Wambiana Grazing Trial Ant Abundance Data
This data contains ant abundance and incidence collected within the Wambiana Grazing Trial site south-west of Charters
Towers in North Queensland.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2022-05-05
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-05-26
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-15
- Edition
- 1.0
Publisher
Author
James Cook University - Edwards, Will (Associate Professor)
14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, 4878, Queensland, Australia
Smithfield
Queensland
4878
Australia
Co-author
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Andersen, Alan ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia
- Website
- https://www.tern.org.au/
- Purpose
- Ants are Australia’s dominant faunal group in terms of biomass and energy flow. They occupy all trophic levels, act as ecosystem engineers, feature in many mutualistic interactions with plants, and are a key food resource for many vertebrates. Ants are also Australia’s best studied insect group in terms of biogeography and community dynamics. They are the most widely used invertebrate bio-indicators in environmental assessment and monitoring.
- Credit
- We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
- Credit
- The Wambiana grazing trial is co-funded by DAF and Meat and Livestock Australia. We are deeply grateful to the Lyons family, Wambiana, for hosting the trial site.
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
James Cook University - Edwards, Will (Associate Professor)
14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, 4878, Queensland, Australia
14-88 McGregor Road
Smithfield
Queensland
4878
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
Extent
- Description
- The DAF Wambiana Grazing Trial is located 70 km south-west of Charters Towers in north Queensland. The site is in the Aristida–Bothriochloa pasture community and is situated in an open Eucalyptus-Acacia woodland overlying C4 tropical native grasses.
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2021-10-20
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- GCMD Science Keywords
- ANZSRC Fields of Research
- TERN Platform Vocabulary
- TERN Instrument Vocabulary
- TERN Parameter Vocabulary
- QUDT Units of Measure
- GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
- GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Invertebrate
- Ants
- Wambiana Grazing Trial
- Department of Agriculture & Fisheries
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Alternate title
- CC-BY
- Edition
- 4.0
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- License
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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- Other constraints
- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- DAF_Wambiana_Grazing_Trial_ant_abundance_data
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
-
- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- DAF_Wambiana_Grazing_Trial_ant_abundance_data_dictionary
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
-
Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia
Indooroopilly
Queensland
4068
Australia
- OnLine resource
- TERN EcoPlots Portal
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Ant sampling was conducted using the TERN Australian SuperSite Network Ant Monitoring Protocol (2014)
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Title
- TERN Australian SuperSite Network Ant Monitoring Protocol (2014)
- Website
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https://www.tern.org.au/field-survey-protocols-apps/
Method documentation
Process step
- Description
- Ant sampling: Twenty pitfall traps are placed in a standard grid (4 x 5) with 10 m spacing within plots in permanent positions marked with PVC tubes (or inverted traps). If the position on the grid is occupied by a tree or rock then the trap is placed adjacent to it. Trapping is conducted over 3 days with traps sealed with screw cap at the end of the period. Any dirt, plant material or other debris is removed as contaminating material can stain the ants if left with them for extended periods. Tubes be stored in the dark as light will cause colours to fade and the cuticle or integument will deteriorate over time, greatly reducing the usefulness of the material for taxonomic studies and making identifications difficult or impossible. Traps are buried with lips completely flush with the soil surface. Sealed pitfall traps are sent to a central processing laboratory where contents are transferred to ethanol for long term storage. Non-ant by-catch is stored for future reference. Ant abundance and incidence was pooled at the site level.
Process step
- Description
- Ant species identification: Ant specimens were identified and curated at the CSIRO's Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre in Darwin by Dr Alan Andersen.
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/b0c17698-7abc-4a6b-a893-23a7886b09d8
- Title
- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/b0c17698-7abc-4a6b-a893-23a7886b09d8
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-04-27T00:00:00.000000+00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-12-15T04:57:15.677751+00:00
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
- Edition
- 1
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
- Edition
- 1.0
- Title
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
- Date (published)
- 2021
- Edition
- 1.0
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