Sample name: Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (2013 - 2014)

Reference: C. Hegerl, N. D. Burgess, M. R. Nielsen, E. Martin, M. Ciolli, and F. Rovero. 2015. Using camera trap data to assess the impact of bushmeat hunting on forest mammals in Tanzania. Oryx -:1-11 [ER 1753]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: hunting

WMT: 27.0

CMT: 19.0

MAP: 1900.0

Habitat comments: "covered by continuous forests, from lowland deciduous to submontane and montane evergreen forests, on an elevational gradient of c. 300 to > 2000 m... illegal bushmeat hunting is the main threat to biodiversity in the Reserve"
MAP 1800 to 2000 m
MAP 2000 to 2500 mm

Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals

Site area: 1500

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 714 captures or sightings

Years: 2013, 2014

Nets or traps: 15

Net or trap nights: 850

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "two grids of 15 digital camera traps (UOVision IR+, UOVision Technology, Shenzhen, China) were set sequentially at a density of 1 camera per km2. The first grid was located in the northern, remote part of the Reserve (Fig. 1), at 1,653-1,848 m, and was active during 15 December 2013–14 January 2014. The second grid was located in the southern part of the Reserve and was active during 20 January–25 February 2014, at 372–1,564 m"

Sample number: 1955

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-20 16:36:55

Modified: 2016-01-20 05:47:06