Integrating data to assess occupancy patterns of an endangered bumble bee.

ABSTRACT: There is growing interest in integrating community science data with structured monitoring data to estimate changes in distribution patterns of imperiled species, including pollinators. However, significant challenges remain in determining how unstructured community science data should be incorporated into formal analyses of species distributions. We developed a dynamic framework for combining community science and structured monitoring data of bumble bees to estimate changes in occupancy of rusty-patched bumble bees (Bombus affinis), a federally endangered species in the United States. We applied traditional metapopulation theory and accounted for imperfect detection to estimate site-specific extirpation risk and colonization rates across the known distribution of B. affinis in the Upper

SUBMITTER: Ellis KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12309646 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature