CSPs: Ants (Formicidae) of pitfall traps in the CSPs 2009
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Staab, M., Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Bruelheide, H. & Klein, A.M. (2014): Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China. Acta Oecologica 61: 32-40.
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(2017): CSPs: Ants (Formicidae) of pitfall traps in the CSPs 2009. (Accessed through URL: https://china.befdata.biow.uni-leipzig.de/datasets/272)
Dataset Abstract
Pitfall traps (four traps per plot, located at the corners of the central 10 x 10 m subplot) were used to assess the activity abundance and species richness of Formicidae in relation to the plots' woody plant diversity. The data allow to test to what extent woody plant diversity affects the abundance, species composition and diversity of, e.g. predators (which might profit from higher structural diversity or better resource availability in more plant diverse plots) or opportunists (which might profit from more diverse resources in more plant diverse plots). Traps consisted of plastic cups (diameter 8.5 cm, depth 15 cm, capacity 550 ml) sunk into the ground and filled with 150 ml of preserving solution (40% ethanol, 30% water, 20% glycerol, 10% acetic acid, with a few drops of detergent to reduce surface tension) for continuous trapping. Sampling was conducted in 2009 for five months (30 March–2 September) and covered the main growing season. The traps were emptied and refilled at 14 day intervals. Taxa were sorted in the lab and specimens were identified to species or morphospecies level (within genera).
Dataset Design
Pitfall traps (four traps per plot, located at the corners of the central 10 x 10 m subplot);
Spatial Extent
Comparative Study Sites
29°08'-29°17'N
118°02'-118°11'E
Published
Staab, M., Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Bruelheide, H. & Klein, A.M. (2014): Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China. Acta Oecologica 61: 32-40.
Staab, M., Schuldt, A., Assmann, T. & Klein, A.M. (2014): Tree diversity promotes predator but not omnivore ants in a subtropical Chinese forest. Ecological Entomology 39: 637-647.
Temporal Extent
growing season 2009
Taxonomic Extent
Ants
Data Analysis
The data allow to test to what extent woody plant diversity affects the abundance, species composition and diversity of, e.g. predators (which might profit from higher structural diversity or better resource availability in more plant diverse plots) or decomposers (which might profit from more diverse resources in more plant diverse plots). For plant woody species richness, refer to the dataset "Comparative study plot (CSP) information to be shared with all BEF-China scientists" (http://china.befdata.biow.uni-leipzig.de/datasets/205). --- As in ants most ecological information is shared between members of a genus, the genus names are provided as separate data colum. ---- For general comparisons between sites subfamily data are usefull. Hence the subfamily names are provided as a separate data column. --- Untransformed ant individual numbers should only taken with caution for analysis.
Paper proposal submissions
Published
2013
- sp09e foodweb, Staab, M.: 2013, Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China, Proponents and dataowners: Alexandra-Maria Klein, Andreas Schuldt, Helge Bruelheide, Karin Nadrowski, Michael Staab, Thorsten Assmann, Citation: Biotropica
- sp09e foodweb, Staab, M.: 2013, Tree diversity promotes predator but not omnivore ants in a subtropical Chinese forest, Proponents and dataowners: Alexandra-Maria Klein, Andreas Schuldt, Helge Bruelheide, Karin Nadrowski, Michael Staab, Thorsten Assmann, Citation: Ecological Entomology (2014): 39(5); 637–647
Data columns available in the raw data part of this dataset
Data group: BEF research plot name
Keywords: CSP, location
Values |
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CSP01 |
CSP03 |
CSP02 |
CSP04 |
CSP05 |
Data group: Trap location within the Comparative Study Sites.
Keywords: CSP, location
Values |
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CSP01_NW |
CSP01_SW |
CSP01_SE |
CSP02_NE |
CSP01_NE |
Data group: Helper
Keywords: species, ant, taxon
Values |
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Aenictus_bobaiensis |
Aenictus_sp.2 |
Aenictus_wudangshanensis |
Aenictus_hodgsoni |
Aenictus_gutianshanensis |
Data group: Ant species name
Keywords: species, ant, taxon
Values |
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Aenictus bobaiensis |
Aenictus hodgsoni |
Aenictus sp.2 |
Aenictus gutianshanensis |
Aenictus wudangshanensis |
Data group: Higher arthropod taxa
Keywords: genus, taxon
Values |
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Anochetus |
Aphaenogaster |
Aenictus |
Brachyponera |
Camponotus |
Data group: Ant subfamily
Keywords: taxon
Values |
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Formicinae |
Myrmicinae |
Dolichoderinae |
Ectatomminae |
Dorylinae |
Data group: Abundance
Keywords: abundance
Values |
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100 |
10 |
104 |
1 |
11 |
Keywords
abundance, ant, CSP, feeding guilt, genus, location, pitfall traps, species, taxonLast update
2017-03-31 10:51