375d5ea7-db23-408a-b8b3-1d4210256868 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:18:29 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Impacts of Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) on seed dispersal services in Iberian Peninsula 2017-11-01 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/375d5ea7-db23-408a-b8b3-1d4210256868 10.5285/375d5ea7-db23-408a-b8b3-1d4210256868 doi: Devenish, A. (2017). Impacts of Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) on seed dispersal services in Iberian Peninsula. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/375d5ea7-db23-408a-b8b3-1d4210256868 This data set describes the seed dispersal process of both invaded (presence of Linepithema humile) and non-invaded (absence of L. humile) ant communities. Data were collected from four field sites in and around Girona (41.9794° N, 2.8214° E), Northern Spain, during the summer months of 2014 (June-July) and 2015 (July-September). Experiment 1: Ant community structure of both invaded and non-invaded ant communities was determined using a series of pitfall and baiting traps. Experiment 2: Ant communities were presented with seeds (from eight plant species) via a cafeteria setup and the rate of removal was measured over 24 hours. Experiment 3: A series of 30.25 m2 grids were setup to determine the density (number of nests and number of foraging trails) of both invasive L. humile and native Pheidole pallidula ant species. Experiment 4: Seeds were presented to nests of both the invasive L. humile and native P. pallidula ant species, after 72 hours nests were excavated and the seeds were retrieved. Data was collected from all four experiments to test hypothesis about the dispersal ability of the dominant seed dispersing ant species in both invaded and non-invaded ant communities. Funding was received from a NERC-Case studentship (NE/K007076/1) and COST Action TD1209 (ECOST-STSM-TD1209: 070915-062123, 010715-062122, and 160614-046307) grant. Data provided in its raw format. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/375d5ea7-db23-408a-b8b3-1d4210256868 Devenish, A. Imperial College London a.devenish@imperial.ac.uk pointOfContact Devenish, A. Bristol University ajm.devenish@bristol.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5240-622X ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Animal behaviour Invasive species Seed dispersal ant-plant mutualism invasive Myrmecochory Argentine ant otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Devenish, A. (2017). Impacts of Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) on seed dispersal services in Iberian Peninsula. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/375d5ea7-db23-408a-b8b3-1d4210256868 textTable English utf8 biota 2014-06-01 2014-07-31 2015-07-01 2015-09-30 -3.428 5.538 39.096 43.58 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/375d5ea7-db23-408a-b8b3-1d4210256868.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/375d5ea7-db23-408a-b8b3-1d4210256868 Download the data Download a copy of this data download dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 Data was collected on the impacts of Linepithema humile on both ant community structure and seed dispersal ability. All data was collected in a systematic manner using a series of four independent experiments. Ant species identifications were verified by Dr Crisanto Gomez. Details of the experimental methodologies can be found in the supporting documentation.