CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies

Information on tropical Asian vertebrates has traditionally been sparse, particularly when it comes to cryptic species inhabiting the dense forests of the region. Vertebrate populations are declining globally due to land-use change and hunting, the latter frequently referred as “defaunation.” This i...

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Main Authors: Calebe P. Mendes, Wido R. Albert, Zachary Amir, Marc Ancrenaz, Eric Ash, Badrul Azhar, Henry Bernard, Jedediah Brodie, Tom Bruce, Elliot Carr, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Glyn Davies, Nicolas J. Deere, Yoan Dinata, Christl A. Donnelly, Somphot Duangchantrasiri, Gabriella Fredriksson, Benoit Goossens, Alys Granados, Andrew Hearn, Jason Hon, Tom Hughes, Patrick Jansen, Kae Kawanishi, Margaret Kinnaird, Sharon Koh, Alice Latinne, Matthew Linkie, Federica Loi, Anthony J. Lynam, Erik Meijaard, Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan, Jonathan H. Moore, Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan, Dusit Ngoprasert, Wilson Novarino, Ilyas Nursamsi, Timothy O’Brien, Robert Ong, John Payne, Dolly Priatna, D. Mark Rayan, Glen Reynolds, Rustam Rustam, Sasidhran Selvadurai, Amanda Shia, Muhammad Silmi, Pablo Sinovas, Kriangsak Sribuarod, Robert Steinmetz, Matthew J. Struebig, Ronglarp Sukmasuang, Sunarto Sunarto, Tarmizi Tarmizi, Arjun Thapa, Carl Traeholt, Oliver R. Wearn, Hariyo B. Wibisono, Andreas Wilting, Seth Timothy Wong, Siew Te Wong, Jettie Word, Wen Xuan Chiok, Zainal Zahari Zainuddin, Matthew Scott Luskin
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topic QH1-278.5 Natural history (General)
QH540-549.5 Ecology
spellingShingle QH1-278.5 Natural history (General)
QH540-549.5 Ecology
Calebe P. Mendes
Wido R. Albert
Zachary Amir
Marc Ancrenaz
Eric Ash
Badrul Azhar
Henry Bernard
Jedediah Brodie
Tom Bruce
Elliot Carr
Gopalasamy Reuben Clements
Glyn Davies
Nicolas J. Deere
Yoan Dinata
Christl A. Donnelly
Somphot Duangchantrasiri
Gabriella Fredriksson
Benoit Goossens
Alys Granados
Andrew Hearn
Jason Hon
Tom Hughes
Patrick Jansen
Kae Kawanishi
Margaret Kinnaird
Sharon Koh
Alice Latinne
Matthew Linkie
Federica Loi
Anthony J. Lynam
Erik Meijaard
Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan
Jonathan H. Moore
Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan
Dusit Ngoprasert
Wilson Novarino
Ilyas Nursamsi
Timothy O’Brien
Robert Ong
John Payne
Dolly Priatna
D. Mark Rayan
Glen Reynolds
Rustam Rustam
Sasidhran Selvadurai
Amanda Shia
Muhammad Silmi
Pablo Sinovas
Kriangsak Sribuarod
Robert Steinmetz
Matthew J. Struebig
Ronglarp Sukmasuang
Sunarto Sunarto
Tarmizi Tarmizi
Arjun Thapa
Carl Traeholt
Oliver R. Wearn
Hariyo B. Wibisono
Andreas Wilting
Seth Timothy Wong
Siew Te Wong
Jettie Word
Wen Xuan Chiok
Zainal Zahari Zainuddin
Matthew Scott Luskin
CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies
description Information on tropical Asian vertebrates has traditionally been sparse, particularly when it comes to cryptic species inhabiting the dense forests of the region. Vertebrate populations are declining globally due to land-use change and hunting, the latter frequently referred as “defaunation.” This is especially true in tropical Asia where there is extensive land-use change and high human densities. Robust monitoring requires that large volumes of vertebrate population data be made available for use by the scientific and applied communities. Camera traps have emerged as an effective, non-invasive, widespread, and common approach to surveying vertebrates in their natural habitats. However, camera-derived datasets remain scattered across a wide array of sources, including published scientific literature, gray literature, and unpublished works, making it challenging for researchers to harness the full potential of cameras for ecology, conservation, and management. In response, we collated and standardized observations from 239 camera trap studies conducted in tropical Asia. There were 278,260 independent records of 371 distinct species, comprising 232 mammals, 132 birds, and seven reptiles. The total trapping effort accumulated in this data paper consisted of 876,606 trap nights, distributed among Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, and far eastern India. The relatively standardized deployment methods in the region provide a consistent, reliable, and rich count data set relative to other large-scale pressence-only data sets, such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) or citizen science repositories (e.g., iNaturalist), and is thus most similar to eBird. To facilitate the use of these data, we also provide mammalian species trait information and 13 environmental covariates calculated at three spatial scales around the camera survey centroids (within 10-, 20-, and 30-km buffers). We will update the dataset to include broader coverage of temperate Asia and add newer surveys and covariates as they become available. This dataset unlocks immense opportunities for single-species ecological or conservation studies as well as applied ecology, community ecology, and macroecology investigations. The data are fully available to the public for utilization and research. Please cite this data paper when utilizing the data.
