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Deception Island (South Shetland Islands) is one of the most active volcanoes in Antarctica, with more than 20 explosive eruptive events registered over the past few centuries. Recent eruptions (1967, 1969, and 1970) and volcanic unrest episodes (1992, 1999, and 2014 – 2015) demonstrate that volcanic activity will likely occur in the future. Despite the urgent need to develop an accurate long-term assessment of the volcanic hazard of the island, past attempts have always been limited by the incompleteness of the eruptive record. Volcanic ash layers found in marine and lacustrine sediment cores and glaciers outside Deception Island are a fundamental source of information for reconstructing the explosive eruptive record of the volcano. The spatial distribution of the tephra layers, as well as their physicochemical analysis are invaluable for determining the size and explosiveness of past eruptive events, as well as for assessing the extent and impact of their related hazards (e.g., ash fall out). In order to overcome the dispersion of existing data amongst numerous publications and to facilitate the analysis of available information on tephra layers sourced in Deception Island, we present the DecTephra (Deception Island Tephra Record) database. The current database version contains tephra layers (including cryptotephras) located at sites up to 3,115 km distant from the island. For each tephra layer, the database includes: (i) the location and simple description of the sampling site; and (ii) the key petrologic and geochemical features of each tephra layer. A preliminary analysis of the information contained in the DecTephra database (e.g., magma composition, explosiveness, eruptive recurrence, etc.), validates it as a key tool for evaluating past explosive activity of the volcano., This research was supported by MINECO projects VOLCLIMA (CGL2015-72629-EXP), VOLGASDEC (PGC2018-095693-B-I00) (AEI/FEDER, EU) and the MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 grant HYDROCAL (PID2020-114876GB-I00). A.G. carried out this research under the umbrella of a Ramón y Cajal contract (RYC-2012-11024), A.M.A-V with the grant under the “JSPS invitation fellowship” program (S18113) and A.P·S is carrying out his PhD grant “Programa Propio III Universidad de Salamanca co-funded by Banco de Santander” and his JAE_Intro scholarship (JAEINT_20_00670).

R-script [Analyses _Ntansfer_AMN.txt] to reproduce all analyses with the data deposited provided in https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7933200 (Data S1 to S9 [Land_sp_feno2_18, Land_sp_feno2_19, Mypatches, Res2, PhenoWC2, INtran, INenrich, Npheno, Temp_var_pheno_N] and), Peer reviewed

Data for the publication in Journal of Ecology: Phylogenetic diversity is a weak proxy for functional diversity but they are complementary in explaining community assembly patterns in temperate vegetation, long-term research development project of the Czech Academy of Sciences (RVO 67985939) Czech Science Foundation (project 19-28491X), Peer reviewed

Advancing functional ecology depends fundamentally on the availability of data on reproductive traits, including those from tropical plants, which have been historically underrepresented in global trait databases. Although some valuable databases have been created recently, they are mainly restricted to temperate areas and vegetative traits such as leaf and wood traits. Here, we present Rock n' Seeds, a database of seed functional traits and germination experiments from Brazilian rock outcrop vegetation, recognized as outstanding centers of diversity and endemism. Data were compiled through a systematic literature search, resulting in 103 publications from which seed functional traits were extracted. The database includes information on 16 functional traits for 383 taxa from 148 genera, 50 families, and 25 orders. These 16 traits include two dispersal, six production, four morphological, two biophysical, and two germination traits—the major axes of the seed ecological spectrum. The database also provides raw data for 48 germination experiments, for a total of 10,187 records for 281 taxa. Germination experiments in the database assessed the effect of a wide range of abiotic and biotic factors on germination and different dormancy-breaking treatments. Notably, 8255 of these records include daily germination counts. This input will facilitate synthesizing germination data and using this database for a myriad of ecological questions. Given the variety of seed traits and the extensive germination information made available by this database, we expect it to be a valuable resource advancing comparative functional ecology and guiding seed-based restoration and biodiversity conservation in tropical megadiverse ecosystems. There are no copyright restrictions on the data; please cite this paper when using the current data in publications; also the authors would appreciate notification of how the data are used in publications., Peer reviewed

