Ant colour data from an experiment in Malaysian Borneo, 2015-2018.
[This dataset is embargoed until August 1, 2020]. This dataset measures colour and estimates body size of ant species collected across four vertical strata: subterranean, ground, understory and canopy in lowland tropical rainforest. Ants were collected using different trapping techniques in each stratum; baited traps were used in the subterranean, understory and canopy strata and Winkler extractions were used to collect ground ants. The colour of each ant species was classified categorically by eye using a set pre-determined colours. A single dominant colour was assigned for each species, this was determined as the modal colour across all body parts and individuals for each species. Each colour was linked to a set of RGB (red, green and blue) values which were extracted from the original colour wheel using the image editing software paint.NET (v.4.0.3); RGB values for each colour were converted into HSV (hue, saturation and value) format. Body size of each species was estimated by measuring Weberâs length. Accompanying the ant species data set are four additional data files: 1) data set measuring intraspecific variation in colour, 2) data set measuring intraspecific variation in Weberâs length, 3) data set measuring soil temperature, and 4) data set measuring UVB radiation at 5 m vertical intervals from the ground to the canopy. This data is a contribution from the UK NERC-funded Biodiversity And Land-use Impacts on Tropical Ecosystem Function (BALI) consortium. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9
dataset
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9
doi:
eng
biota
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
publication
2008-06-01
Ants
Colour
Borneo
117
116
4.7
4.4
2014-10-01
2017-10-31
publication
2019-09-02
Twelve 50 m x 50 m experimental plots were located in lowland, tropical rainforest in Maliau Basin Conservation Area (MBCA) this included: four control plots, four ant suppression plots and four termite suppression plots. In ant suppression plots ground-dwelling ants were suppressed and in termite suppression plots ground-dwelling termites were suppressed. All plots were established in October 2014 and suppression of ants and termites was maintained until October 2017. Data on the colour of ants were only collected from control plots.
publication
2010-12-08
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Law, S., Bishop, T.R., Eggleton, P., Griffiths, H.M., Ashton, L., Parr, C. (2019). Ant colour data from an experiment in Malaysian Borneo, 2015-2018. . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9
University of Liverpool
author
University of Liverpool
author
Natural History Museum, London
author
University of Liverpool
Hannah.Griffiths@liverpool.ac.uk
author
University of Hong Kong
author
University of Liverpool
author
University of Liverpool
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