Description
During 2018, Alberta Environment and Parks conducted an inventory of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in central Alberta, Canada with focus on the Parkland Natural Region of the province. The majority (>99%) of 8808 bumble bees were collected in blue vane traps deployed 3-4 times over the summer at 31 distinct locations. Also included are records from a smaller number of hand-collected bees that were opportunistically sampled at 12 sites during work on field projects during the summer.
Blue vane traps were installed at 31 locations in central Alberta, Canada. Twenty-six sites were located in, or immediately adjacent to, the Parkland Natural Region, two in the Grassland Natural Region, and three in the Boreal Forest Natural Region. Each trap was erected for approximately two weeks within each summer month (May-August). Traps were usually situated where a variety of habitat types (forest, grass, water, agricultural) were located in close proximity (<1 km), and usually on lands designated for habitat preservation (parks, natural areas, private conservation properties). The mean trapping duration over the summer at each site was (1275.2 hours; range 696-2547), and the mean number of bumble bees collected at each site was 281.5 (range: 20-900) individuals. A total of 8726 individuals of 22 species were collected. We also hand-collected bumblebees at 12 sites in Alberta during 2018, and include here records of 82 bees of 11 species. All bumble bees collected during the study are housed at the University of Calgary Zoology Museum, along with as-yet unidentified by-catch (non-Bombus) from the blue vane traps. We thank Ducks Unlimited Canada, Alberta Environment and Parks, the University of Calgary, the Alberta Conservation Association, and several dedicated volunteers for assistance with this project.
Enregistrements de données
Les données de cette ressource occurrence ont été publiées sous forme d'une Archive Darwin Core (Darwin Core Archive ou DwC-A), le format standard pour partager des données de biodiversité en tant qu'ensemble d'un ou plusieurs tableurs de données. Le tableur de données du cœur de standard (core) contient 8 808 enregistrements.
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Comment citer
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Prescott, David R.C., Michelle L. Wells, and Lincoln R. Best. 2019. Survey of bumblebees in central Alberta, 2018.
Droits
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L’éditeur et détenteur des droits de cette ressource est Alberta Environment and Parks - Species at Risk program. Ce travail est sous licence Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0.
Enregistrement GBIF
Cette ressource a été enregistrée sur le portail GBIF, et possède l'UUID GBIF suivante : 56dfeacf-b9bf-4dbb-951a-a5a5200a0589. Alberta Environment and Parks - Species at Risk program publie cette ressource, et est enregistré dans le GBIF comme éditeur de données avec l'approbation du Canadensys.
Mots-clé
Occurrence; bombus; Alberta; Parkland; Specimen
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Couverture géographique
Alberta, Canada with an emphasis on the Parkland Natural Region.
| Enveloppe géographique | Sud Ouest [48,98, -119,971], Nord Est [60,021, -110,039] |
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Couverture taxonomique
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| Genus | Bombus |
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Couverture temporelle
| Date de début / Date de fin | 2018-05-01 / 2018-10-01 |
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Méthodes d'échantillonnage
The majority (>99%) of 8808 bumble bees were collected in blue vane traps deployed 3-4 times over the summer at 31 distinct locations. Also included are records from a smaller number of hand-collected bees that were opportunistically sampled at 12 sites during work on field projects during the summer.
| Etendue de l'étude | During 2018, Alberta Environment and Parks conducted an inventory of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in central Alberta, Canada with focus on the Parkland Natural Region of the province. |
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Description des étapes de la méthode:
- Blue vane traps were installed at 31 locations in central Alberta, Canada. Twenty-six sites were located in, or immediately adjacent to, the Parkland Natural Region, two in the Grassland Natural Region, and three in the Boreal Forest Natural Region. Each trap was erected for approximately two weeks within each summer month (May-August). Traps were usually situated where a variety of habitat types (forest, grass, water, agricultural) were located in close proximity (<1 km), and usually on lands designated for habitat preservation (parks, natural areas, private conservation properties). The mean trapping duration over the summer at each site was (1275.2 hours; range 696-2547), and the mean number of bumble bees collected at each site was 281.5 (range: 20-900) individuals. A total of 8726 individuals of 22 species were collected. We also hand-collected bumblebees at 12 sites in Alberta during 2018, and include here records of 82 bees of 11 species. All bumble bees collected during the study are housed at the University of Calgary Zoology Museum, along with as-yet unidentified by-catch (non-Bombus) from the blue vane traps.
Données de collection
| Nom de la collection | Survey of bumblebees in central Alberta, 2018 |
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| Identifiant de la collection parente | University of Alberta Zoological Collection |
| Méthode de conservation des spécimens | Pinned |
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| Unités de conservation | Compteur 8 808 incertitude (+/-) 0 specimens |
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Métadonnées additionnelles
| Identifiants alternatifs | 10.5886/ntpd1n |
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| https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=bduc-bombus-specimens |