Alice Springs Mulga Ant Abundance Data from Flux Tower Footprint, 2014-2015

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery provides ant abundance and incidence data collected within the flux tower footprint at the Alice Springs Mulga site. The dataset covers the period from 2014 to 2015. Data files are available in CSV, HTML, and PNG formats.

Use Cases

• Modeling ant population trends based on abundance data mentioned in the description
• Studying insect incidence patterns in relation to flux tower environmental measurements
• Analyzing ecosystem biodiversity within a specific site footprint
• Correlating ant activity with seasonal or climatic variables for the 2014-2015 period

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific research site and infrastructure (Alice Springs Mulga flux tower)
• Covers a defined two-year time range (2014-2015)
• Available in multiple formats including CSV for tabular analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Collected in the flux tower footprint within the Alice Springs Mulga site.

Time Range

2014 - 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-13 11:26:24.524424; freshness should be verified

Geography

Alice Springs Mulga site, Australia