Raw data on catches of Anthidium manicatum males in the Botanical Garden of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg in the years 1997-1999 

Author of data:
Dr. Karsten Seidelmann, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology, Department Animal Physiology, Halle (Saale), Germany

Species:
Anthidium manicatum (L.); Hymenoptera, Apidae, Megachilidae

Methodology:
Capture-Recapture, Opalith-Bee-Tag-Marking

File format:
Tab delimited ASCII, decimal separator "."

List of files:
Males_1997.txt
Males_1998.txt
Males_1999.txt
BodySizeMales_1997.txt
Females.txt
Patches.txt
Coordinates.txt

Data structure:
Samples (observation of individual bees) in rows
Variables ID, Bee-Tag, Date, Catch, Body Mass, Patch etc.) in columns

Variables:
Bee ID - Number of individual bee (per year!)
Tag - Color and Number of Opalith Bee Tag for individual marking
Date - Date of catch/observation
Catch (day) - Number of the catch at given date
BM, Mean BM – Body Mass in mg
Patch - Name of the patch; please note that not all patches were available over the whole flight season and in all three years 
Genus, species – Scientific names of the patrolled host plant species

Content of files:
Males_199X.txt – Records of the catches/observations of Anthidium manicatum males per study year
BodySizeMales_1997.txt – Parameters of Body Size of males caught in 1997 used to establish correlations between Fresh Body Mass and size of exoskeleton
Females.txt – Body Mass of Anthidium manicatum Females caught as Body Size reference  
Patches.txt – List of the patches patrolled by Anthidium manicatum males including area and host plant species
Coordinates.txt – Coordinates of the patches relative to a fix point used to calculate distances