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- description: This national protocol framework is a standardized tool for the inventory and monitoring of the approximately
4,200 species of native and non-native bee species that may be found within the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) administered
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). However, this protocol framework may also be used by other organizations and
individuals to monitor bees in any given habitat or location. Our goal is to provide USFWS stations within the NWRS (NWRS
stations are land units managed by the USFWS such as national wildlife refuges, national fish hatcheries, wetland management
districts, conservation areas, leased lands, etc.) with techniques for developing an initial baseline inventory of what bee
species are present on their lands and to provide an inexpensive, simple technique for monitoring bees continuously and for
monitoring and evaluating long-term population trends and management impacts. The latter long-term monitoring technique requires
a minimal time burden for the individual station, yet can provide a good statistical sample of changing populations that can
be investigated at the station, regional, and national levels within the USFWS jurisdiction, and compared to other sites within
the United States and Canada. This protocol framework was developed in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey
(USGS), the USFWS, and a worldwide network of bee researchers who have investigated the techniques and methods for capturing
bees and tracking population changes. The protocol framework evolved from field and lab-based investigations at the USGS Bee
Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland starting in 2002 and
was refined by a large number of USFWS, academic, and state groups. It includes a Protocol Introduction and a set of 8 Standard
Operating Procedures or SOPs and adheres to national standards of protocol content and organization. The Protocol Narrative
describes the history and need for the protocol framework and summarizes the basic elements of objectives, sampling design,
field methods, training, data management, analysis, and reporting. The SOPs provide more detail and specific instructions
for implementing the protocol framework. A central database, for managing all the resulting data is under development. We
welcome use of this protocol framework by our partners, as appropriate for their bee inventory and monitoring objectives.;
abstract: This national protocol framework is a standardized tool for the inventory and monitoring of the approximately 4,200
species of native and non-native bee species that may be found within the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) administered
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). However, this protocol framework may also be used by other organizations and
individuals to monitor bees in any given habitat or location. Our goal is to provide USFWS stations within the NWRS (NWRS
stations are land units managed by the USFWS such as national wildlife refuges, national fish hatcheries, wetland management
districts, conservation areas, leased lands, etc.) with techniques for developing an initial baseline inventory of what bee
species are present on their lands and to provide an inexpensive, simple technique for monitoring bees continuously and for
monitoring and evaluating long-term population trends and management impacts. The latter long-term monitoring technique requires
a minimal time burden for the individual station, yet can provide a good statistical sample of changing populations that can
be investigated at the station, regional, and national levels within the USFWS jurisdiction, and compared to other sites within
the United States and Canada. This protocol framework was developed in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey
(USGS), the USFWS, and a worldwide network of bee researchers who have investigated the techniques and methods for capturing
bees and tracking population changes. The protocol framework evolved from field and lab-based investigations at the USGS Bee
Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland starting in 2002 and
was refined by a large number of USFWS, academic, and state groups. It includes a Protocol Introduction and a set of 8 Standard
Operating Procedures or SOPs and adheres to national standards of protocol content and organization. The Protocol Narrative
describes the history and need for the protocol framework and summarizes the basic elements of objectives, sampling design,
field methods, training, data management, analysis, and reporting. The SOPs provide more detail and specific instructions
for implementing the protocol framework. A central database, for managing all the resulting data is under development. We
welcome use of this protocol framework by our partners, as appropriate for their bee inventory and monitoring objectives.
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- Title National Protocol Framework for the Inventory and Monitoring of Bees Ver 2.0.
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2018-05-19T07:19:41.507814
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