A global database of ant species abundances

Heloise Gibb; Rob R. Dunn; Nathan J. Sanders; Blair F. Grossman; Manoli Photakis; Silvia Abril; Donat Agosti; Alan N. Andersen; Elena Angulo; Inge Armbrecht; Xavier Arnan; Fabricio B. Baccaro; Tom R. Bishop; Raphaël Boulay; Carsten Brühl; Cristina Castracani; Xim Cerda; Israel Del Toro; Thibaut Delsinne; Mireia Diaz; David A. Donoso; Aaron M. Ellison; Martha L. Enriquez; Tom M. Fayle; Donald H. Feener; Brian L. Fisher; Robert N. Fisher; Matthew C. Fitzpatrick; Crisanto Gómez; Nicholas J. Gotelli; Aaron Gove; Donato A. Grasso; Sarah Groc; Benoit Guenard; Nihara Gunawardene; Brian Heterick; Benjamin Hoffmann; Milan Janda; Clinton Jenkins; Michael Kaspari; Petr Klimes; Lori Lach; Thomas Laeger; John Lattke; Maurice Leponce; Jean Philippe Lessard; John Longino; Andrea Lucky; Sarah H. Luke; Jonathan Majer; Terrence P. McGlynn; Sean Menke; Dirk Mezger; Alessandra Mori; Jimmy Moses; Thinandavha Caswell Munyai; Renata Pacheco; Omid Paknia; Jessica Pearce-Duvet; Martin Pfeiffer; Stacy M. Philpott; Julian Resasco; Javier Retana; Rogerio R. Silva; Magdalena D. Sorger; Jorge Souza; Andrew Suarez; Melanie Tista; Heraldo L. Vasconcelos; Merav Vonshak; Michael D. Weiser; Michelle Yates; Catherine L. Parr

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A global database of ant species abundances

Heloise Gibb, Rob R. Dunn, Nathan J. Sanders, Blair F. Grossman, Manoli Photakis, Silvia Abril, Donat Agosti, Alan N. Andersen, Elena Angulo, Inge Armbrecht, Xavier Arnan, Fabricio B. Baccaro, Tom R. Bishop, Raphaël Boulay, Carsten Brühl, Cristina Castracani, Xim Cerda, Israel Del Toro, Thibaut Delsinne, Mireia DiazDavid A. Donoso, Aaron M. Ellison, Martha L. Enriquez, Tom M. Fayle, Donald H. Feener, Brian L. Fisher, Robert N. Fisher, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Crisanto Gómez, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Aaron Gove, Donato A. Grasso, Sarah Groc, Benoit Guenard, Nihara Gunawardene, Brian Heterick, Benjamin Hoffmann, Milan Janda, Clinton Jenkins, Michael Kaspari, Petr Klimes, Lori Lach, Thomas Laeger, John Lattke, Maurice Leponce, Jean Philippe Lessard, John Longino, Andrea Lucky, Sarah H. Luke, Jonathan Majer, Terrence P. McGlynn, Sean Menke, Dirk Mezger, Alessandra Mori, Jimmy Moses, Thinandavha Caswell Munyai, Renata Pacheco, Omid Paknia, Jessica Pearce-Duvet, Martin Pfeiffer, Stacy M. Philpott, Julian Resasco, Javier Retana, Rogerio R. Silva, Magdalena D. Sorger, Jorge Souza, Andrew Suarez, Melanie Tista, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Merav Vonshak, Michael D. Weiser, Michelle Yates, Catherine L. Parr

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Abstract

What forces structure ecological assemblages? A key limitation to general insights about assemblage structure is the availability of data that are collected at a small spatial grain (local assemblages) and a large spatial extent (global coverage). Here, we present published and unpublished data from 51, 388 ant abundance and occurrence records of more than 2,693 species and 7,953 morphospecies from local assemblages collected at 4,212 locations around the world. Ants were selected because they are diverse and abundant globally, comprise a large fraction of animal biomass in most terrestrial communities, and are key contributors to a range of ecosystem functions. Data were collected between 1949 and 2014, and include, for each geo-referenced sampling site, both the identity of the ants collected and details of sampling design, habitat type, and degree of disturbance. The aim of compiling this data set was to provide comprehensive species abundance data in order to test relationships between assemblage structure and environmental and biogeographic factors. Data were collected using a variety of standardized methods, such as pitfall and Winkler traps, and will be valuable for studies investigating large-scale forces structuring local assemblages. Understanding such relationships is particularly critical under current rates of global change. We encourage authors holding additional data on systematically collected ant assemblages, especially those in dry and cold, and remote areas, to contact us and contribute their data to this growing data set.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	883-884
Number of pages	2
Journal	Ecology
Volume	98
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1682
State	Published - Mar 2017

Keywords

Formicidae
Winkler trap
abundance
ants
database
disturbance
geo-referenced
habitat
local assemblage
occurrence
pitfall trap

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Gibb, H., Dunn, R. R., Sanders, N. J., Grossman, B. F., Photakis, M., Abril, S., Agosti, D., Andersen, A. N., Angulo, E., Armbrecht, I., Arnan, X., Baccaro, F. B., Bishop, T. R., Boulay, R., Brühl, C., Castracani, C., Cerda, X., Del Toro, I., Delsinne, T., ... Parr, C. L. (2017). A global database of ant species abundances. Ecology, 98(3), 883-884. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1682

Gibb, H, Dunn, RR, Sanders, NJ, Grossman, BF, Photakis, M, Abril, S, Agosti, D, Andersen, AN, Angulo, E, Armbrecht, I, Arnan, X, Baccaro, FB, Bishop, TR, Boulay, R, Brühl, C, Castracani, C, Cerda, X, Del Toro, I, Delsinne, T, Diaz, M, Donoso, DA, Ellison, AM, Enriquez, ML, Fayle, TM, Feener, DH, Fisher, BL, Fisher, RN, Fitzpatrick, MC, Gómez, C, Gotelli, NJ, Gove, A, Grasso, DA, Groc, S, Guenard, B, Gunawardene, N, Heterick, B, Hoffmann, B, Janda, M, Jenkins, C, Kaspari, M, Klimes, P, Lach, L, Laeger, T, Lattke, J, Leponce, M, Lessard, JP, Longino, J, Lucky, A, Luke, SH, Majer, J, McGlynn, TP, Menke, S, Mezger, D, Mori, A, Moses, J, Munyai, TC, Pacheco, R, Paknia, O, Pearce-Duvet, J, Pfeiffer, M, Philpott, SM, Resasco, J, Retana, J, Silva, RR, Sorger, MD, Souza, J, Suarez, A, Tista, M, Vasconcelos, HL, Vonshak, M, Weiser, MD, Yates, M & Parr, CL 2017, 'A global database of ant species abundances', Ecology, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 883-884. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1682

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