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author Calebe P. Mendes
Wido R. Albert
Zachary Amir
Marc Ancrenaz
Eric Ash
Badrul Azhar
Henry Bernard
Jedediah Brodie
Tom Bruce
Elliot Carr
Gopalasamy Reuben Clements
Glyn Davies
Nicolas J. Deere
Yoan Dinata
Christl A. Donnelly
Somphot Duangchantrasiri
Gabriella Fredriksson
Benoit Goossens
Alys Granados
Andrew Hearn
Jason Hon
Tom Hughes
Patrick Jansen
Kae Kawanishi
Margaret Kinnaird
Sharon Koh
Alice Latinne
Matthew Linkie
Federica Loi
Anthony J. Lynam
Erik Meijaard
Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan
Jonathan H. Moore
Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan
Dusit Ngoprasert
Wilson Novarino
Ilyas Nursamsi
Timothy O’Brien
Robert Ong
John Payne
Dolly Priatna
D. Mark Rayan
Glen Reynolds
Rustam Rustam
Sasidhran Selvadurai
Amanda Shia
Muhammad Silmi
Pablo Sinovas
Kriangsak Sribuarod
Robert Steinmetz
Matthew J. Struebig
Ronglarp Sukmasuang
Sunarto Sunarto
Tarmizi Tarmizi
Arjun Thapa
Carl Traeholt
Oliver R. Wearn
Hariyo B. Wibisono
Andreas Wilting
Seth Timothy Wong
Siew Te Wong
Jettie Word
Wen Xuan Chiok
Zainal Zahari Zainuddin
Matthew Scott Luskin
author_facet Calebe P. Mendes
Wido R. Albert
Zachary Amir
Marc Ancrenaz
Eric Ash
Badrul Azhar
Henry Bernard
Jedediah Brodie
Tom Bruce
Elliot Carr
Gopalasamy Reuben Clements
Glyn Davies
Nicolas J. Deere
Yoan Dinata
Christl A. Donnelly
Somphot Duangchantrasiri
Gabriella Fredriksson
Benoit Goossens
Alys Granados
Andrew Hearn
Jason Hon
Tom Hughes
Patrick Jansen
Kae Kawanishi
Margaret Kinnaird
Sharon Koh
Alice Latinne
Matthew Linkie
Federica Loi
Anthony J. Lynam
Erik Meijaard
Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan
Jonathan H. Moore
Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan
Dusit Ngoprasert
Wilson Novarino
Ilyas Nursamsi
Timothy O’Brien
Robert Ong
John Payne
Dolly Priatna
D. Mark Rayan
Glen Reynolds
Rustam Rustam
Sasidhran Selvadurai
Amanda Shia
Muhammad Silmi
Pablo Sinovas
Kriangsak Sribuarod
Robert Steinmetz
Matthew J. Struebig
Ronglarp Sukmasuang
Sunarto Sunarto
Tarmizi Tarmizi
Arjun Thapa
Carl Traeholt
Oliver R. Wearn
Hariyo B. Wibisono
Andreas Wilting
Seth Timothy Wong
Siew Te Wong
Jettie Word
Wen Xuan Chiok
Zainal Zahari Zainuddin
Matthew Scott Luskin
author_sort Calebe P. Mendes
title CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies
title_short CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies
title_full CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies
title_fullStr CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies
title_full_unstemmed CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies
title_sort camtrapasia: a dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies
publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd and CNRS
publishDate 2024
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41377/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41377/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41377/
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4299
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spelling my.ums.eprints.413772024-10-14T03:40:40Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41377/ CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies Calebe P. Mendes Wido R. Albert Zachary Amir Marc Ancrenaz Eric Ash Badrul Azhar Henry Bernard Jedediah Brodie Tom Bruce Elliot Carr Gopalasamy Reuben Clements Glyn Davies Nicolas J. Deere Yoan Dinata Christl A. Donnelly Somphot Duangchantrasiri Gabriella Fredriksson Benoit Goossens Alys Granados Andrew Hearn Jason Hon Tom Hughes Patrick Jansen Kae Kawanishi Margaret Kinnaird Sharon Koh Alice Latinne Matthew Linkie Federica Loi Anthony J. Lynam Erik Meijaard Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan Jonathan H. Moore Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan Dusit Ngoprasert Wilson Novarino Ilyas Nursamsi Timothy O’Brien Robert Ong John Payne Dolly Priatna D. Mark Rayan Glen Reynolds Rustam Rustam Sasidhran Selvadurai Amanda Shia Muhammad Silmi Pablo Sinovas Kriangsak Sribuarod Robert Steinmetz Matthew J. Struebig Ronglarp Sukmasuang Sunarto Sunarto Tarmizi Tarmizi Arjun Thapa Carl Traeholt Oliver R. Wearn Hariyo B. Wibisono Andreas Wilting Seth Timothy Wong