Ant abundance in pitfall traps, subterranean traps, arboreal traps, and Winkler samples at the Territory Wildlife Park experiment

This dataset consists of ant sampling done in 2021-2022, using pitfall traps (n = 855), arboreal traps (n = 855), subterranean traps (n = 1664), and leaf litter extractions (n = 168). These traps were deployed over three sampling events, in 19 plots at the Territory Wildlife Park fire experiment, near Darwin, Australia. The experiment consists of 18 1-ha plots in a randomised block design, with six burning treatments in each of the three blocks (Figure S1). The treatments commenced in 2004 and are: burnt early (first week of June) in the dry season each one (E1), two (E2), three (E3), and five (E5) years; burnt late (first week of October) in the dry season every two years (L2); and unburnt (U). We also include fire activity data, which consists of the cumulated fire intensity experienced by a plot during the experiment, and woody cover data obtained with ground-based lidar scans.