Location data of worker bumblebees across an agricultural landscape in Buckinghamshire, UK
Carvell, C., Bourke, A.F.G., Dreier, S., Heard, M.S., Jordan, W.C., Sumner, S., Wang, J., Redhead, J.W. (2014). Location data of worker bumblebees across an agricultural landscape in Buckinghamshire, UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/a60f52b8-0f9f-44f6-aca4-861cb461a0eb
This dataset contains locations of worker bumblebees of five species (Bombus terrestris, B. lapidarius, B. pascuorum, B. hortorum, B. ruderatus) across an agricultural landscape centred on the Hillesden Estate, Buckinghamshire, UK. Locations were recorded in the field using a handheld GPS unit. Workers were non-lethally DNA sampled between June and August 2011, and genetic analysis used to confirm species and assign individuals to full-sib groups (colonies). Data were collected as part of a project led by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, funded under the Insect Pollinators Initiative.
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Institute of Zoology/University of Bristol
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Redhead, J.W., Dreier, S., Bourke, A.F.G., Heard, M.S., Jordan, W.C., Sumner, S., … Carvell, C. (2015). Effects of habitat composition and landscape structure on worker foraging distances of five bumblebee species. Ecological Applications, 150819033522003.