Data and code from: Life-history traits predict ability of British wild bees to fill their climate envelopes

Understanding why species fail to occupy the full extent of their climatically suitable ranges is critical for predicting responses to climate change. We examined 64 species of British wild bees to test how life-history traits influence the ability to fill climate envelopes. Climate envelopes were defined from species distribution models, and range filling was quantified as the proportion of each envelope containing a presence record. We then assessed relationships with four traits: pollen foraging specialization (lecty), overwintering stage, body size, and habitat breadth. Our analyses reveal that larger-bodied, generalist species with broad habitat use filled a greater proportion of their climate envelopes than smaller, specialist species with narrower habitat requirements. Very few species, all common generalist species, fully occupied their potential climatic ranges, highlighting the role of non-climatic barriers such as dispersal limitations and resource availability. These finding..., , , 1\. ABOUT THE DATASET

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Title: Dataset and R code associated with the manuscript \"Life-history traits predict ability of British wild bees to fill their climate envelopes\"

Creators: Chris Wyver ([https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8661-0859)](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8661-0859\)%20), Stuart P. M. Roberts

Organisation(s): Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading RG6 6AR

Rights-holder(s): University of Reading

Publication Year: 2025

Description: This dataset contains biological traits and range filling metrics of 64 species of wild bee, as well as R code used to reproduce the results presented in the manuscript 'Biological traits predict ability of British wild bees to fill their climate envelopes'. This dataset contains bee presence data, climate envelope size, and life history traits (body size, habitat breadth, pollen foraging specialization (lecty), and overwintering stage). Climate envelopes were devel...,