Vermont Bumble Bee Atlas 2012 - 2014

Kent McFarland1, Spencer Hardy1, Sara Zahendra1, Leif Richardson2

1 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, 05055, Norwich, United States; 2 Gund Institute for Environment University of Vermont, , United States

Corresponding author(s): Kent McFarland (kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org)Spencer Hardy (shardy@vtecostudies.org)Sara ZahendraLeif Richardson (leif.richardson@uvm.edu)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

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

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Samplingevent, Samplingevent

Project details

Project title: Vermont Atlas of Life
Personnel: Kent McFarland
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Vermont, USA
Design description: http://val.vtecostudies.org/

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=marie_test_scientific_names

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Genus: Bombus
Species: Xylocopa
Common names: virginica

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Vermont, USA
Coordinates: 42°42'25.2''N and 45°3'57.6''N Latitude; 73°29'56.4''W and 71°29'56.4''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2012 - 2014

Natural collections description

Collection name: Zadock Thompson Zoological Collections
Specimen preservation method: Pinned

Methods

Method step description: https://figshare.com/articles/Vermont_Bumble_Bee_Survey_-_Manual_for_Participants/6327230/1
Study extent description: Vermont
Sampling description: https://figshare.com/articles/Vermont_Bumble_Bee_Survey_-_Manual_for_Participants/6327230/1
Quality control description: Final determinations by Leif Richardson.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Vermont Bumble Bee Atlas 2012 - 2014
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.org/archive.do?r=marie_test_scientific_names
Publication date of data: 2020-11-13
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-01-28
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
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
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.
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/