October 2016 pitfall trap data collected along animal trails in the north-western Simpson Desert, Queensland. The dataset quantifies food availability and selectivity for the lesser hairy-footed dunnart and wolf spiders, with invertebrates identified to Order or Family and grouped into seven size classes. Data was used for ANOVA, NMDS, and PERMANOVA analyses to test hypotheses about dietary overlap and encounter rates.
Use Cases
- Analyze arthropod prey assemblages based on Order/Family-level taxonomic identification
- Compare invertebrate size class distributions based on the seven defined size groups
- Model predator-prey encounter rates based on data collected along tracked individual trails
- Test hypotheses about dietary overlap using the described ANOVA and PERMANOVA methods
Strengths
- Invertebrates were identified to Order or Family level using identification keys
- Data includes counts grouped into seven size classes for detailed analysis
- Pitfall traps were deployed along 11 dunnart and 8 wolf spider trails for targeted sampling
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data collection is limited to a single month (October 2016) and specific geographic area
Provenance
- Source
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
- Collection Method
- Invertebrate pitfall trapping along trails of tracked individuals and control trails.
- Time Range
- October 2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-10 20:46:27.868224; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- North-western Simpson Desert, Queensland, Australia