to the invasive intraguild predator, Harmonia axyridis. Experiment 1 determined the number of aphids consumed by each coccinellid larval stage in the absence of competition for each of the three coccinellid species. Experiment 2 then assessed the impact of competition on the number of aphids consumed by each coccinellid species. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c8c3f4ef-889b-457a-a05b-1b2214d5802c

This dataset is part of the study of mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants, which is a joint study of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Oxford. It contains the relative abundance data of cuticular hydrocarbons extracted from worker ants of Myrmica sabuleti and M. schencki, and from caterpillars of Maculinea rebeli from two populations at the pre-adoption stage and after being reared by the two ant species. The chemical was analysed from the caterpillars from each region when reared with each ants, by using gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MSD). Various statistical analysis was then carried out to compare the differences between groups. It aims to test whether observed regional differences in M. rebeli's host specificity could be explained by variation in chemical mimicry. Detailed research method can be found in Thomas et al. (2013) Mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants. Proc. R. Soc. B vol. 280 no.1751. (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2336) Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b0aec477-0883-4963-a3ae-52e3f0daf5aa

This dataset is part of the study of mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants, which is a joint study of the NERC's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology(UK), the University of Oxford(UK), University of Bialystok(Poland), Polish Academy of Sciences(Poland) and UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research(Germany). Combined with datasets collected from previous study, they compare the proportions of caterpillars of Maculinea rebeli being adopted by resident Myrmica ant species near Przemysl, Poland in autumn with proportions of successful survivors the following summer to establish host specificity of the socially parasitic butterfly species. The data comprise: the study year, the ant species, total number of ant nest, the number of caterpillar survivors found in the nest of each ant species, number of nests with caterpillar presence and total number of nests without caterpillar presence. They were obtained from one population for 4 years(Y2001, Y2003, Y2004, Y2005). Detailed research method can be found in Thomas et al. (2013) Mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants. Proc. R. Soc. B vol. 280 no.1751. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2336) Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b472d635-d8fa-4c39-acfe-2b285ca0b9a8

[This nonGeographicDataset is embargoed until October 10, 2025]. This dataset contains measurements from smart sensors and cameras monitoring the movement of a single wooden dowel moving downstream in a flume. The following values in the x, y, and z directions are provided: velocity, linear acceleration, angular velocity, and filtered angular velocity. The quaternion components are also included. Four uniform flow conditions were tested, and the experiments were repeated about 50 times. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/11b69869-90db-4deb-8ec2-a78f6bb0ea24