Landscape and local factors influence solitary bee nesting, but reported effects show little consistency across studies

Solitary bees constitute 75% of bee species but are understudied compared with social bees. Because of global pollinator declines, it is critical to develop effective conservation measures for solitary bees. Consequently, a thorough understanding of the local and landscape factors that influence nesting of above-ground nesting (AGN) and below-ground nesting (BGN) species is required. We performed a systematic review of the scientific literature with respect to solitary bee nesting behaviour. A screening of ~15,000 articles resulted in 91 articles providing meaningful data for AGN bees and 55 articles for BGN bees. For AGN bees, we extracted information on factors such as nest orientation, nest height, cavity size, and nest materials. For BGN bees, we extracted information on factors such as ground aspect and slope, bare soil, and vegetation height. The effects of floral resources, prevalence of semi-natural habitat, and wider habitat type, were recorded for both AGN and BGN bees. Consid..., , # Data from: Landscape and local factors influence solitary bee nesting, but reported effects show little consistency across studies

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.612jm64kz](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.612jm64kz)

## Description of the data and file structure

This dataset forms part of the systematic review 'Landscape and local factors influence solitary bee nesting, but reported effects show little consistency across studies'. The metadata, list of explanatory variables, effect of explanatory variables, and notes from each article included in the review are listed. Metadata for each article is also included, and whether an article is included in the quantitative section of the review. This dataset is split into two separate CSV files: Below-ground-nesting (BGN) (SLR_nesting_ecology_of_BGN_solitary_bees.csv) and Above-ground-nesting (AGN) (SLR_nesting_ecology_of_AGN_solitary_bees.csv) databases. Each CSV file contains the metadata,  list of explanatory variables, effect of explanatory..., ,