62bf0251-ca8d-4288-a274-0ff6e39b3a3c 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 2025-11-13T16:18:58 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Bait use of arboreal ants in a lowland tropical rainforest, Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Malaysia, 2015-2018 2019-11-21 publication 2019-11-19 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/62bf0251-ca8d-4288-a274-0ff6e39b3a3c 10.5285/62bf0251-ca8d-4288-a274-0ff6e39b3a3c doi: Law, S., Parr, C. (2019). Bait use of arboreal ants in a lowland tropical rainforest, Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Malaysia, 2015-2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/62bf0251-ca8d-4288-a274-0ff6e39b3a3c This dataset measures the abundance of ant species at baited traps set across twelve trees in four experimental plots in lowland, tropical rainforest. Baited traps were set at 5 m vertical intervals from the ground to as high as possible in the canopy, the stratum of each trap location was recorded. At each height two pairs of baited traps were set, each pair contained one trap baited with carbohydrate (honey and oats) and the second with protein (tuna). Traps within each pair were separated by approximately 20cm were left open for 24 hours. All ants collected were identified to morphospecies level and the species abundance in each trap was recorded. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/62bf0251-ca8d-4288-a274-0ff6e39b3a3c Law, S. University of Liverpool stephaniejanelaw@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8362-4702 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 pointOfContact Law, S. University of Liverpool stephaniejanelaw@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8362-4702 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 Parr, C. University of Liverpool Kate.Parr@liverpool.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1627-763X 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 insect GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Environmental survey ant otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © Natural Environment Research Council otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Law, S., Parr, C. (2019). Bait use of arboreal ants in a lowland tropical rainforest, Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Malaysia, 2015-2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/62bf0251-ca8d-4288-a274-0ff6e39b3a3c textTable 5 English utf8 biota 2016-02-01 2016-05-01 115.813 117.231 4.082 4.634 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/62bf0251-ca8d-4288-a274-0ff6e39b3a3c Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/62bf0251-ca8d-4288-a274-0ff6e39b3a3c.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information 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 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 bait use of arboreal ants in this investigation were only collected from control plots. Ants were collected from February to May 2016 across 12 trees using baited traps. On each tree, sampling stations were set vertically every 5 m from the ground to as high up into the canopy as possible. The number of traps set on each tree ranged from 28 to 44 (mean ± SD = 35 ± 6); across all trees 416 baited traps were set (208 carbohydrate and 208 protein). The stratum (canopy or trunk) of each trap location was recorded, traps placed above the first branch were identified as canopy and traps below the first branch as trunk. Each sampling station comprised two pairs of baited traps (four traps in total); each pair contained one trap baited with carbohydrate (honey and oats) and the second with protein (tuna). Pairs of traps were hung over nails on opposite sides of the trunk at each height interval. Traps within each pair were separated by ca. 20 cm and left open for 24 hours. On collection, specimens within each trap were kept separate and transferred to 70 percent ethanol. All ant specimens were identified to genus and to morphospecies level. Voucher specimens are lodged in a reference collection at the University of Liverpool and Universiti Malaysia Sabah.