DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1198301
title: The Role Of Competition In Structuring Ant Community Composition Across A Tropical Forest Disturbance Gradient

description: <b>Description: </b>Leaf litter ant community composition and competition<b>Project: </b>This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: <b>The role of competition in structuring ant community composition across a tropical forest disturbance gradient.</b><b>XML metadata: </b>GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here<b>Data worksheets: </b>There are 3 data worksheets in this dataset:<b>Ant community composition</b> (Worksheet Composition)Dimensions: 430 rows by 69 columnsDescription: Site x species matrix of ant community compositionFields: <b>Forest Type</b>: Shows the two forest types used in the study (Field type: Categorical)<b>Site</b>: Represents the site/day sampled. 10 Sampling sites were used in each forest type (Field type: Location)<b>Time</b>: Represents the time in the day points were sampled (Field type: Time)<b>Point</b>: Represents the column of 3 sampling points for each time of day (Field type: Replicate)<b>ID</b>: Represents individual sampling point. Order is: Site(Day)/Time/Type/Sampling point no. Logged ID's also have LF at the start (Field type: ID)<b>Method</b>: Method used to record community (Field type: Categorical)<b>Diacamma</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Odontoponera</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Pheidole</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Leptogenys</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Pheidologeton</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Crematogaster</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Odontomachus</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Aphaenogaster</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Acanthomyrmex</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Nylanderia</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Camponotus</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Cardiocondyla</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Anochetus</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Technomyrmex</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Monomorium</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Recurvidris</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Polyrhachis</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Cladomyrma</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Lophomyrmex</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Harpegnathos</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Carebara</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Cataulacus</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Pachycondyla</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Lordomyrma</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Myrmecina</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Proatta</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Euprenolepis</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Rhytidoponera</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Paratrechina</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Paraparatrechina</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Tetramorium</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Paratopula</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Strumigenys</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Pyramica</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Ponera</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Hypoponera</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Tetraponera</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Emeryopone</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Centromyrmex</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Tapinoma</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Myrmicaria</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Rotrastruma</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Prionopelta</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Gnamptogenys</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Eurhopalothrix</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Myrmoteras</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Oecophylla</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Myopias</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Pseudolasius</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Plagiolepis</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Dacetinops</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Mystrium</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Echinopla</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Philidris</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Vollenhovia</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Rhoptromyrmex</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Anillomyrma</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Cryptopone</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Aenictus</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Calyptomyrmex</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Amblyopone</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<b>Prenolepis</b>: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)<br><b>Morphometrics</b> (Worksheet Morpho)Dimensions: 72 rows by 4 columnsDescription: Size classes for the generaFields: <b>Genera</b>: Genus ID (Field type: Taxa)<b>Size.Min</b>: Minimum body size (Field type: Categorical Trait)<b>Size.Max</b>: Maximum body size (Field type: Categorical Trait)<br><b>Competition</b> (Worksheet Competition)Dimensions: 866 rows by 15 columnsDescription: Outcome of competitive interactions among individuals of different generaFields: <b>Forest Type</b>: Shows the two forest types used in the study (Field type: Categorical)<b>Site</b>: Represents the site/day sampled. 10 Sampling sites were used in each forest type (Field type: Location)<b>Time</b>: Represents the time in the day points were sampled (Field type: Time)<b>ID</b>: Represents individual sampling point. Order is: Site(Day)/Time/Type/Sampling point no. Logged ID's also have LF at the start (Field type: ID)<b>Method</b>: Method used to record interaction (Field type: Categorical)<b>Genera1</b>: Genus ID of the first interacting individual (Field type: Taxa)<b>Genera2</b>: Genus ID of the second interacting individual (Field type: Taxa)<b>TimeG1</b>: The arrival time of the first genus in the interaction to the bait card in seconds (Field type: Numeric)<b>TimeG2</b>: The arrival time of the second genus in the interaction to the bait card in seconds (Field type: Numeric)<b>IntG1</b>: The competitive status of the first genus in the interaction (Field type: Categorical Interaction)<b>IntG2</b>: The competitive status of the second genus in the interaction (Field type: Categorical Interaction)<b>Interaction</b>: The type of interaction occuring between the two genera (Field type: Categorical Interaction)<b>GroupG1</b>: Whether or not the first genus was part of a group of individuals when interacting on the bait card (Field type: Categorical)<b>GroupG2</b>: Whether or not the second genus was part of a group of individuals when interacting on the bait card (Field type: Categorical)<br><b>Date range: </b>2016-02-02 to 2016-06-05<b>Latitudinal extent: </b>4.7273 to 4.7463<b>Longitudinal extent: </b>116.9669 to 117.5969<b>Taxonomic coverage: </b><br> All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets.Animalia<br> - Arthropoda<br> -  - Insecta<br> -  -  - Hymenoptera<br> -  -  -  - Formicidae<br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Acanthomyrmex</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Aenictus</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Amblyopone</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Anillomyrma</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Anochetus</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Aphaenogaster</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Calyptomyrmex</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Camponotus</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Cardiocondyla</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Carebara</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Cataulacus</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Centromyrmex</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Cladomyrma</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Crematogaster</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Cryptopone</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Dacetinops</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Diacamma</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Echinopla</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Emeryopone</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Euprenolepis</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Eurhopalothrix</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Gnamptogenys</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Harpegnathos</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Hypoponera</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Leptogenys</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Lophomyrmex</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Lordomyrma</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Monomorium</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Myopias</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Myrmecina</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Myrmicaria</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Myrmoteras</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Mystrium</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Nylanderia</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Odontomachus</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Odontoponera</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Oecophylla</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Pachycondyla</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Paraparatrechina</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Paratopula</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Paratrechina</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Pheidole</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Pheidologeton</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Philidris</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Plagiolepis</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Polyrhachis</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Ponera</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Prenolepis</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Prionopelta</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Proatta</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Pseudolasius</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Pyramica</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Recurvidris</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Rhoptromyrmex</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Rhytidoponera</i><br> -  -  -  -  - [<i>Rotrastruma</i>]<br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Strumigenys</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Tapinoma</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Technomyrmex</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Tetramorium</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Tetraponera</i><br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Vollenhovia</i><br>