Matthew D Schlesinger

Jul 17, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Mark Buckner |Erin White |Timothy Howard |Matthew D Schlesinger

AbstractAnthropogenic drivers of global change threaten bee diversity and the ecosystem services bees provide. Despite their importance, the conservation of bee pollinators is complicated by limited and often heavily biased occurrence data. A recent state-wide survey of insect pollinators across New York, United States generated a large spatial dataset of bee species occurrence records from community scientists, historical collections, and survey efforts.