Dataset title: Species of native bees in the urbanised region of the southwest Western Australian biodiversity hotspot
DOI: 10.25917/5ee09df795b7c

 Principal Investigator Contact Information
        Name: Kit Prendergast
           Institution: Curtin University
           Email: kit.prendergast21@gmail.com
	   ORCID: 0000-0002-1164-6099

Date of dataset collection: Nov 2016-Feb 2017 and Oct 2017-March 2018
Date of dataset publication: June 2020
Keywords: native bees, bees, biodiversity hotspot, melittology, urban ecology, ecology


Primary dataset contact: Kit Prendergast, kit.prendergast21@gmail.com

If necessary, further information or contact details may be found by emailing researchdata@curtin.edu.au

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DATA INFORMATION

Data description: 
Collections were conducted in Nov-Feb 2016/2017 and Oct-March 2017/2018 across 14 sites, seven of which were bushland remnants, and seven of which were residential gardens.
Abundance of each species, for each sex, are presented.
Species were collected by Kit S. Prendergast with a sweep-net, blue and yellow vane traps, and blue and yellow vane traps (refer to: Prendergast, K. S., Menz, M. H. M., Dixon, K. W., & Bateman, P. W. (2020). The relative performance of sampling methods for native bees: an empirical test and review of the literature. Ecosphere, 11(5), e03076. doi:10.1002/ecs2.3076)
Species identifications were performed by Kit S. Prendergast, with consultation from Dr Terry Houston, and involved using published keys where available (references in: Houston, T.F. (2018) A Guide to the Native Bees of Australia. CSIRO Publishing), and with reference to the Western Australian Museum Entomological Collection.
Body size categories are small (S): 0.48-1.78 mm ITD, medium (S): 1.79-3.10 mm, large (L): 3.11-4.41 mm. Categories were based on subtracting the minimum body size, as measured by intertegular distance (ITD), from the maximum and dividing by three.

This dataset contains 1 spreadsheet and requires Microsoft Excel to open.

Number of files & types: 1 Excel spreadsheet

Geographic information (if relevant): Australia, Western Australia, southwest Western Australia, Perth metropolitan region


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REUSE INFORMATION

Recommended citation: 
Prendergast, Kit (2020): Species of native bees in the urbanised region of the southwest Western Australian biodiversity hotspot. Curtin University. DOI: 10.25917/5ee09df795b7c

This dataset is provided under a CC BY: Attribution 4.0 License. More details can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/