Vermont Bumble Bee Atlas 2012 - 2014

Latest version published by Test Organization #1 on Nov 13, 2020 Test Organization #1

From 2012-2014, with help from 53 citizen scientists, we conducted surveys to determine the status of bumble bees throughout Vermont. We amassed 10,368 bumble bee records comprised of 12 species from all 14 Vermont counties.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 2,102 records. 1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Event (core)
    2102
  • Occurrence 
    10368

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Downloads

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 2,102 records in English (220 KB) - Update frequency: not planned
Metadata as an EML file download in English (11 KB)
Metadata as an RTF file download in English (8 KB)

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

McFarland K, Hardy S, Zahendra S, Richardson L (2020): Vermont Bumble Bee Atlas 2012 - 2014. v1.3. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.vtecostudies.org/ipt-2.3.5/resource?r=bumblebeeatlas1213&v=1.3

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Test Organization #1. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 705271a5-5e3b-4c79-9a63-d5d4d3f63474.  Test Organization #1 publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Secretariat.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Samplingevent

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Kent McFarland
Conservation Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies 05055 Norwich VT US
Spencer Hardy
Project Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies 05055 Norwich VT US
Sara Zahendra
Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies 05055 Norwich VT US
Leif Richardson
biologist
Gund Institute for Environment University of Vermont US

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Kent McFarland
Conservation Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies 05055 Norwich VT US
Spencer Hardy
Project Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies 05055 Norwich VT US

Who filled in the metadata:

Spencer Hardy
Project Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies 05055 Norwich VT US
Kent McFarland
Conservation Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies 05055 Norwich VT US

Who else was associated with the resource:

Geographic Coverage

Vermont, USA

Bounding Coordinates South West [42.707, -73.499], North East [45.066, -71.499]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Genus  Bombus
Species  Xylocopa (virginica)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2012-01-01 / 2014-01-01

Project Data

http://val.vtecostudies.org/

Title Vermont Atlas of Life
Identifier VAL
Study Area Description Vermont, USA
Design Description http://val.vtecostudies.org/

The personnel involved in the project:

Principal Investigator
Kent McFarland

Sampling Methods

https://figshare.com/articles/Vermont_Bumble_Bee_Survey_-_Manual_for_Participants/6327230/1

Study Extent Vermont
Quality Control Final determinations by Leif Richardson.

Method step description:

  1. https://figshare.com/articles/Vermont_Bumble_Bee_Survey_-_Manual_for_Participants/6327230/1

Collection Data

Collection Name Zadock Thompson Zoological Collections
Specimen preservation methods Pinned

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Richardson, L. L., K.P. McFarland, S. Zahendra, and S. Hardy. 2018. Bumble bee (Bombus) distribution and diversity in Vermont, USA: a century of change. Journal of Insect Conservation 23: 45–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-018-0113-5
  2. McFarland, K.P., L.L. Richardson, and S. Zahendra. 2016. Vermont Bumble Bee Survey: Faunal Changes in Vermont, 1900-2014. Final Report to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. 32pp.
  3. McFarland, K.P., L. Richardson, S. Zahendra and S. Hardy. 2015. Vermont Bumble Bee Atlas. Vermont Center for Ecostudies – Vermont Atlas of Life. Retrieved from http://val.vtecostudies.org. http://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/bumble-bee-atlas/

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=marie_test_scientific_names