Surveys of Select Pollinators on Powerline Right-of-Ways in Central Vermont, USA

Jason Hill; Pete Kerby-Miller; Abbie Castriotta; Ani Mcmannon; Eileen Fitzgerald

doi:10.15468/xmfsbj

Surveys of Select Pollinators on Powerline Right-of-Ways in Central Vermont, USA

Citation

Hill J, Kerby-Miller P, Castriotta A, Mcmannon A, Fitzgerald E, Hardy S (2023). Surveys of Select Pollinators on Powerline Right-of-Ways in Central Vermont, USA. Version 1.5. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xmfsbj accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

Non-lethal surveys of Bumble Bees (Bombus), Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) on powerline right-of-ways in central Vermont, USA were conducted at each site using 200 meter transects visited four times during July and August of 2021.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Powerline ROWs throughout Central VT in July and August of 2021. 26, 200m transects, most visited 4 times during the sampling window. Detailed methods will be included in a publication at a later date

Sampling

All Bumble bees encountered along the 200m transect were caught with sweep nets and cooled for photographs and/or identification at the conclusion of the survey. Honey Bees and Monarchs were counted on most transects.

Quality Control

Uncertain identifications were posted to iNaturalist.org for community identification.

Method steps

NA

Taxonomic Coverages

Bombus
common name: Bumble Bees rank: genus
Apis mellifera
common name: Western Honey Bee rank: species
Danaus plexippus
common name: Monarch rank: species

Geographic Coverages

North/central Vermont, USA

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jason Hill
originator
position: Quantitative Ecologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
email: jhill@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0830-7253

Pete Kerby-Miller
originator
position: Eco Americorp member
Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Abbie Castriotta
originator
position: Eco Americorp member
Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Ani Mcmannon
originator
position: Intern
Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Eileen Fitzgerald
originator
position: Intern
Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Spencer Hardy
metadata author
position: Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
email: shardy@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271

Jason Hill
administrative point of contact
position: Quantitative Ecologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Vermont
US
email: jhill@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0830-7253