GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F17%3A00472067" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/17:00472067 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12211/full" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12211/full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/icad.12211" target="_blank" >10.1111/icad.12211</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Original language description
In recent years the focus in ecology has shifted from species to a greater emphasis on functional traits. In tandem with this shift, a number of trait databases have been developed covering a range of taxa. Here, we introduce the GlobalAnts database. Globally, ants are dominant, diverse and provide a range of ecosystem functions. The database represents a significant tool for ecology in that it (i) contributes to a global archive of ant traits (morphology, ecology and life history) which complements existing ant databases and (ii) promotes a trait-based approach in ant and other insect ecology through a broad set of standardised traits. The GlobalAnts database is unique in that it represents the largest online database of functional traits with associated georeferenced assemblage-level data (abundance and/or occupancy) for any animal group with 9056 ant species and morphospecies records for entire local assemblages across 4416 sites. We describe the structure of the database, types of traits included and present a summary of data coverage. The value of the database is demonstrated through an initial examination of trait distributions across subfamilies, continents and biomes. Striking biogeographic differences in ant traits are highlighted which raise intriguing questions as to the mechanisms generating them.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Insect Conservation and Diversity
ISSN
1752-458X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
5-20
UT code for WoS article
000391945300002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85008262955