Sample name: Jangart Hunting Reserve (ridge)

Reference: J. L. McCarthy, K. P. McCarthy, T. K. Fuller, and T. M. McCarthy. 2010. Assessing variation in wildlife biodiversity in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan using ancillary camera-trap photos. Mountain Research and Development 30(3):295-301 [ER 1710]

Habitat: montane grassland

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: hunting

Habitat comments: "alpine... foreign currency hunting reserve, hosting non-nationals... there is a high density of tree species, large shrubs and tall grasses near the narrow river valleys, with an increasingly barren and rugged landscape as the ridgelines lead sharply up away from the river"

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

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 55 captures or sightings

Years: 2005

Days: 49

Seasons: summer,autumn

Nets or traps: 21

Net or trap nights: 1171

Camera type: analog

Cameras paired: yes

Sampling comments: "During June–September 2005, we used CamTrakkerTM Ranger Cameras... We placed... pairs of cameras roughly every 2 km" (21 were placed along ridge lines); "paired cameras were set on opposite sides of a trail, roughly 3 m apart.Cameras were set for 49 consecutive days in both areas and were checked every 8–10 days to change batteries and/or film"
it might be able to back out a cameras per km2 figure from Fig. 1

Sample number: 1905

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-10 12:05:42

Modified: 2016-01-12 06:38:33