Great Western Woodlands Ant Abundance and Functional Classification Across Time Since Fire Chronosequence Data
This data contains ant species abundance, richness and functional groups sampled across a time since fire chronosequence exceeding 300 years in non-resprouting <em>Eucalyptus salubris</em> woodlands.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2012-10-16
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-05-16
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-10
- Edition
- 1.0
Identifier
Publisher
Author
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Gosper, Carl ()
14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, 4878, Queensland, Australia
Smithfield
Queensland
4878
Australia
Co-author
CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Pettit, Megan ()
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia
Co-author
Charles Darwin University - Andersen, Alan ()
Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, Northern Territory, 0810, Australia
Casuarina
Northern Territory
0810
Australia
Co-author
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australian Government - Yates, Colin ()
Locked Bag 104 , Bentley Delivery Centre , 6983, Western Australia, Australia
Bentley Delivery Centre
Western Australia
6983
Australia
Co-author
CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Prober, Suzanne Mary (Senior Principal Research Scientist)
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
- Funding was provided by: Department of Parks and Wildlife’s “A biodiversity and cultural conservation strategy for the Great Western Woodlands” Project: Great Western Woodlands Supersite. Australian SuperSite Network. Other funding: Australian Transect Network and CSIRO Land and Water
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Gosper, Carl ()
14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, 4878, Queensland, Australia
14-88 McGregor Road
Smithfield
Queensland
4878
Australia
Point of contact
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australian Government - Yates, Colin ()
Locked Bag 104 , Bentley Delivery Centre , 6983, Western Australia, Australia
Locked Bag 104
Bentley Delivery Centre
Western Australia
6983
Australia
Point of contact
CSIRO Land and Water (2014-2022) - Prober, Suzanne Mary (Senior Principal Research Scientist)
147 Underwood Avenue, Floreat, 6014, Western Australia, Australia
147 Underwood Avenue
Floreat
Western Australia
6014
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
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- Description
- The Great Western Woodlands site was established in 2012 on Credo Station, 110 km NNW of Kalgoorlie, WA.
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- Time period
- 2012-10-16 2012-10-29
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Ant functional groups
- Eucalyptus woodland
- Fire interval
- Fire management
- Great Western Woodlands
- Succession
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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- 4.0
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- TERN services are provided on an "as-is" and "as available" basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. <br />Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN. <br /><br />Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
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- Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
- Other constraints
- Please note: This data has been migrated “as is” from TERN’s SuperSite data portal. Minimal quality assessment has been applied to this data. Please contact the dataset authors for queries regarding the data
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- GWW_ant_abundance_and_functional_classification_data_dictionary
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- GWW_ant_abundance_and_functional_classification_data
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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Distributor
Distributor
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
- OnLine resource
- ro-crate-metadata.json
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Plot selection<br>A subset (51 of 72) of the sites established by Gosper et al. (2013a,b) in <em>Eucalyptus salubris</em> woodland across a time since fire chronosequence were selected. Site details can be found in Gosper et al. (2013b).<br>Ant sampling<br>Ants were sampled using 20 pitfall traps per site, in a grid with 10 m spacing, and operated for 48 hrs. All sites were sampled over the period 16- to 29-Oct-2012. Full details can be found in Gosper et al. (2015). Traps were plastic specimen containers, 40 mm diameter and 52 mm depth, and partly filled (~40 mL) with ethylene glycol as a preservative.<br>Ant sorting and classification<br>In each trap ants were sorted into species. The abundance of any species in a single trap was capped at 50 in order to prevent data distortions from traps placed near nest entrances or foraging trails. Ant species were assigned to a functional group following Andersen (1995, 1997) and Hoffmann and Andersen (2003).
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- Dataset
- Title
- Gosper, C.R., Prober, S.M., Yates, C.J. and Wiehl, G. (2013a) Estimating the time since fire of long-unburnt Eucalyptus salubris (Myrtaceae) stands in the Great Western Woodlands. Australian Journal of Botany 61, 11-21.
- Website
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https://www.publish.csiro.au/bt/BT12212
Method documentation
- Title
- Gosper, C.R., Yates, C.J. and Prober, S.M. (2013b) Floristic diversity in fire-sensitive eucalypt woodlands shows a ‘U’-shaped relationship with time since fire. Journal of Applied Ecology 50, 1187-1196.
- Website
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/24031416
Method documentation
- Title
- Gosper, C.R., Pettit, M.J., Andersen, A.N., Yates, C.J. and Prober, S.P. (2015) Multi-century dynamics of ant communities following fire in Mediterranean-climate woodlands: are changes congruent with vegetation succession? Forest Ecology and Management 342, 30-38.
- Website
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112715000080?via%3Dihub
Method documentation
- Title
- Andersen AN (1995) A classification of Australian ant communities, based on functional groups which parallel plant life-forms in relation to stress and disturbance. J Biogeogr 22:15–29.
- Website
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/2846070
Method documentation
- Title
- Andersen AN (1997) Functional groups and patterns of organization in North American ant communities: a comparison with Australia. J Biogeogr 24:433–60.
- Website
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/2846163
Method documentation
- Title
- Hoffmann BD, Andersen AN (2003) Responses of ants to disturbance in Australia, with particular reference to functional groups. Austral Ecol 28:444–464.
- Website
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01301.x
Method documentation
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/EPSG:4326
- Reference system type
- Geodetic Geographic 2D
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/41abac88-ba96-4169-8119-cc813e4ebc1f
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- TERN GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
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- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/41abac88-ba96-4169-8119-cc813e4ebc1f
Point-of-truth metadata URL
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-05-16T00:00:00.000000+00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-12-10T10:12:35.794896+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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