Description: Termite community composition from soil pits and deadwoodProject: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Ant and termite assemblages along a tropical forest disturbance gradient in Sabah, Malaysia: A study of co-variation and trophic interactionsXML metadata: GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available hereData worksheets: There are 3 data worksheets in this dataset:Functional traits (Worksheet Function)Dimensions: 36 rows by 3 columnsDescription: Functional traits associated with each genusFields: Genus: Genus ID (Field type: Taxa)Functional.group: Humification gradient (Field type: Categorical Trait)Soil pit data (Worksheet SoilPits)Dimensions: 954 rows by 35 columnsDescription: Termite community composition from soil pitsFields: 2nd.order.point: SAFE Project sample site (Field type: Location)Quadrat.number.(in.my.study): Quadrat number (Field type: ID)Date: Date of sample collection (Field type: Date)Pit.number: Pit number within the plot (Field type: Replicate)Time: Time samples were collected (Field type: Time)No..of.termites: Number adult termites (Field type: Abundance)No.juvenile.termites: Number juvenile termites (Field type: Abundance)Unknown: Number of damaged individuals or individuals that can't definitively be assigned to genera (Field type: Abundance)Dicuspiditermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Schedorhinotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Prohamitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Malaysiotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Mirocapritermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Hypotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Procapritermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Homatermes.undescribed.genus: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Termes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Syncapritermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Pericapritermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Microcerotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Macrotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Globitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Lacessititermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Pseudocapritermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Homallotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Oriencapritermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Oriensublitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Labritermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Euramitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Rhinotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Nasutitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Bulbitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Odontotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Heterotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Deadwood data (Worksheet Deadwood)Dimensions: 138 rows by 23 columnsDescription: Termite community composition from deadwoodFields: 2nd.order.point: SAFE Project sample site (Field type: Location)Quadrat.number.(in.my.study): Quadrat number (Field type: ID)Date: Date of sample collection (Field type: Date)Wood.sample: Wood piece within Quadrat (Field type: Replicate)Time: Time samples were collected (Field type: Time)No..of.termites: Number adult termites (Field type: Abundance)No.juvenile.termites: Number juvenile termites (Field type: Abundance)Unknown: Number of damaged individuals or individuals that can't definitively be assigned to genera (Field type: Abundance)Dicuspiditermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Schedorhinotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Homallotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Bulbitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Macrotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Globitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Nasutitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Heterotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Syncapritermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Malaysiotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Parrhinotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Pericapritermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Rhinotermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Aciculitermes: Number of individuals (Field type: Abundance)Date range: 2010-04-21 to 2010-05-25Latitudinal extent: 4.6353 to 4.7520Longitudinal extent: 116.9542 to 117.6288Taxonomic coverage: All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets.Animalia - Arthropoda - - Insecta - - - Isoptera - - - - - Aciculitermes - - - - - [Euramitermes] - - - - - Homallotermes - - - - - Hypotermes - - - - - Mirocapritermes - - - - - Procapritermes - - - - - Prohamitermes - - - - - Pseudocapritermes - - - - Rhinotermitidae - - - - - Heterotermes - - - - - Parrhinotermes - - - - - Rhinotermes - - - - - Schedorhinotermes - - - - Termitidae - - - - - Bulbitermes - - - - - Dicuspiditermes - - - - - Globitermes - - - - - Labritermes - - - - - [Lacessititermes] - - - - - Macrotermes - - - - - Malaysiotermes - - - - - Microcerotermes - - - - - Nasutitermes - - - - - Odontotermes - - - - - Oriencapritermes - - - - - Oriensubulitermes - - - - - Pericapritermes - - - - - Syncapritermes - - - - - Termes - - - - - Hodotermes - - [Homatermes.undescribed.genus]