Powered by OpenAIRE graph

Ants from Tropical Dry Forests and their surrounding matrices in the geographical valley of the Cauca River which are deposited in the entomological collection of the Universidad de Valle / Hormigas de bosque seco tropical y sus matrices aledañas en el valle geográfico del río Cauca depositadas en la colección entomológica de la Universidad del Valle

Authors: Giraldo, Maria Alejandra Bautista; Armbrecht, Inge; Avendaño, Emira Isabel García;

Ants from Tropical Dry Forests and their surrounding matrices in the geographical valley of the Cauca River which are deposited in the entomological collection of the Universidad de Valle / Hormigas de bosque seco tropical y sus matrices aledañas en el valle geográfico del río Cauca depositadas en la colección entomológica de la Universidad del Valle

Abstract

In Colombia, the Tropical Dry Forest is one of the most threatened ecosystems due to habitat transformation and land-use changes driven by human activities such as agriculture, livestock farming, and urban settlements (Chacón de Ulloa et al. 2012; IAvH 2014). Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are among terrestrial ecosystems' most abundant and diverse insect groups (Parker and Kronauer 2021). They modify landscapes through their ecological roles, which include seed dispersal, soil turnover, and nutrient cycling (Del Toro et al. 2015; Carvalho et al. 2020). Ants are also involved in strong interactions with other invertebrates, plants, and indirectly, larger vertebrates (Helms et al. 2020). Due to these characteristics, ants are often used as ecological models to assess environmental conditions (Hoffmann and Andersen 2003).The data presented in this dataset were obtained as part of the research project “Ant Assemblages: 27 Years of Variation in Fragments of the Valle del Cauca Dry Forest and Its Surrounding Matrices”, conducted under the umbrella of the project “The Dry Forest in Context. Twenty-Five Years Later: Spatiotemporal Relationships in Ant Biodiversity,” funded by the Colombian Science Ministry (Minciencias), Francisco José de Caldas National Fund for Science, Technology, and Innovation.As a result of the research, a numerous ant specimens were obtained. Consequently, two deposits were made in Colombian biological collections. The first deposit corresponds to the reference collection (dry material) housed at the Entomology Museum of the Universidad del Valle (MUSENUV), and the second deposit (liquid material) was made at the entomological collection of the Biological Collections Center of the Universidad del Magdalena (CBUMAG). Both datasets are published in the Colombian Biodiversity Information System (SiB Colombia).This dataset corresponds to the samples deposited at MUSENUV, comprising 546 ant records collected between 2021 and 2022 in Tropical Dry Forests and their surrounding anthropogenic productive matrices, all of them located in the geographical valley of the Cauca River. Of these, 82% have been identified to the species level, while the rest are considered morphospecies. In total, 53 genera across nine Formicidae subfamilies were recorded.En Colombia, el bosque seco tropical es uno de los ecosistemas más amenazados debido a la transformación del hábitat y el cambio del uso del suelo en diferentes actividades humanas, principalmente la agricultura, ganadería y asentamientos urbanos (Chacón de Ulloa et al. 2012, IAvH 2014). Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) son uno de los grupos de insectos más abundantes y diversos de los ecosistemas terrestres (Parker y Kronauer 2021); modifican el paisaje a través de las funciones que desempeñan como la dispersión de semillas, remoción de suelo, recirculación de nutrientes (Del Toro et al. 2015; Carvalho et al. 2020), además de sus fuertes interacciones con otros invertebrados, plantas e indirectamente con grandes vertebrados (Helms et al. 2020). Por lo anterior, han sido frecuentemente utilizadas como modelos ecológicos para evaluar el estado de los ambientes (Hoffmann y Andersen 2003).La información contenida en este conjunto de datos proviene del trabajo de investigación “Ensamblajes de hormigas: 27 años de variación en fragmentos del bosque seco vallecaucano y sus matrices aledañas”, realizado en el marco del proyecto “El bosque seco en contexto. Veinticinco años después: relaciones espacio-temporales de la biodiversidad de hormigas”. Este proyecto fue financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia de Colombia (Minciencias) a través del Patrimonio Autónomo Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnología y la Innovación Francisco José de Caldas.Como resultado de la investigación, se obtuvo una gran cantidad de especímenes de hormigas. Debido a ello, se realizaron dos depósitos en colecciones biológicas colombianas. El primer depósito corresponde a la colección de referencia (material en seco) alojada en el Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle (MUSENUV), y el segundo depósito (material en líquido) se realizó en la colección entomológica del Centro de Colecciones Biológicas de la Universidad del Magdalena (CBUMAG). Los dos conjuntos de datos se encuentran publicados en el Sistema de Información sobre Biodiversidad de Colombia (SiB Colombia).Este conjunto de datos corresponde a las muestras depositadas en el MUSENUV, el cual contiene 546 registros de hormigas colectadas entre los años 2021 y 2022 en el bosque seco tropical y sus matrices antropogénicas aledañas en el valle geográfico del río Cauca. De los cuales, el 82% se encuentra determinado a nivel de especie y el 18% a morfoespecie. En total se registraron 53 géneros dentro de nueve subfamilias de Formicidae.

Related Organizations
Keywords

Ants, Geographical valley of the Cauca River, Matrices antropogénicas, Hormigas, Bosque seco, Observation, Colombia, Sugarcane, Biological records, Valle geográfico del río Cauca, Occurrence, Pasture. Registros biológicos, Caña de azúcar, Dry forest, Potrero., Anthropogenic matrices

  • BIP!
    Impact byBIP!
    citations
    This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
    0
    popularity
    This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
    Average
    influence
    This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
    Average
    impulse
    This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
    Average
Powered by OpenAIRE graph
citations
This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Citations provided by BIP!
popularity
This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Popularity provided by BIP!
influence
This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Influence provided by BIP!
impulse
This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Impulse provided by BIP!
0
Average
Average
Average
Related to Research communities
Italian National Biodiversity Future Center