public read uid=keith,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read uid=woodward,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all Dr Boris Lomov Department of Agriculture, Australian Government Entomologist Professor David Keith University of New South Wales Professor of Botany

Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

02 9385 2111 david.keith@unsw.edu.au Mrs Renee Woodward Centre for Ecosystem Science Research Assistant

Centre for Ecosystem Science School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052

r.woodward@unsw.edu.au Associate Professor Dieter Hochuli University of Sydney

School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

dieter.hochuli@sydney.edu.au David Kirkland Department of Planning and Environment Western Sydney Parklands Trust

Department of Planning and Environment Level 7, 10 Valentine Avenue, P.O. Box 3064 Parramatta NSW 2124

david.kirkland@wspt.nsw.gov.au Manager The Woodland Restoration Plot Network Invertebrate Data Package contains ant survey data for sixteen 0.02 hectare sites which were established in 2002. The sites were located on retired farmland that includes a mosaic of restored vegetation (native plantings) of varying ages juxtaposed with patches of remnant vegetation and untreated, abandoned pasture. All sites were originally woodland prior to agricultural development about 200 years ago. The plantings monitored by the Woodland Restoration Plot Network research plots commenced in 1992. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Woodland Restoration Plot Network’s full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/woodland-restoration Evaluation Restoration Revegetation Succession Formicidae Ants Keywords List Earth Science > Biological Classification > Animals/Invertebrates > Arthropods > Hexapods > Insects Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecological dynamics GCMD Invertebrates Restoration LTERN Monitoring Themes 0501 0602 ANZSRC-FOR CC-BY-4_0 Special Conditions Prior to publication of research utilising this data, the data provider (David Keith) requests consultation. Spatial coordinates for site codes (site_number) are available at http://www.ltern.org.au/knb/metacat/ltern.127/html, in the table titled "kwrt_spatial_data_2002_p174t1181.csv". 2002 Genus Anillomyrma Genus Anonychomyrma Genus Camponotus Genus Cardiocondyla Genus Crematogaster Genus Dolichoderus Genus Heteroponera Genus Hypoponera Genus Iridomyrmex Genus Melophorus Genus Meranoplus Genus Monomorium Genus Myrmecia Genus Notoncus Genus Ochetellus Genus Paratrechina Genus Pheidole Genus Rhytidoponera Genus Solenopsis Genus Stigmacros Genus Strumigenys Genus Tapinoma Genus Tetramorium Western Sydney Parklands (Western Sydney Regional Park) and Prospect Reservoir are situated approximately 30 km west of Sydney, and extend over an area of nearly 5,280 hectares. 150.810459 150.915226 -33.80273 -33.909898 1439770163309 1439770229567

Ants were sampled with pitfall traps. Each sampling plot was a 15 x 15 m grid of five pitfall traps (one at each corner with one trap in the centre of the grid). Traps consisted of 150 mL plastic containers (40-mm internal diameter) sunk in the ground flush with the surface (Lomov, 2009). The traps were operated for 14 days. Ants from pitfall traps were transferred to 70% alcohol and identified to genus using Shattuck (1999). The voucher specimens were deposited in the entomology collection of the Australian Museum. Lomov, B., et al. (2009). Linking ecological function to species composition in ecological restoration: Seed removal by ants in recreated woodland. Austral Ecology 34(7): 751-760. Shattuck S. O. (1999) Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.

80x 150 mL plastic containers, specimen vials, 100% ethylene glycol, 70% alcohol The study site is located on retired farmland that includes a mosaic of restored vegetation (native plantings) of varying ages juxtaposed with patches of remnant vegetation and untreated, pasture (both grazed and abandoned). During their period of pastoral management (prior to 1990), the sites have been grazed by cattle, fertilised and planted with exotic pasture grasses, particularly Phalaris species. All sites were originally woodland prior to agricultural development about 200 years ago. Restoration projects commenced in the area in 1992 with a stated goal of ‘re-establishment of native vegetation’ (Perkins 1997). The restoration plantings were carried out in a pattern designed to connect remnant patches of woodland, which were also the primary sources of seed for tubestock. To evaluate success against the above goal, we therefore identified the remnants as suitable reference sites to which the restored sites were expected to increase their resemblance in composition and structure over time. Disturbance resulting from past agricultural practices in the area have impacted upon remnant patches to varying degrees, but these were the best available examples of native woodland in the region. Untreated pasture is defined as a control, from which restored sites are expected to become increasingly dissimilar in species composition and vegetation structure with time. See: Perkins I. 1997. Hoxton Park Corridor (North) Land and Vegetation Management Plan. Unpublished report. The NSW Department of Urban Affairs and Planning & Greening Australia (NSW), Sydney. The experimental design (Lomov 2009) was based on space-for-time substitution (Pickett 1989) with a chronosequence of four treatments. Ungrazed pasture was the control and represented the starting point of restoration; ‘younger revegetation’ of approximately 5 years since planting; ‘older revegetation’ of approximately 10 years since planting; and Cumberland Plain Woodland remnants were used as reference and represented the desired end point of restoration. Sixteen spatially independent sites comprise four replicates per treatment located 2–6 km apart and not connected through the same type of habitat. See – Lomov, B., et al. (2009). Linking ecological function to species composition in ecological restoration: Seed removal by ants in recreated woodland. Austral Ecology 34(7): 751-760 Pickett S. T. A. (1989) Space-for-time substitution as an alternative to long-term studies. In: Long-Term Studies in Ecology (ed. G. R. Likens) pp. 110–35. Springer-Verlag, NewYork. The genus group Anillomyrma is based on the description by Bolton (1987) http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/AZ/Australia/FORMICIDAE/Myrmicinae/Solenopsidini/Anillomyrma/sp./index.html 1439770163309 Data Owner Since 2012 this project has been part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN). This work was supported by the Australian Government’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (www.tern.org.au) – an Australian research infrastructure facility established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and Education Infrastructure Fund–Super Science Initiative through the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. kwrt_invertebrate_ant_species_data_2002_p35t172.csv Ant abundance records (grouped into generic phenotypes). kwrt_invertebrate_ant_species_data_2002_p35t172.csv 13419 1 #x0A column , ecogrid://knb/ltern.223.2 cn=submitters,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all uid=keith,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read uid=woodward,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read uid=wilkins,o=unaffiliated,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org read site_number Unique site identifier Character morpho_species Phenotype grouping of individuals Character abundance Number of individuals trapped at the site number whole 625