Data supporting: The global spread and invasion capacities of alien ants

Deposited here are four datasets relating to the paper “The global spread and invasion capacities of alien ants” A description of each dataset follows. Dataset_1_alien_ant_species_records.csv This dataset contains the occurrence records (N=17,942) for 520 alien ant species across 525 geographic regions worldwide. It includes records of species in their native regions (“native”) as well as records of species in non-native regions, in three different categories: species recorded from border interceptions (“border.interception”), species recorded from indoor settings such as buildings and greenhouses (“established.indoors”), and species recorded in the wild (“established.outdoors”). The data was extracted on 15 June 2022 from the Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics (GABI) database (Guénard et al., 2017), which is regularly updated. Information on the literature and database sources corresponding to each record is available from GABI. Corresponding range maps for all species across all regions can be viewed at https://antmaps.org. Dataset_2_regions_and_realms.csv This dataset contains the geographic coordinates of the 525 geographic regions in the GABI database. It also provides a classification of the regions into 11 global zoogeographic realms as defined in Holt et al. (2013). Dataset_3_alien_ant_species_strata.csv This dataset contains information on the vertical habitat strata occupied by each alien ant species. Three different vertical habitat strata are listed, namely the arboreal (“arboreal”), ground-surface (“ground.surface”), and the litter-and-soil (“litter.soil”) strata (after Lucky et al., 2013). Dataset_4_ant_genera_richness_strata.csv This dataset contains information on the species richness of and vertical habitat strata occupied by each ant genus (updated from Lucky et al., 2013). For additional information, please contact: [e-mail] Literature cited Guenard, B., Weiser, M. D., Gomez, K., Narula, N., and Economo, E. P. (2017). The Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics (GABI) database: synthesizing data on the geographic distribution of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecol. News, 24, 83–89. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_024:083 Holt, B. G., Lessard, J. P., Borregaard, M. K., Fritz, S. A., Araújo, M. B., Dimitrov, D., Fabre, P., Graham, C., Graves, G., Jonsson, K. A., et al. (2013). An update of Wallace’s zoogeographic regions of the world. Science, 339, 74–78. 10.1126/science.1228282 Lucky, A., Trautwein, M. D., Guenard, B. S., Weiser, M. D., and Dunn, R. R. (2013). Tracing the rise of ants out of the ground. PLoS One, 8, e84012. 10.1371/journal.pone.0084012