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  • Hughes: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7034-7555
  • Parys: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7459-3687
  • Huntzinger: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2036-7731
  • Fortuin: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6630-8057
  • Davis: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2598-3192

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College of Forest Resources; Department of Forestry; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Creation Date

2025-10-17

Abstract

Seasonal wetlands help meet the biological needs of various autumn migrating and wintering waterfowl species in North America (Reinecke et al. 1989). Management of seasonally flooded impoundments often uses soil and vegetation disturbances and water management to promote early succession plants that produce abundant seeds for foraging birds (Low and Bellrose 1944, Kross et al. 2008). Native bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) also occupy these wetland habitats, as they are attracted to a diversity of flowering plants (Stephenson et al. 2018).

The Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) is an alluvial plain and once represented by nearly 10 million ha of bottomland hardwood forests, associated wetlands, and other resources (Saucier 1994). Today, hardwood forests still exist but the MAV is largely a landscape of agriculture, flood control, and urbanization (King et al. 2005, Oswalt 2013). Seasonal herbaceous wetlands are also important in the MAV, often comprised of annual plants associated with annual flooding and drying cycles (Low and Bellrose 1944, Reinecke et al. 1989). These seasonal wetlands may be intensively managed with water and vegetation manipulations (e.g., disking and mowing), primarily to attract wintering waterfowl during autumn-winter (Low and Bellrose 1944, Reinecke et al. 1989). Lesser studied species also attracted to the flowering plants include native bees (Vickruck et al. 2019, Stephenson et al. 2020, Cohen et al. 2024). How native bee communities respond to soil, vegetation, and water manipulations is relatively unknown, thus we studied biodiversity and community structure of bees responding to these disturbances.

We provide collection data for wild bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) collected in 2024 at four public and private lands, three in western (the delta) and one in east-central Mississippi. Specimen metadata are published here as documentation for the lead author’s master’s research project and subsequent publications.

Publication Date

9-13-2025

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