Description
The Ant Hunt was a citizen science project that ran in Denmark from April 1st-October 1st in 2017 and 2018, with a pilot testing in 2015. The project aimed to engage children age 8-11 in scientific discovery during school hours and especially outside school with their family. Participants collected ants using 2-hour baiting experiments. The project was run by the Natural History Museum of Denmark and the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate at Copenhagen University, who received the collected specimens and validated the species.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event 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 738 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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:
Sheard J K, Sanders N J, Dunn R R, Rahbek C (2021): The Danish Ant Hunt. v1.11. Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=the-danish-ant-hunt&v=1.11
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
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: 2c0dce8b-efd6-4076-a0a6-ca6915dd3dbc. 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
Citizen science; resource use; baiting experiments; ants; participatory monitoring; Formicidae; Samplingevent
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Denmark, terrestrial.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [54.48, 6.78], North East [57.93, 15.55] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All ants were identified to species except for cases where only partial individuals were retrieved, in which case they were identified to genus level.
| Family | Formicidae (Ants) |
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| Genus | Tetramorium, Formica, Lasius, Myrmica, Hypoponera |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2017-04-01 / 2018-10-01 |
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Project Data
The Ant Hunt was a citizen science project that ran in Denmark from April 1st-October 1st in 2017 and 2018, with a pilot testing in 2015. The project aimed to engage children age 8-11 in scientific discovery during school hours and especially outside school with their family. The project was run by the Natural History Museum of Denmark and the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate at Copenhagen University. Participants were reached through touring the country, engaging families outside supermarkets and in collaboration with various museums and nature guides across the country. In order to participate, you had to buy an experimental kit, ensuring standardization across experiments. These kits cost 30 DKK during the first year and 50 DKK during the second.
| Title | The Ant Hunt |
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| Identifier | AntHunt |
| Funding | The project was funded by June 15th Foundation, Knud Højgaards foundation, the Augustinus foundation and the Beckett foundation |
| Study Area Description | A citizen science study of the distribution and ecology of ants in Denmark from 2017-2018. |
| Design Description | Children conducted approximately 2 hour baiting experiments in an area of their choosing to investigate the distribution of ants in Denmark. Baits used were sugar, salt, cookies, protein powder, olive oil and water. For a detailed description of the study design, please see: http://www.digit.snm.ku.dk/DanBIF/CMEC-Ant-Hunt/Ant-Hunt-Proj-Descript.pdf |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
http://www.digit.snm.ku.dk/DanBIF/CMEC-Ant-Hunt/Ant-Hunt-Proj-Descript.pdf
| Study Extent | All of terrestrial Denmark |
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| Quality Control | Ants were identified by trained personnel at the Natural History Museum of Denmark. Data information was crossvalidated by comparing online data information with the handwritten datasheets supplied with the ants sent in to the museum. |
Method step description:
- Please see http://www.digit.snm.ku.dk/DanBIF/CMEC-Ant-Hunt/Ant-Hunt-Proj-Descript.pdf
Additional Metadata
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| Purpose | This data set was created through a citizen science project and is intended for scientific use. |
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| Maintenance Description | There are no plans to update this resource. |
| Alternative Identifiers | 2c0dce8b-efd6-4076-a0a6-ca6915dd3dbc |
| https://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=the-danish-ant-hunt |