ecd04881-fd86-45e2-99e1-f0ec61324329 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 2025-11-13T16:18:03 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Impacts of Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) on seed dispersal services in Jonkershoek, Cape Floristic Region South Africa 2019-10-11 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ecd04881-fd86-45e2-99e1-f0ec61324329 10.5285/ecd04881-fd86-45e2-99e1-f0ec61324329 doi: Devenish, A.J.M. (2019). Impacts of Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) on seed dispersal services in Jonkershoek, Cape Floristic Region South Africa. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ecd04881-fd86-45e2-99e1-f0ec61324329 This dataset 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 Jonkershoek Nature Reserve (33°55'51"S, 18°51'16"E) in South Africa, during the summer months of 2014 (November-December), 2015 (January-February), and 2017 (January-February). - 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 twelve plant species) via a cafeteria setup and the rate of removal was measured over three hours. - Experiment 3: Seeds were presented to nests of both the invasive L. humile and six native ant species, after 24 hours nests were cast with dental plaster and excavated. The seeds were retrieved, and their burial depths were recorded. Data were collected from all three 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 Varley-Gradwell Travelling Fellowship. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ecd04881-fd86-45e2-99e1-f0ec61324329 Devenish, A. Imperial College London a.devenish@imperial.ac.uk pointOfContact Devenish, A.J.M. Imperial College London a.devenish@imperial.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 Cape Floristic Region GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Animal behaviour Seed dispersal otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions © Natural Environment Research Council otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Devenish, A.J.M. (2019). Impacts of Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) on seed dispersal services in Jonkershoek, Cape Floristic Region South Africa. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ecd04881-fd86-45e2-99e1-f0ec61324329 textTable 100 English utf8 biota 2014-11-01 2017-02-28 18.5 18.52 -33.57 -33.55 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/ecd04881-fd86-45e2-99e1-f0ec61324329 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/ecd04881-fd86-45e2-99e1-f0ec61324329.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 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 three independent experiments. Details of the experimental methodologies can be found in the supporting documentation, and online through the Bristol thesis repository.