Invertebrate activity data from an experiment in Malaysian Borneo, 2014-16 [HMTF]
This resource comprises a time series dataset of ant and other invertebrate abundance measured fortnightly at bait monitoring cards on an experimental plot in the Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Malaysian Borneo. The resource includes data regarding the amount of food resource removed from experimental plots when either ants or vertebrates were excluded from the resource. The data were collected to assess the roles that the different groups (ants, invertebrates, vertebrates) play in ecosystem function, and the capacity for functional redundancy within and between these groups. Data were collected between 2014 and 2016 during a project run by the University of Liverpool, which was part of the NERC Human-modified tropical forest (HMTF) Programme.
Publication date: 2017-06-29
Where/When
- Study area
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- Temporal extent
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2014-12-16 to 2017-03-15
Provenance & quality
Data were collected fortnightly from the experimental field site in Malaysian Borneo as part of a project run by the University of Liverpool. See supporting documentation for further details.
Related
This dataset is included in the following collections
Citations
Griffiths, H.M., Ashton, L.A., Walker, A.E., et al. (2018) Ants are the major agents of resource removal from tropical rainforests. J Anim Ecol. 87: 293– 300
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12728
Correspondence/contact details
Dr. Hannah Griffiths
University of Liverpool
School of Environmental Sciences
Liverpool
L69 3BX
UK
hannah.griffiths@liverpool.ac.uk
Liverpool
L69 3BX
UK
Other contacts
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Rights Holder
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University of Liverpool
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- Environment , Biota
- Keywords
- Animal behaviour, ants, fortnightly, HMTF, Human-modified tropical forest, invertebrates, Malaysian Borneo
- INSPIRE Theme
- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council
- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- WGS 84
- Last updated
- 20 May 2022 10:39