Description
Records added to the PRUAT and AFRC ant collection database during the FBIP-funded project entitled "Digitisation of ant collections" carried out as a collabrative project between Mark Robertson (University of Pretoria) and Peter Hawkes (AfriBugs)
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 9,177 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Robertson M, Hawkes P (2019): FBIP: PRUANT and AFRC data mobilisation dataset 2018. v1.0. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=pruant&v=1.0
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is South African National Biodiversity Institute. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: eecf6418-a9a4-48cb-b1a7-a59dcdb09a9d. South African National Biodiversity Institute publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by South African Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Ant; Formicidae; Specimen
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Southern Africa
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-34.715, 17.587], North East [-12.419, 47.525] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Some specimen identified to species level
| Family | Formicidae (Ants) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2003-01-01 / 2017-05-25 |
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Project Data
Records added to the PRUAT and AFRC ant collection database during the FBIP-funded project entitled "Digitisation of ant collections" carried out as a collabrative project between Mark Robertson (University of Pretoria) and Peter Hawkes (AfriBugs)
| Title | PRUANT and AFRC data mobilisation dataset 2018 |
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| Funding | Funding from Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) |
| Study Area Description | Southern Africa |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Sampling Methods
Samples were obtained mainly during research projects by postgraduate students, long-term Sani Pass project, environmental impact assessment, biodiversity surveys carried out during the course of contractual work by AfriBugs and ad hoc collections by various persons in their individual capacity.
| Study Extent | Southern Africa |
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Method step description:
- Data was obtained mainly from project-specific sample processing datasheets and specimen labels from material in the PRUANT nad AFRC ant collection, housed in the Department of Zoology and Entomolgy at University of Pretoria and AfriBug
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=pruant |
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