Ant Survey, Victorian Dry Eucalypt SuperSite, Wombat, Core 1 ha, 2014

Ants are Australia’s dominant faunal group in terms of biomass and energy flow. They occupy all trophic levels, act as ecosystem engineers, feature in many mutualistic interactions with plants, and are a key food resource for many vertebrates. Ants are also Australia’s best studied insect group in terms of biogeography and community dynamics. They are the most widely used invertebrate bio-indicators in environmental assessment and monitoring. Ants were collected 12 - 15 Dec 2014 and stored in ethanol for taxonomic assessment.

就生物量与能量流动而言，蚂蚁是澳大利亚占主导地位的动物类群。它们占据所有营养级，作为生态系统工程师（ecosystem engineers）参与各类与植物的互利共生互动，同时亦是诸多脊椎动物的关键食物资源。
就生物地理学与群落动态研究方面而言，蚂蚁也是澳大利亚研究最为深入的昆虫类群。它们是环境评估与监测工作中应用最广泛的无脊椎动物生物指示物（invertebrate bio-indicators）。
样本采集于2014年12月12日至15日，以乙醇（ethanol）保存，用于分类学鉴定（taxonomic assessment）。