Title:
Main Experiment: Leaf-litter inhabiting ants site A 2015
Access rights:
Free for public
Usage rights:
The data were collected during the master thesis of Merle Noack (merle.noack@gmx.de). Merle should be properly credited whenever the data are used.
Published:
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Abstract:
Under the canopy of 10 site A tree species (Castanea henryi, Castanopsis sclerophylla, Choerosbondias axillaris, Cunninghammia lanceolata, Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Liquidamber formosana, Lithocarpus glaber, Nyssa sinensis, Pinus massoniana, Schima superba) leaf litter ants were collected with Winkler extraction. The two coniferous species were only sampled in monocultures (no mixtures are planted), the remaining 8 tree species were sampled for the full gradient from 1 to 16 species mixtures. The data allow to test for the effect of tree species richness and tree species identity on leaf-litter ant diversity and community composition. As ants are colonial organisms, raw abundances should be analyzed with caution as the presence of single colonies with high worker numbers may bias abundances.
The dataset is presented in long format. An R script to transform the dataset to wide format is given as an additional freeformat file (see below)
Design:
Around each of the target tree individuals (column 'trees_ID') one leaf litter sample was take be sifting the entire litter in the 1*1 m square around the tree trunk (trunk was the center of the square). The sifted litter was filled in standard winkler bags and left for 48 h. Each of the 8 angiosperm tree species was sampled in tree plots of the diversity levels 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 with 4 individuals per plot, summing up to 480 samples. The two coniferous species were sampled with 4 individuals in the 5 commercial monocultures planted for the species, resulting in 40 samples. All ants were counted and identified to species or morphospecies.
Spatial extent:
Site A, BEF-China Main Experiment, near Xingangshan in Jiangxi province
Temporal extent:
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Taxonomic extent:
Formicidae (ants) extracted from the leaf litter
Measurement cirumstances:
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Dataset column
Name:
PLOT_NO
Definition:
Specific number of the plot sampled on Site A
Unit:
No information available
Datagroup:
Plot name Main experiment (letter, number code)
Keywords:
Main Experiment, Site A, plot
Values:
B35 |
C32 |
B34 |
B38 |
C31 |
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Dataset column
Name:
tree_spec
Definition:
Scientific name of the species under which the sample was collected
Unit:
No information available
Datagroup:
Scientific plant species name
Keywords:
Scientific plant species name
Values:
Cunninghamia lanceolata |
Castanopsis sclerophylla |
Choerospondias axillaris |
Cyclobalanopsis glauca |
Castanea henryi |
Contributors:
Dataset column
Name:
trees_ID
Definition:
Individual position of the sampled tree individual in the XXYY raster of each plot.
Unit:
No information available
Datagroup:
Individual position within plot in Site A or B (given by SP1/SP2)
Keywords:
plant species, Main Experiment, Site A, individual position, tree individual
Values:
0214 |
0304 |
0212 |
0209 |
0308 |
Contributors:
Dataset column
Name:
litter cover
Definition:
Estamated percentage of litter cover at the sampling position (in %)
Unit:
%
Datagroup:
Vegetation cover type
Keywords:
leaf litter, vegetation cover
Values:
20 |
15 |
25 |
30 |
10 |
Contributors:
Dataset column
Name:
collection date
Definition:
date of the collection of the respective sample
Unit:
No information available
Datagroup:
Date time information
Keywords:
date
Values:
2015-04-05 |
2015-04-11 |
2015-04-01 |
2015-04-02 |
2015-04-10 |
Contributors:
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Dataset column
Name:
species name
Definition:
Ant species name
Unit:
No information available
Datagroup:
Ant species name
Keywords:
arthropods, ant, taxonomy
Values:
Brachyponera luteipes |
Camponotus cf compressus |
Brachyponera chinensis |
Camponotus vitiosus |
Aenictus fuchuanensis |
Contributors:
Dataset column
Name:
morphospecies
Definition:
morphospecies of the ants in the respective sample
Unit:
No information available
Datagroup:
Nominal taxon
Keywords:
morphospecies, ant, taxonomy
Values:
Cerapachys sp 1 |
Bannapone sp 1 |
Monomorium sp 2 |
Aphaenogaster sp 5 |
Aphaenogaster sp 3 |
Contributors:
Dataset column
Name:
count
Definition:
Number of individuals of the respective species found in the sample
Unit:
No information available
Datagroup:
Abundance
Keywords:
arthropods, abundace
Values:
102 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
105 |
Contributors:
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File name:
Long_2_wide__wide_2_long_leaf_litter_ants.R
Description:
R script to convert dataset from long to wide format
Uri:
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Content type:
application/octet-stream
File size:
250 Bytes
Created at:
2016-04-04
Updated at:
2016-04-04
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