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The `Bees_data` dataset contains occurrence records of bee species, including detailed taxonomy, geographic coordinates, collection metadata, and data quality flags. It is designed for biodiversity, ecology, and conservation studies involving bee populations.

Usage

data(Bees_data)

Format

A tibble with 105 observations and 124 variables:

database_id

Unique database identifier (character)

scientificName

Full scientific name (character)

family

Taxonomic family (character)

subfamily

Taxonomic subfamily (character)

genus

Taxonomic genus (character)

subgenus

Taxonomic subgenus (character)

subspecies

Taxonomic subspecies (character)

species

Species name (character)

specificEpithet

Specific epithet (character)

infraspecificEpithet

Infraspecific epithet (character)

acceptedNameUsage

Accepted taxonomic name (character)

taxonRank

Rank of the taxon (character)

scientificNameAuthorship

Authority for the name (character)

decimalLatitude

Geographic latitude (numeric)

decimalLongitude

Geographic longitude (numeric)

stateProvince

Administrative region (character)

continent

Continent name (character)

locality

Locality description (character)

eventDate

Date of collection event (date/character)

year

Year of collection (integer)

basisOfRecord

Type of record (e.g., specimen, observation) (character)

occurrenceStatus

Occurrence status (character)

recordedBy

Collector(s) name(s) (character)

institutionCode

Code of institution holding the record (character)

datasetName

Name of the source dataset (character)

gbifID

Global Biodiversity Information Facility record ID (character)

spatiallyValid

Spatial validity flag (logical)

coordinateUncertaintyInMeters

Uncertainty of coordinates (numeric)

hasGeospatialIssues

Flag for geospatial issues (logical)

duplicateStatus

Duplicate record flag (character)

.GBIFflags

GBIF quality control flags (character)

...

Additional metadata on taxonomy, collection, and validation flags (90+ fields)

Source

Extracted from the **BeeBDC** package, version 1.3.0.

Details

This dataset is rich in metadata and includes validation flags such as:

  • Coordinate validity and uncertainty

  • Taxonomic cleaning and synonym resolution

  • Record duplication and licensing status

  • Event and occurrence metadata