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Ant colour data from an experiment in Malaysian Borneo, 2015-2018
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 Weber's 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 Weber's 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
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- Date (Publication)
- 2019-09-02
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9
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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 10.5285/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Liverpool Law, S. Author University of Liverpool Bishop, T.R. Author Natural History Museum, London
Eggleton, P. Author University of Liverpool Griffiths, H.M. Author University of Hong Kong Ashton, L. Author University of Liverpool Parr, C. Author University of Liverpool Law, S.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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- Environmental survey
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Borneo
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Weber's length
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Ants
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- no limitations
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© Natural Environment Research Council
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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
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2014-10-01
- End date
- 2017-10-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9.zip Supporting information
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dataset
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
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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.
Metadata
- File identifier
- c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9 XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:24:46
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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