Sample name: Mwanihana Forest (2013)

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

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 31.0

CMT: 21.0

MAP: 1875.0

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... hunting is rare here"
MAP 2000 to 2500 mm

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

Site area: 6000

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 982 captures or sightings

Years: 2013

Nets or traps: 30

Net or trap nights: 917

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "60 Reconyx RM45 camera traps... distributed over three sequential arrays of 20 cameras, were placed at a density of 1 camera per 2 km2 for a minimum of 30 days. Camera trapping was conducted during July–November 2013... . To improve comparability between data from the Reserve and Mwanihana Forest 30 of the 60 cameras were selected" for analysis

Sample number: 1956

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-20 16:46:03

Modified: 2016-01-20 05:46:03