To cite BeeBDC and associated data in publications use top two references (BeeBDC and Scientific Data). To cite BeeBDC and species richness estimation methods, cite at least BeeBDC and the Nature Communications paper. Thank you!

Dorey, James B [aut],Fischer, Erica E [aut],Chesshire, Paige R [aut],Bolaños, Angela N [aut],O'Reilly, Robert L [aut],Bossert, Silas [aut],Collins, Shannon M [aut],Lichtenberg, Elinor M [aut],Tucker, Erika [aut],Smith-Pardo, Allan [aut],Falcon-Brindis, Armando [aut],Guevara, Diego A [aut],Ribeiro, Bruno R [aut],de Pedro, Diego [aut],Hung, James Keng-Lou [aut],Parys, Katherine A [aut],McCabe Lindsie M [aut],Rogan, Matthew S [aut],Minckley, Robert L [aut],Velzco, Santiago J E [aut],Griswold, Terry [aut],Zarrillo, Tracy A [aut],Jetz, Walter [aut],Sica, Yanina [aut],Orr, Michael C [aut],Guzman, Laura Melissa [aut],Ascher, John [aut],Hughes, Alice C [aut],Cobb, Neil S [aut] (2023). “A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow.” Scientific Data. doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02626-w.

Dorey, James B. [aut],O'Reilly, Robert L. [aut],Bossert, Silas [aut],Fischer, Erica E. [aut] (2023). BeeBDC: an occurrence data cleaning package. R package version 1.3.1, https://github.com/jbdorey/BeeBDC.

Dorey, James B [aut],Gilpin, Amy-Marie [aut],Johnston, Nicolas [aut],Esquerre, Damien [aut],Hughes, Alice C [aut],Ascher, John S [aut],Orr, Michael (2026). “Estimating global bee species richness and taxonomic gaps.” Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-69029-4.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset
      and cleaning workflow},
    author = {{Dorey, James B [aut],Fischer, Erica E [aut],Chesshire,
      Paige R [aut],Bolaños, Angela N [aut],O'Reilly, Robert L
      [aut],Bossert, Silas [aut],Collins, Shannon M [aut],Lichtenberg,
      Elinor M [aut],Tucker, Erika [aut],Smith-Pardo, Allan
      [aut],Falcon-Brindis, Armando [aut],Guevara, Diego A
      [aut],Ribeiro, Bruno R [aut],de Pedro, Diego [aut],Hung, James
      Keng-Lou [aut],Parys, Katherine A [aut],McCabe Lindsie M
      [aut],Rogan, Matthew S [aut],Minckley, Robert L [aut],Velzco,
      Santiago J E [aut],Griswold, Terry [aut],Zarrillo, Tracy A
      [aut],Jetz, Walter [aut],Sica, Yanina [aut],Orr, Michael C
      [aut],Guzman, Laura Melissa [aut],Ascher, John [aut],Hughes,
      Alice C [aut],Cobb, Neil S [aut]}},
    journal = {Scientific Data},
    year = {2023},
    doi = {10.1038/s41597-023-02626-w},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {BeeBDC: an occurrence data cleaning package},
    author = {{Dorey, James B. [aut],O'Reilly, Robert L. [aut],Bossert,
      Silas [aut],Fischer, Erica E. [aut]}},
    year = {2023},
    note = {R package version 1.3.1},
    url = {https://github.com/jbdorey/BeeBDC},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Estimating global bee species richness and taxonomic
      gaps},
    author = {{Dorey, James B [aut],Gilpin, Amy-Marie [aut],Johnston,
      Nicolas [aut],Esquerre, Damien [aut],Hughes, Alice C
      [aut],Ascher, John S [aut],Orr, Michael}},
    journal = {Nature Communications},
    year = {2026},
    doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-69029-4},
  }