Siew Te Wong Jettie Word Wen Xuan Chiok Zainal Zahari Zainuddin Matthew Scott Luskin QH1-278.5 Natural history (General) QH540-549.5 Ecology Information on tropical Asian vertebrates has traditionally been sparse, particularly when it comes to cryptic species inhabiting the dense forests of the region. Vertebrate populations are declining globally due to land-use change and hunting, the latter frequently referred as “defaunation.” This is especially true in tropical Asia where there is extensive land-use change and high human densities. Robust monitoring requires that large volumes of vertebrate population data be made available for use by the scientific and applied communities. Camera traps have emerged as an effective, non-invasive, widespread, and common approach to surveying vertebrates in their natural habitats. However, camera-derived datasets remain scattered across a wide array of sources, including published scientific literature, gray literature, and unpublished works, making it challenging for researchers to harness the full potential of cameras for ecology, conservation, and management. In response, we collated and standardized observations from 239 camera trap studies conducted in tropical Asia. There were 278,260 independent records of 371 distinct species, comprising 232 mammals, 132 birds, and seven reptiles. The total trapping effort accumulated in this data paper consisted of 876,606 trap nights, distributed among Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, and far eastern India. The relatively standardized deployment methods in the region provide a consistent, reliable, and rich count data set relative to other large-scale pressence-only data sets, such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) or citizen science repositories (e.g., iNaturalist), and is thus most similar to eBird. To facilitate the use of these data, we also provide mammalian species trait information and 13 environmental covariates calculated at three spatial scales around the camera survey centroids (within 10-, 20-, and 30-km buffers). We will update the dataset to include broader coverage of temperate Asia and add newer surveys and covariates as they become available. This dataset unlocks immense opportunities for single-species ecological or conservation studies as well as applied ecology, community ecology, and macroecology investigations. The data are fully available to the public for utilization and research. Please cite this data paper when utilizing the data. John Wiley & Sons Ltd and CNRS 2024 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41377/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41377/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Calebe P. Mendes and Wido R. Albert and Zachary Amir and Marc Ancrenaz and Eric Ash and Badrul Azhar and Henry Bernard and Jedediah Brodie and Tom Bruce and Elliot Carr and Gopalasamy Reuben Clements and Glyn Davies and Nicolas J. Deere and Yoan Dinata and Christl A. Donnelly and Somphot Duangchantrasiri and Gabriella Fredriksson and Benoit Goossens and Alys Granados and Andrew Hearn and Jason Hon and Tom Hughes and Patrick Jansen and Kae Kawanishi and Margaret Kinnaird and Sharon Koh and Alice Latinne and Matthew Linkie and Federica Loi and Anthony J. Lynam and Erik Meijaard and Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan and Jonathan H. Moore and Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan and Dusit Ngoprasert and Wilson Novarino and Ilyas Nursamsi and Timothy O’Brien and Robert Ong and John Payne and Dolly Priatna and D. Mark Rayan and Glen Reynolds and Rustam Rustam and Sasidhran Selvadurai and Amanda Shia and Muhammad Silmi and Pablo Sinovas and Kriangsak Sribuarod and Robert Steinmetz and Matthew J. Struebig and Ronglarp Sukmasuang and Sunarto Sunarto and Tarmizi Tarmizi and Arjun Thapa and Carl Traeholt and Oliver R. Wearn and Hariyo B. Wibisono and Andreas Wilting and Seth Timothy Wong and Siew Te Wong and Jettie Word and Wen Xuan Chiok and Zainal Zahari Zainuddin and Matthew Scott Luskin (2024) CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies. Ecology. pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4299
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