Author Correction: The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

The following authors were omitted from the original version of this Data Descriptor: Markus Reichstein and Nicolas Vuichard. Both contributed to the code development and N. Vuichard contributed to the processing of the ERA-Interim data downscaling. Furthermore, the contribution of the co-author Frank Tiedemann was re-evaluated relative to the colleague Corinna Rebmann, both working at the same sites, and based on this re-evaluation a substitution in the co-author list is implemented (with Rebmann replacing Tiedemann). Finally, two affiliations were listed incorrectly and are corrected here (entries 190 and 193). The author list and affiliations have been amended to address these omissions in both the HTML and PDF versions

The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data.

The FLUXNET2015 dataset provides ecosystem-scale data on CO2, water, and energy exchange between the biosphere and the atmosphere, and other meteorological and biological measurements, from 212 sites around the globe (over 1500 site-years, up to and including year 2014). These sites, independently managed and operated, voluntarily contributed their data to create global datasets. Data were quality controlled and processed using uniform methods, to improve consistency and intercomparability across sites. The dataset is already being used in a number of applications, including ecophysiology studies, remote sensing studies, and development of ecosystem and Earth system models. FLUXNET2015 includes derived-data products, such as gap-filled time series, ecosystem respiration and photosynthetic uptake estimates, estimation of uncertainties, and metadata about the measurements, presented for the first time in this paper. In addition, 206 of these sites are for the first time distributed under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 4.0) license. This paper details this enhanced dataset and the processing methods, now made available as open-source codes, making the dataset more accessible, transparent, and reproducible

Consolidation and Modification of Sexual Preferences in Adult Male Zebra Finches

In a previous study (KRUIJT & MEEUWISSEN, 1991) we examined the sexual preference of cross-fostered zebra finch (= Z) males that were reared by Bengalese finch (= B) parents and then isolated until the adult stage. Males then given a choice between a Z and a B female, directed most courtship and song to B. After subsequent social experience with a Z female in a breeding situation, these males showed a shift in preference to Z, though still preferring B. If, instead, Z males had social experience with Z in a breeding situation without being put in choice tests before, the subsequent preference was for Z, so modification of preference was stronger, suggesting that prior exposure and courtship to B had consolidated the effects of early experience with foster parents and had reduced the possibility for modification. The present study concerns Z males reared by conspecific parents, with the aim of examining whether the results of the previous study were influenced by an own species bias. Again, males either obtained the opportunity to express their preference in choice tests before social experience in a breeding situation with a female of another species (B), or not. The results were similar to those of cross-fostered males in that: (1) prior exposure to a female of the rearing species during choice tests resulted in consolidation of preference for the rearing species; (2) social experience in a breeding situation with B resulted in a modification of preference in the direction of B, which was stronger without prior consolidation; (3) shifts of preference were not related to breeding success; (4) the effects of consolidation and modification remained present for over 1 year, although preferences gradually shifted in the direction of the rearing species; (5) the shifts of preferences due to both types of rearing condition mirrored each other, so, no evidence was obtained for an own species bias. From a similar study, BISCHOF & CLAYTON (1991) concluded that an own species bias is present in cross-fostered Z males. Their finding might be due to the presence of more siblings during the rearing of cross-fostered males than in our study, but this is uncertain without further experimentation

FEATHER PECKING AND CHRONIC FEAR IN GROUPS OF RED JUNGLEFOWL - THEIR RELATIONS TO DUSTBATHING, REARING ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL-STATUS

This paper examines the developmental causes of feather pecking, a common behaviour in caged chickens that leads to extensive feather damage. Small groups of junglefowl, Gallus gallus spadiceus, were raised from hatching either on a substrate containing sand and sod or on one consisting of wire mesh. Observations of social and other behaviour were made between 2 and 9 months of age. Feather pecking was most likely to occur when the birds were dustbathing or showed intention movements of dustbathing. Futhermore, the number of severe feather pecks received during dustbathing was correlated with the amount of feather damage on the recipient. The birds that did the most feather pecking were the ones found to be most fearful as assessed by a test of tonic immobility, and additionally the ones participating least during dustbathing in their group. Allopreening pecks could be distinguished from feather pecks: allopreening pecks were directed entirely at the anterior part of penmates and were gentle, while feather pecks were directed at the lower part of penmates and were often severe. Both were related to social status: lower ranking birds showed more allopreening while higher ranking birds showed more feather pecking. Sometimes, however, lower ranking individuals showed feather pecking in allopreening situations. The environment in which birds are reared may be significant for the development of feather pecking, and it is suggested that the primary cause of feather pecking is an abnormal development of the perceptual mechanism responsible for the detection of dust for dustbathing