Sample name: Merapoh

Sample aka: Taman Negara National Park

Reference: K. Kawanishi and M. E. Sunquist. 2004. Conservation status of tigers in a primary rainforest of Peninsular Malaysia. Biological Conservation 120(3):329-344 [ER 1693]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: hunting

MAT: 27.2

MAP: 2500.0

Habitat comments: "rainfall is highest in November–February but there is no distinctive wet or dry seasons... Temperatures also vary little with monthly maximum temperatures of 30–34 °C and monthly minimum temperatures of 22–23 °C... The forest type is broadly classified as a tropical evergreen moist forest, which ranges from lowland humid tropical forest to montane oak (Fagaceae) and ericaceous forests... the Aborigines use blowpipes, poison arrows, smoke, and digging to obtain wild meat"

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

Focal species: Panthera tigris

Site area: 20000

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 1330 captures or sightings

Years: 1999, 2000

Nets or traps: 47

Net or trap nights: 4336

Camera type: unclear

Cameras paired: yes

Sampling comments: "TrailMaster active infrared system (Goodson Associates, Inc., Kansas, USA) and CamTrakker passive infrared system (CamTrak South, Inc., GA, USA)" were used; the site was "sampled between April 1999 and May 2000... An area of approximately 200 km2 was sampled... camera systems were placed at strategic locations beside active game trails with an average spacing of one unit every 4 km2"

Sample number: 1883

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-05 20:44:34

Modified: 2016-01-12 05:24:09