DNA barcoding of South African Ants

The files contain sequences and collection information from a project on barcoding South African ants. Parts of the collections were done for this purpose while other samples were derived from different ant projects in which the author was involved during her stay at the CIB. Additional samples were received as donations by other researchers. The data can be combined with the diversity and trait information collected in those projects. This includes the two long-term monitoring projects - the Iimbovane Outreach project and the Cederberg Altitudinal Transect Project (aka Coast to Karoo Transect) - and projects using the same study sites. Sequencing of samples took place at the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario at the University of Guelph as this project was in collaboration with the international Barcoding of Life Initiative and its South African collaborators. The data thus is also stored in the Barcoding of Life Database and Aggregate files of the project's data have been compiled using the web tools of this database. Voucher specimens are stored in the collection of the CIB at Stellenbosch University.

本数据集文件包含南非蚂蚁条形码研究项目的序列数据与馆藏信息。部分馆藏标本为该项目专门采集，其余样本则源自作者在CIB任职期间参与的其他蚂蚁研究项目；另有部分样本由其他研究者捐赠获得。该数据集可与上述项目中采集的多样性与性状信息进行整合，其中涵盖两项长期监测项目——伊姆博万推广项目（Iimbovane Outreach Project）与塞德伯格海拔样带项目（又名海岸至卡鲁样带项目）——以及使用相同研究样地的相关项目。由于本项目与国际生命条形码倡议（Barcoding of Life Initiative）及其南非合作方开展合作，样本测序工作在圭尔夫大学安大略省生物多样性研究所完成。因此本数据集亦存储于生命条形码数据库（Barcoding of Life Database）中，项目的聚合数据文件亦通过该数据库的网页工具编制完成。凭证标本存放于斯泰伦博斯大学CIB的馆藏中。