Bee Communities and Climate Data from Riparian Forests in the Rio Doce Watershed, Brazil

Bee occurrence data collected across five regions of the Rio Doce watershed in Minas Gerais, Brazil, during two sampling events. The dataset includes individual bee records and 30-day temperature and precipitation records preceding each sampling event, supporting an analysis of community structuring factors. Author Bruce Dickinson published this 4.3 MB dataset under a CC-BY-4.0 license in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing bee species richness patterns based on occurrence data from five regions.
• Modeling the influence of temperature and precipitation on bee community composition.
• Studying spatial variation in pollinator communities across different riparian forest sites.
• Reproducing ecological analyses on structuring factors for bee communities as described in the supporting manuscript.

Strengths

• Includes bee occurrence data from 15 distinct sampling sites across five regions.
• Contains climatic data (temperature and precipitation) for the 30 days preceding each of two sampling events.
• Published with supporting metadata detailing variable definitions and sampling design.
• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Vegetation structure and soil property data are not included and must be sourced from separate publications.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Field sampling of bee communities and collection of climatic data from monitoring stations operated by Fundação Renova.

Time Range

Data collected during two sampling events (Year 1 and Year 2).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-26 01:10:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Riparian forests across five regions (Mariana, Rio Casca, Ipatinga, Conselheiro Pena, Aimorés) in the Rio Doce watershed, Minas Gerais, Brazil.