ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America

• Main Author: Silva, Rogério R.
• Publication Date: 2022
• Other Authors: Martello, Felipe, Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado, Silva, Otávio Guilherme M., do Prado, Lívia Pires, Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., de Albuquerque, Emília Zoppas, Morini, Maria Santina C., Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles, dos Santos Monteiro, Erison Carlos [UNESP], Emanuel Oliveira Alves, Agripino, Wild, Alexander L., Christianini, Alexander V., Arnhold, Alexandre, Casadei Ferreira, Alexandre, Oliveira, Aline Machado, Santos, Alvaro D., Galbán, Alvaro, de Oliveira, Amanda Aparecida [UNESP], Subtil, Amanda Gomes Madureira, Dias, Amanda Martins, de Carvalho Campos, Ana Eugênia, Waldschimidt, Ana Maria, Freitas, André Victor Lucci, Avalos, Andrea N., Meyer, Andreas L. S., Sánchez-Restrepo, Andrés F., Suarez, Andrew V., Souza, Anselmo Santos, Queiroz, Antônio C. M., Mayhé-Nunes, Antônio J., da Cruz Reis, Ariel, Lopes, Benedito Cortês, Guénard, Benoit, Trad, Bhrenno Maykon, Caitano, Bianca, Yagound, Boris, Pereira-Silva, Brenda, Fisher, Brian L., Tavares, Brisa Lunar Patrício, Moraes, Bruna Borges, Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Guarda, Carin, Ribas, Carla R., Cereto, Carlos Eduardo, Esbérard, Carlos Eduardo Lustosa, Schaefer, Carlos E. G. R., Paris, Carolina I., Bueno, Cecília, Lasmar, Chaim Jose, da Costa-Milanez, Cinthia Borges, Lutinski, Cladis Juliana, Ortiz-Sepulveda, Claudia M., Wazema, Claudia Tiemi, Mariano, Cléa S. F., Barrera, Corina Anahí [UNESP], Klunk, Cristian Luan, Santana, Daniel Oliveira, Larrea, Darío, Rother, Débora Cristina, Souza-Campana, Débora R., Kayano, Débora Yumi, Alves, Diego Lemos, Assis, Diego Santana, Anjos, Diego, França, Eder Cleyton Barbosa, Santos, Eduardo F. [UNESP], Silva, Elisangela A., Santos, Éliton Vieira, Koch, Elmo Borges, Siqueira, Emely Laiara Silva, Almeida, Érica A., Araujo, Erica Santos, Villarreal, Erick, Becker, Erin, de Oliveira Canedo-Júnior, Ernesto, Santos-Neto, Esperidião A., Economo, Evan P., Araújo-Oliveira, Évellyn Silva, Cuezzo, Fabiana, Magalhães, Fabrício Severo, Neves, Felipe Marcel, Rosumek, Felix Baumgarten, Dorneles, Fernanda Emanuela, Noll, Fernando B. [UNESP], Arruda, Filipe V., Esteves, Flávia A., Ramos, Flavio Nunes, Garcia, Flávio Roberto Mello, de Castro, Flávio Siqueiro, Serna, Francisco, Marcineiro, Frederico Rottgers, Neves, Frederico S., do Nascimento, Gabriela Bandeira, de Figueiredo Jacintho, Gabriela, Camacho, Gabriela P., Ribeiro, Genesio Tamara, Lourenço, Giselle Martins, Soares, Glória Ramos, Castilho, Graciele A. [UNESP], Alves, Guilherme Pereira, Zurita, Gustavo A., Machado Santos, Gustavo Henrique, Onody, Helena Carolina, Oliveira, Helon Simões, Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., Paulino-Neto, Hipólito Ferreira, Brant, Humberto, Rismo Coelho, Igor, de Melo Teles e Gomes, Inácio José, Leal, Inara R., Dos Santos, Iracenir Andrade, Santos, Isis Caroline Siqueira, Fernandes, Itanna O., Nascimento, Ivan C., Queiroz, Jarbas Marçal, Lattke, John E., Majer, Jonathan, Schoereder, José Henrique, Dantas, José Oliveira [UNESP], Andrade-Silva, Joudellys, Díaz Guastavino, Juan Martin, Silveira dos Santos, Juliana [UNESP], Filloy, Julieta, Chaul, Júlio C. M., Lutinski, Junir Antonio, Carvalho, Karine S., Ramos, Kelli S., Sampaio, Kelly L. S., Ribeiro, Laís Aryane M., Sousa-Souto, Leandro, Paolucci, Lucas N., Elizalde, Luciana, Podgaiski, Luciana R., Chifflet, Lucila, Carvalho-Leite, Ludimila Juliele, Calcaterra, Luis A., Macedo-Reis, Luiz Eduardo, Magnago, Luiz Fernando Silva, Madureira, Marcelo