Skoett Ant Collection

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen on Apr 28, 2021 Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen

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Description

This dataset is the digitized version of handwritten notes on ant observations by Christian Skøtt. Christian Skøtt was a grocer in Denmark with a keen interest in ants. His notes were digitized in connect with a Danish citizen science project called the Ant Hunt, which ran in 2017 and 2018.

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 1,022 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

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Sheard J.K., Nielsen, M.G. & Pedersen, J.S. (2020): Skoett Ant Collection. v1. Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen. Dataset/Occurrence. https://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=skoett&v=1.0

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen. 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: a98ca341-87f7-4366-a9ef-42ab91652e17.  Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by DanBIF - Danish Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Occurrences; historic; observations; ants; Occurrences; historic; observations; ants; Occurrence

Contacts

Julie Sheard
  • Metadata Provider
  • Author
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Research assistant
Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate
  • Universitetsparken 15, Bld. 3., 2nd floor
2100 Copenhagen
DK
Mogens Gissel Nielsen
  • Author
  • Originator
  • Emeritus
Aarhus University
DK
Jes Søe Pedersen
  • Author
  • Associate Professor
Section of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, Copenhagen University
DK
Isabel Calabuig
  • Custodian Steward
  • Node Manager, Data Curator
DanBIF, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Copenhagen
Jes Søe Pedersen
  • Author
  • Associate Professor
Section of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, Copenhagen University
  • Universitetsparken 15, Bld. 3., 1st floor
2100 Copenhagen
DK

Geographic Coverage

Denmark, terrestrial.

Bounding Coordinates South West [54.48, 6.78], North East [57.93, 15.55]

Taxonomic Coverage

Ants (Formicidae) identified to species level.

Family Formicidae (Ants)
Species Camponotus herculeanus, (Linnaeus, 1758), Camponotus ligniperda ,(Latreille, 1802), Formica cinerea, Mayr, 1853, Formica exsecta, Nylander, 1846, Formica fusca, Linnaeus, 1758, Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904, Formica picea Nylander, 1846, Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783, Formica rufa, Linnaeus, 1761, Formica rufibarbis, Fabricius, 1793, Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798, Formica truncorum, Fabricius, 1804, Formica uralensis Ruzsky, 1895, Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846), Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849), Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859), Lasius alienus (Foerster, 1850), Lasius flavus, (Fabricius, 1782), Lasius fuliginosus, (Latreille, 1798), Lasius mixtus (Nylander, 1846), Lasius niger, (Linnaeus, 1758), Lasius umbratus, (Nylander, 1846), Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793), Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846), Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802), Myrmica lobicornis, Nylander, 1846, Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758), Myrmica ruginodis, Nylander, 1846, Myrmica rugulosa, Nylander, 1849, Myrmica sabuleti, Meinert, 1861, Myrmica scabrinodis, Nylander, 1846, Myrmica schencki, Viereck, 1903, Myrmica sulcinodis, Nylander, 1846, Stenamma westwoodii, Westwood, 1839, Tetramorium caespitum, (Linnaeus, 1758)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1936-04-24 / 1970-10-11

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers a98ca341-87f7-4366-a9ef-42ab91652e17
https://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=skoett