c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9 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 2025-11-13T16:24:46 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Ant colour data from an experiment in Malaysian Borneo, 2015-2018 2019-09-02 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9 10.5285/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9 doi: 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 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 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 Bishop, T.R. University of Liverpool T.R.Bishop@liverpool.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-556X 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 Eggleton, P. Natural History Museum, London p.eggleton@nhm.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1420-7518 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 Griffiths, H.M. University of Liverpool Hannah.Griffiths@liverpool.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4800-8031 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 Ashton, L. University of Hong Kong lashton@hku.hk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6471-0827 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 Law, S. University of Liverpool stephaniejanelaw@gmail.com pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher colour GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Environmental survey Borneo Weber's length Ants 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., 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 textTable English utf8 biota 2014-10-01 2017-10-31 117 116 4.4 4.7 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c0f65bf5-3cb0-41ab-be3d-982490cecba9.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 colour of ants were only collected from control plots.