A decline in both pollinator and floral biodiversity has motivated conservation initiatives such as the Beecology Project to collect and analyze ecological data in hopes of sustaining native bumblebee and plant species populations. After incorporating native plant and Bombus subgenera classifications, we used clustering and visualization techniques to uncover patterns within our local bee-flower network. Our experiments showed significant variation in the clusters that occurred, with both flower shape and bee species appearing to play a role in many clusters.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Ressler, Andrew
• Wicke, Meadow R.

Subject

• Sustainability
• Environment
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 23266
• E-project-050621-163138

Parola chiave

• Network
• Data Analysis
• Bioinformatics
• Native
• Beecology
• Bombus

Advisor

• Ryder, Elizabeth F.
• Ruiz, Carolina

Year

• 2021

Date created

• 2021-05-06

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Ultima modifica

• 2022-05-16