This new version of DisPear allows to evaluate changes in seed dispersal effectiveness of Pyrus bourgaeana under scenarios of fragmentation and defaunation., Spanish Ministry of Science, Education and Universities (PGC2018-094808-B-I00), Peer reviewed

Although it is well recognized that the strength of plant-herbivore interactions can vary with plant sex and the distance and density of conspecific neighbors, no study has yet assessed their combined influence. Here, we filled this knowledge gap by focusing on the dioecious palm Chamaerops humilis L., and its two main herbivores, the invasive moth Paysandisia archon Burmeister and the feral goat Capra hircus L. We evaluated levels and spatial patterns of herbivory, as well as those of plant size and the number of inflorescences in two palm populations in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). Our spatial point pattern analyses revealed that palms not affected by moth herbivory or goat florivory were spatially aggregated, goats fed more strongly upon inflorescences in palms with more neighbors but they consumed more leaves in isolated palms. Interestingly, we could reveal for the first time that plant sex is a key plant trait modulating neighborhood effects. For instance, whereas aggregated female palms experienced lower intensity of goat florivory than isolated ones, male palms showed the opposite pattern. Palm size and the number of inflorescences also showed sex-related differences, suggesting that sexual dimorphism is a key driver of the observed neighborhood effects on herbivory. Our study highlights the importance of considering relevant plant traits such as sex when investigating plant neighborhood effects, calling for further research to fully understand the dynamics governing plant-herbivore interactions in dioecious systems., PGC2018-094808-B-I00,Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities FPU17/05463, Spanish Ministry of Universities, Peer reviewed

The R/V Angeles Alvarino was built in 2012 for oceanographic research purposes. It mainly operates around the Iberian Peninsula and Canary island waters. Since the beginning of its operations, an automatic weather station has been continuously collecting marine meteorological data every minute, both at open sea and in port. The collected data are sent directly to the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) Data Center / National Oceanographic Data Center for delayed mode quality control and long-term archive. Recently, a semi-automatic process has been used to perform quality control and assessment of the data. Controlled data are stored in a standard MEDAR/MEDATLAS format, and the corresponding quality flag has been added to each individual measurement. This facilitate their reusing for different purposes, from climatology or academical studies to industrial sector needs, between others. In 2023, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction and solar radiation were collected.

R/V Ramon Margalef was built in 2012 for oceanographic research purposes. It mainly operates around the Iberian Peninsula and Canary island waters. Since the beginning of its operations, an automatic weather station has been continuously collecting marine meteorological data every minute, both at open sea and in port. The collected data are sent directly to the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) Data Center / National Oceanographic Data Center for delayed mode quality control and long-term archive. Recently, a semi-automatic process has been used to perform quality control and assessment of the data. Controlled data are stored in a standard MEDAR/MEDATLAS format, and the corresponding quality flag has been added to each individual measurement. This facilitate their reusing for different purposes, from climatology or academical studies to industrial sector needs, between others. In 2023, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction and solar radiation were collected.

(A) Structure-based sequence alignment of the picornavirus 3Dpol residues located the base of the palm that would participate in interactions with 3B, (B) Structural superimposition of the two quasi-equivalent 3B1 binding sites in FMDV 3Dpol. The polymerase residues and the bound 3B1 regions are shown in sticks, coloured as in Fig 1, but with molecule I shown in semi-transparent. (C) The 3B binding site in EV71 3Dpol, as seen in the X-ray structure of the EV71 3Dpol -3B complex [11] (PDB:4IKA). (D-G) Structural comparisons of the putative 3B binding region in 3Dpol of other representative picornaviruses whose structure is known: the enteroviruses PV [5] (PDB: 1RA7; light blue) (D) and HRV1B [7] (PDB: 1XR6; salmon) (E), the cardiovirus EMCV [14] (PDB: 4NYZ; cyan) (F), and the kobusvirus porcine aichi virus [13](PDB: 6R1I; green)., Peer reviewed

The two 3Dpol molecules (green and yellow cartoons) linked by 3B1 (grey ribbon) also interact with each other in the crystal packing through contacts between the finger subdomains, forming long fibres along the a-b diagonal. (B) Close up of the interactions involving the direct 3Dpol-3Dpol contacts that facilitate fibre formation., Peer reviewed