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Dreier, S. et al

Geographic distances between pairs of wild bumblebee colonies across an agricultural landscape in Buckinghamshire, UK

https://doi.org/10.5285/8b3f4857-9809-43cb-b2aa-a988e64a5449 Cite this dataset
Geographic distances between pairs of wild bumblebee colonies across an agricultural landscape centred on the Hillesden Estate, Buckinghamshire, UK. Colony locations were estimated using the foraging locations of workers sampled in summer 2011, genotyped and grouped into full-sib families. The spatial structure of five Bombus species (Bombus terrestris, B. lapidarius, B. pascuorum, B. hortorum and B. ruderatus) was determined, with inter-colony distances varying from 7 to 5264 metres. Data were collected as part of a project led by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, funded under the Insect Pollinators Initiative.
Publication date: 2014-05-08

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2011-06-20    to    2011-08-05

Provenance & quality

Worker bumblebee DNA was sampled non-lethally, stored, extracted, genotyped and individuals assigned to full-sib groups (colonies) using recognised standard protocols. Spatial locations of colonies and inter-colony separation distances were generated in ArcGIS and backed up as Excel files. Data were checked for errors at all stages by staff at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and at the Institute of Zoology.

Related

This dataset is included in the following collections

Insect Pollinators Initiative datasets

Citations

Dreier, S., Redhead, J. W., Warren, I. A., Bourke, A. F. G., Heard, M. S., Jordan, W. C., … Carvell, C. (2014). Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of common and declining bumble bees across an agricultural landscape. Molecular Ecology, 23(14), 3384–3395. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12823

Correspondence/contact details

John Redhead
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Dreier, S.
Institute of Zoology/University of Bristol
Redhead, J.W.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2233-3848
Warren, I.
Institute of Zoology/University of Bristol
Bourke, A.F.G.
University of East Anglia
Heard, M.S.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Jordan, W.C.
Institute of Zoology
Sumner, S.
Institute of Zoology/University of Bristol
Wang, J.
Institute of Zoology
Carvell, C.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Other contacts

Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
Bombus hortorum , Bombus lapidarius , Bombus pascuorum , Bombus ruderatus , Bombus terrestris , Buckinghamshire , Pollinators
Last updated
27 February 2024 16:15

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CITE AS: Dreier, S.; Redhead, J.W.; Warren, I.; Bourke, A.F.G.; Heard, M.S.; Jordan, W.C.; Sumner, S.; Wang, J.; Carvell, C. (2014). Geographic distances between pairs of wild bumblebee colonies across an agricultural landscape in Buckinghamshire, UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/8b3f4857-9809-43cb-b2aa-a988e64a5449

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