The impacts of tropical forest degradation and fragmentation on ant-plant mutualisms, and consequences for plant community dynamics

Myrmecophyte interactions in differing habitats

Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: The impacts of tropical forest degradation and fragmentation on ant-plant mutualisms, and consequences for plant community dynamics

Funding: These data were collected as part of research funded by:

• GACR (National, 16-09427S, NA)

This dataset is released under the CC-BY 4.0 licence, requiring that you cite the dataset in any outputs, but has the additional condition that you acknowledge the contribution of these funders in any outputs.

Permits: These data were collected under permit from the following authorities:

• Sabah Biodiversity Council (Research licence NA)

XML metadata: GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here

Files: This consists of 1 file: M.pearsonii_habitat_comparison_OP_Matrix_MH_August.xlsx

M.pearsonii_habitat_comparison_OP_Matrix_MH_August.xlsx

This file contains dataset metadata and 3 data tables:

1. Branch data (described in worksheet Branch_data)

   Description: Branch data

   Number of fields: 86

   Number of data rows: 611

   Fields:

   • Tree_code: Tree ID (Field type: location)
   • Branch_code: Branch code (Field type: id)
   • Coccids: Number of coccids on br0nches (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood1: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants1: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates1: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen1: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood2: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants2: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates2: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen2: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood4: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants4: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates4: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen4: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood5: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants5: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates5: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen5: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood6: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants6: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates6: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen6: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood7: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants_7: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates7: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen7: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood8: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants8: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates8: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen8: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood9: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants9: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates9: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen9: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood10: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants10: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates10: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen10: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood11: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants11: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates11: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen11: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood12: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants12: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates12: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen12: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood13: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants13: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates13: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen13: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood14: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants14: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates14: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen14: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood15: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants15: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates15: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen15: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood16: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants16: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates16: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen16: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood17: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants17: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates17: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen17: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood18: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants18: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates18: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen18: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood19: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants19: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates19: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen19: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood20: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants20: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates20: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen20: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Brood21: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ants21: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Allates21: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • queen21: Number of ants on branch (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • damaged_queens: Number of damaged ants (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • wasp: Number of wasps (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Notes: Comments (Field type: comments)

2. Tree data (described in worksheet Tree_data)

   Description: Tree data, including soil nutrient profiles

   Number of fields: 23

   Number of data rows: 84

   Fields:

   • Date: Date of sampling (Field type: date)
   • Tree: Tree ID (Field type: id)
   • Tree_code: Tree ID code (Field type: location)
   • Habitat: Habitat type (Field type: categorical)
   • Number_ants_first_5_leaves: Number of ants on first 5 leaves (Field type: numeric trait)
   • DBH: Diametre at breast height (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Height: Tree height (Field type: numeric trait)
   • N: Canopy cover (Field type: numeric trait)
   • S: Canopy cover (Field type: numeric trait)
   • E: Canopy cover (Field type: numeric trait)
   • W: Canopy cover (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Canopy_cover: Canopy cover (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Leaf_biomass: Leaf biomass (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Total_branches: Total number of branches (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Phosphate: Leaf phosphates (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Nitrate: Leaf nitrates (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Total_wet_weight: Total soil wet weight (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Wet_weight_sample: Soil wet weight (sample) (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Dry_weight_sample: Soil dry weight (sample) (Field type: numeric trait)
   • pH: Leaf pH (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Dry_Wet_ratio: Soil wet: dry weight ratio (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Total_dry_weight: Total soildry weight (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Density: Soil density (Field type: numeric trait)

3. All M.Pearsonii-Herbivory data (described in worksheet All_Pearsonii-Herbivory_data)

   Description: Summarised version of data used for analysis

   Number of fields: 17

   Number of data rows: 86

   Fields:

   • Date: Date the measurements were taken (Field type: date)
   • Tree: Tree tag (Field type: id)
   • Tree_Code: Tree code (Field type: id)
   • Habitat: Habitat type (Field type: categorical)
   • Tree_Height_Rank: Tree height rank (Field type: categorical)
   • Corrected_Leaf_Biomass: Corrected leaf biomass (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Herbivory: Leaf herbivory (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Coccids: Coccid abundance (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ant_abundance: Ant abundance (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Ant_ranked_abundance: Ant coverage ranked (Field type: categorical)
   • Brood: Ant abundance (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Biomass_height_ratio: Tree biomass to height ratio (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Coccid_ant_ratio: Coccid to ant ratio (Field type: numeric)
   • Brood_ant_ratio: Brood to ant ratio (Field type: numeric trait)
   • Attendence_ratio: Attendence ratio (Field type: numeric)
   • DomTaxa: Taxa record for the dominant species (Field type: taxa)
   • Dominant_species: Is there a dominant species? (Field type: categorical interaction)

Date range: 2016-11-19 to 2017-11-24

Latitudinal extent: 4.5000 to 5.0700

Longitudinal extent: 116.7500 to 117.8200

Taxonomic coverage:
All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets.