Sample name: Pico de Orizaba National Park

Reference: R. Serna-Lagunes, L. R. Alvarez-Oseguera, D. M. Avila-Nâjera, O. R. Leyva-Ovalle, P. Andrés-Meza, and B. Tigar. 2019. Temporal overlap in the activity of Lynx rufus and Canis latrans and their potential prey in the Pico de Orizaba National Park, Mexico. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 42(1):153-161 [ER 3016]

Habitat: montane grassland

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing,selective logging

Habitat comments: "at risk of overgrazing by livestock, forest fires, and deforestation due to illegal logging"
map indicates that traps were in the "subalpine vegetation" zone (above "pine forest" and below "mountain scrub") from 3000 to 4000 m

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

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 190 captures or sightings

Nets or traps: 14

Net or trap nights: 5110

Camera type: digital

Trap spacing: 2

Sampling comments: "Fourteen passive infrared sensor cameras (Cuddeback 1231 and Black Flash E3®) were sited in areas where mammals had been seen in a pilot study... with a distance between 1–3 km one from another. The cameras operated 24 h/day for 12 months (January–December 2017). They were placed 40 cm above ground level on tree trunks"
28 indeterminate rodents were also photographed

Sample number: 3247

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-03-08 21:19:50

Modified: 2019-03-08 10:20:33