Completeness analysis for over 3000 United States bee species identifies persistent data gap

• Published in: Ecography (Copenhagen) Vol. 2023; no. 5
• Main Authors: Chesshire, Paige R., Fischer, Erica E., Dowdy, Nicolas J., Griswold, Terry L., Hughes, Alice C., Orr, Michael C., Ascher, John S., Guzman, Laura M., Hung, Keng‐Lou James, Cobb, Neil S., McCabe, Lindsie M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2023; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Apoidea; Arthropods; Bees; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Completeness; Digitization; Hymenoptera; Indigenous species; Insects; Inventories; Pollination; species ranges; Taxonomy; Trends; United States > US

Native bee species in the United States provide invaluable pollination services. Concerns about native bee declines are growing, and there are calls for a national monitoring program. Documenting species ranges at ecologically meaningful scales through coverage completeness analysis is a fundamental...