Colombian Bee Occurrence and Trait Data from a 2,957-Meter Elevation Gradient

Bee occurrence and trait data collected in 2023 from communities along a 2,957-meter elevation gradient in the Colombian Andes. The data was used in the 2026 publication 'Tropical bee assemblage diversity decreases with elevation while body size increases' by Turley et al. in Biotropica. It was authored by Nash Turley and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling species diversity patterns based on elevation data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing body size trends in bee assemblages across an elevation gradient
• Studying community composition shifts in the tropical Andes based on occurrence records

Strengths

• Data is explicitly linked to a peer-reviewed 2026 publication in Biotropica
• Covers a substantial 2,957-meter elevation gradient across three Colombian departments
• Includes both occurrence and trait data for bee communities

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling
• The dataset size is listed as 0.0 B, indicating a very limited scope or potential metadata issue

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Nash Turley

Collection Method

Field collection from bee communities in 2023

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 06:55:17

Geography

Colombian Andes, departments of Cundinamarca, Santander, and Bogotá D.C.