http://tun.fi/HR.5655
Name:
Bumblebee (Bombus spp.) diversity in urban Finnish landscapes
Name (fi):
Kimalaisten (Bombus spp.) monimuotoisuus Suomen kaupunkimaisemissa
Type:
Other
Description:
The dataset contains data on the representation of the 16 bumblebee (Bombus spp.) species collected from 55 sampling points in urban landscapes of six Finnish cities (Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Turku, Kuopio, and Joensuu) during summer 2022. The estimated geographic area of the sampling campaign covered 44 160 km2. The total sample size is 512 specimens, from which 338 are females (workers and queens) and 174 are males. The dataset contains information on the collection time and the associated plant species from which bumblebees were sampled. Associated plants were Finnish native wildflowers and ornamental plant species flowering in cities during the collection time. The sampling campaign was performed as a part of the “CarPLANT” project supported by the Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation [grant 202200067].
Description (fi):
Aineisto sisältää tiedot 16 kimalaislajin (Bombus spp.) edustuksesta, jotka on kerätty 55 näytteenottopisteestä kuuden Suomen kaupungin (Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Turku, Kuopio ja Joensuu) kaupunkimaisemissa kesänä 2022. Näytteenottokampanjan arvioitu maantieteellinen alue kattoi 44 160 km2. Kokonaisnäytteen koko on 512 yksilöä, joista 338 on naaraat (työläiset ja kuningattaret) ja 174 uroksia. Aineisto sisältää tietoa keräysajasta ja siihen liittyvistä kasvilajeista, joista kimalaiset otettiin näytteitä. Liitännäiskasveina olivat kotimaiset luonnonkasvit ja kaupungeissa keräilyaikana kukkivat koristekasvilajit. Näytteenottokampanja toteutettiin osana Maj ja Tor Nesslingin säätiön tukemaa CarPLANT-projektia [apuraha 202200067].
Methods:
Collection of specimens was performed in July-August 2023 in six Finnish cities. In each city, from five to 13 study locations (Mean±SD: 9±3) were randomly selected to represent different urban microhabitats. Those were highway and road edges, central streets or squares, vicinities of supermarkets, parking slots, railway, or bus stations, walking streets near rivers or lakes, households, and school yards. In each location, it has been identified either a single flower species or a mixture of flowering bumblebee-attractive plants with sufficient abundance of bumblebee visitors. From seven to 10 bumblebees were collected directly from a flower source to one PP-sterile plastic tube during a maximum of 30 min period. After that, the sample with bumblebees (the whole tube) was put on ice and stored in the freezer -20o C until further processing and identification. Species identification was performed with the following identification keys (Parkkinen et al., 2018; Rasmont et al., 2021). Males were identified based on genitalia capsule according to Ødegaard et al. (2015). The separation of species belonging to the cryptic complex Bombus terrestris/B. lucorum was performed with the yellow collar traits as suggested by Parkkinen et al. (2018) and Bossert (2014).
References:
Bossert S (2014) Recognition and identification of species in the Bombus lucorum-complex – a review and outlook. BioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/011379
Ødegaard F, Staverløkk A, Staverløkk A, Gjershaug JO, Bengtson R, Mjelde A (2015) Humler i Norge. Kjennetegn, utbredelse og levesett. Trondheim. Norsk institutt for naturforskning, 231 pp.
Parkkinen S, Paukkunen J, Teräs I (2018) Suomen Kimalaiset. Jyväskylä. Docendo Oy ja Tekijat, 176 pp.
Rasmont P, Ghisbain G, Terzo M, Goulson D (2021) Bumblebees of Europe and neighboring regions. Hymenoptera of Europe 3. Nap Editions, 632 pp.
References:
Bossert S (2014) Recognition and identification of species in the Bombus lucorum-complex – a review and outlook. BioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/011379
Ødegaard F, Staverløkk A, Staverløkk A, Gjershaug JO, Bengtson R, Mjelde A (2015) Humler i Norge. Kjennetegn, utbredelse og levesett. Trondheim. Norsk institutt for naturforskning, 231 pp.
Parkkinen S, Paukkunen J, Teräs I (2018) Suomen Kimalaiset. Jyväskylä. Docendo Oy ja Tekijat, 176 pp.
Rasmont P, Ghisbain G, Terzo M, Goulson D (2021) Bumblebees of Europe and neighboring regions. Hymenoptera of Europe 3. Nap Editions, 632 pp.
License for use:
Creative Commons Attribution
Publisher name (en):
University of Eastern Finland/Oksana Skaldina
Download request handler:
MA.9
Person responsible:
Skaldina, Oksana
Status of this metadata:
satisfactory – could be improved
Contact email:
oksana.skaldina@uef.fi
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Collection quality:
Professional / professionally curated
Share to GBIF:
HR.5655
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Bounding box latitude min (WGS84):
60.158397
Bounding box latitude max (WGS84):
62.913254
Bounding box longitude min (WGS84):
22.151471
Bounding box longitude max (WGS84):
29.762248