Ponerinae_binary_range_table: Dataset providing biogeographic range data for extant...

Ponerinae_binary_range_tableR Documentation

Dataset providing biogeographic range data for extant ponerine ants

Description

A data.frame of range location for the 1534 extant ponerine ant taxa (Ponerinae subfamily).

Source: Doré, M., Borowiec, M. L., Branstetter, M. G., Camacho, G. P., Fisher, B. L., Longino, J. T., Ward, P. S., Blaimer, B. B. (2025). Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications, 16, 8297. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3")}

Usage

data(Ponerinae_binary_range_table)

Format

A data.frame with 1534 rows and 10 columns.

Details

A data.frame of range locations covering the 1534 extant ponerine ant taxa (Ponerinae subfamily).

  • ⁠$Taxa⁠ Character string. Names of ponerinae ant taxa.

  • ⁠$Afrotropics⁠ Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Afrotropics.

  • ⁠$Australasia⁠ Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Australasia.

  • ⁠$Indomalaya⁠ Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Indomalaya.

  • ⁠$Nearctic⁠ Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Nearctic.

  • ⁠$Neotropics⁠ Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Neotropics.

  • ⁠$Eastern_Palearctic⁠ Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Eastern Palearctic.

  • ⁠$Western_Palearctic⁠ Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Western Palearctic.

  • ⁠$Old_World⁠ Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to the Old World: encompassing any bioregion among Afrotropics, Australasia, Indomalaya, Eastern Palearctic, or Western Palearctic.

  • ⁠$New_World⁠ Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to the New World: encompassing any bioregion among Nearctic, or Neotropics.

References

Doré, M., Borowiec, M. L., Branstetter, M. G., Camacho, G. P., Fisher, B. L., Longino, J. T., Ward, P. S., Blaimer, B. B. (2025). Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications, 16, 8297. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3")}


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