Neotropical stingless bee (meliponine) plant visitation

Herbaceous plants

Invertebrates

Woody Plants

Species

Local

Experimental

Observational

Compilation

Taxonomic Group	Herbaceous plants, Invertebrates, Woody Plants
Level of Organization	Species
Scale	Local
Data Type	Experimental, Observational, Compilation
Data Retriever	No

Includes published and unpublished records of Neotropical stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) plant usage determined through both transect studies and pollen analyses. I have matched data to current bee species names following the Moure catalog (http://moure.cria.org.br/index), and plant classification following GBIF (http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm).

Dataset Location: Please contact Elinor Lichtenberg

Site Location: Various locations, mainly in Brazil and Panama (habitats include Mata Atlantica, cerrado, caatinga, tropical cloud forest, Panamanian tropical forest, Amazon, auracaria forest)

Site(s) Georeferenced: No

Data collection summary/Methods: Most studies collected data by walking transects and monitoring bee activity, or collecting pollen from returning bees or the nest.**
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Known Issues: Data are somewhat sparse.

Conditions for use: The distributing author is open to collaborations.**
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Citation/ Distributing Author: Elinor Lichtenberg

Supplemental resources:

Available via the EcoData Retriever: No