Sample name: Southern Transylvania

Reference: I. Dorresteijn, J. Schultner, D. G. Nimmo, J. Fischer, J. Hanspach, T. Kuemmerle, L. Kehoe, and E. G. Ritchie. 2015. Incorporating anthropogenic effects into trophic ecology: predator-prey interactions in a human-dominated landscape. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282(20151602):1-8 [ER 1779]

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 8.8

MAP: 642.0

Habitat comments: "The region contains 28% forest, 24% pasture and 37% arable land. The remaining land cover includes villages, water bodies and permanent crops. Forests are dominated by hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), oak (Quercus sp.) and beech (Fagus sylvatica)... We surveyed wild mammal, human and dog presence in forests"
climate data are for Sibiu and are from Ionita et al. (2013, Theor Appl Climatol)

Life forms: carnivores,primates,ungulates

Site area: 300000

Sampling methods: no design,baited,automatic cameras

Sample size: 3152 captures or sightings

Years: 2013

Net or trap nights: 3042

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 1.5

Sampling comments: "We surveyed... using remote, heat and motion, passive infrared Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Max cameras between May and August 2013... we divided the study area into grid cells of 5 x 5 km... n = 120" and "placed one camera in the middle of each grid or in the nearest forest patch if no forest was present... Cameras were rotated in four rounds... cameras were spaced more than 1.5 km apart... We used 179 camera locations in total... However, only 138 locations were used for modelling... we placed cameras alongside animal and human paths, and used a lure of honey and wolf urine to attract bears and wolves, respectively. Lures were deployed at 75% of the locations (selected randomly)" (exact number of cameras is unclear; effective surveyed area was 5 x 5 x 120 = 3000 km2)

Sample number: 1984

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-30 15:05:58

Modified: 2016-12-16 09:41:10