HOBO data logger monitoring

Knowledge graph centered on HOBO data logger monitoring with 76 nodes and 270 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Two-form Bumble Bee, Bumble Bees, Buff-tailed Bumble Bee.

Method synopsis

Year-round automated temperature logging with HOBO sensors to detect snowmelt timing and calculate temperature-precipitation ratios during bee activity periods. Integrates with local weather station data for comprehensive climate characterization.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 12 papers using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity (2025), Global Change Biology. The protocol was originally introduced by Willow branch selection by the red-naped sapsucker (<i>Sphyrapicus nuchalis</i>): The effects of branch characteristics on foraging behavior in Gothic, CO (2010). Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Deploy temperature loggers
   HOBO temperature loggers (Onset Comp., Bourne, Massachusetts, USA; accuracy ± 0.5°C) attached beneath one centrally located trap nest at each site. Loggers provided hourly readings throughout entire duration of study at all seven sites.
   Quantities: One logger per site, 7 sites total, hourly temperature readingsDuration: Throughout entire study duration at all sites from 2013-2022Conditions: Centrally located beneath trap nests for site-representative temperatures
   Equipment: HOBO temperature loggers (Onset Comp., Massachusetts, USA)

Typical Equipment

• HOBO data loggers
• standard US National Weather Service rain gauge
• local RMBL weather station

Output Measurements

• daily temperature
• snowmelt timing
• precipitation
• temperature-precipitation ratios

Papers Using This Protocol (11)

Species Studied With This Protocol

Places Where Used