Silva, Silva, Márcio Morais, Pie, Márcio R., Uehara-Prado, Marcio, Pizo, Marco Aurélio [UNESP], Pesquero, Marcos Antônio, Carneiro, Marcos Augusto Ferraz, Busato, Maria Assunta, de Almeida, Maria Fernanda Brito, Bellocq, Maria Isabel, Tibcherani, Mariáh, Casimiro, Mariana Sampaio, Ronque, Mariane Ueda Vaz, da Costa, Marília Maria Silva, Angotti, Marina Acero, de Oliveira, Marina Vasconcelos, Leponce, Maurice, Imata, Mayara Mieko Gonçalves, de Oliveira Martins, Mila Ferraz, Antunes Ulysséa, Mônica, do Espirito Santo, Nadia Barbosa, Ladino López, Natalia Maritza, Balbino, Natalia Soares, da Silva, Nathalia Sampaio, Safar, Nathália V. H., de Andrade, Paloma Leal, Camargo, Paulo H. S. A. [UNESP], Oliveira, Paulo S., Dodonov, Pavel, Luna, Pedro, Ward, Philip S., Hanisch, Priscila E., Silva, Priscila Santos, Divieso, Raquel, Carvalho, Raquel L., Campos, Renata B. F., Antoniazzi, Reuber, Vicente, Ricardo Eduardo, Giovenardi, Ricardo, Campos, Ricardo Ildefonso, Solar, Ricardo R. C., Fujihara, Ricardo Toshio, de Jesus Santos, Roberta, Fagundes, Roberth, Guerrero, Roberto J., Probst, Rodolfo S., de Jesus, Rodrigo Silva, Silvestre, Rogério, López-Muñoz, Roman Alberto, de Souza Ferreira-Châline, Ronara, Almeida, Rony Peterson Santos, de Mello Pinto, Samuel, Santoandré, Santiago, Althoff, Sérgio L., Ribeiro, Sérvio P., Jory, Tainara, Fernandes, Tae Tanaami, de Oliveira Andrade, Tamires, Pereira, Thalles Platiny Lavinscky, Gonçalves-Souza, Thiago, da Silva, Thiago Sanches Ranzani, Silva, Victória N. G., Lopez, Vinicius Marques, Tonetti, Vinicius Rodrigues [UNESP], Nacagava, Vivian Ayumi Fujizawa, Oliveira, Viviane M., Dáttilo, Wesley, DaRocha, Wesley, Franco, Weslly, Dröse, William, Antonialli, William, Ribeiro, Milton Cezar [UNESP]
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Download full: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3580; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/230090

Ants, an ecologically successful and numerically dominant group of animals, play key ecological roles as soil engineers, predators, nutrient recyclers, and regulators of plant growth and reproduction in most terrestrial ecosystems. Further, ants are widely used as bioindicators of the ecological impact of land use. We gathered information of ant species in the Atlantic Forest of South America. The ATLANTIC ANTS data set, which is part of the ATLANTIC SERIES data papers, is a compilation of ant records from collections (18,713 records), unpublished data (29,651 records), and published sources (106,910 records; 1,059 references), including papers, theses, dissertations, and book chapters published from 1886 to 2020. In total, the data set contains 153,818 ant records from 7,636 study locations in the Atlantic Forest, representing 10 subfamilies, 99 genera, 1,114 ant species identified with updated taxonomic certainty, and 2,235 morphospecies codes. Our data set reflects the heterogeneity in ant records, which include ants sampled at the beginning of the taxonomic history of myrmecology (the 19th and 20th centuries) and more recent ant surveys designed to address specific questions in ecology and biology. The data set can be used by researchers to develop strategies to deal with different macroecological and region-wide questions, focusing on assemblages, species occurrences, and distribution patterns. Furthermore, the data can be used to assess the consequences of changes in land use in the Atlantic Forest on different ecological processes. No copyright restrictions apply to the use of this data set, but we request that authors cite this data paper when using these data in publications or teaching events.