cameratrap: Camera trap data on mammals in Ruaha National Park, southern Tanzania.
Description
Dataset contains 14604 observations and sampling was carried out for
two months during the
dry season of 2013 and two months during the wet season of 2014. Each
camera station is associated
with a randomly placed camera and a trail-based camer, with the aim of
comparing communities
resulting from the two camera trap placement strategies.
Usage
data(cameratrap)
Arguments
Format
Contains 6 variables, as follows:
reference
Number of observation od datasets.
placement
Type of "placement" placed in each station (random or
trail).
season
Season where were made the samplings.
station
Station where were collected the data.
specie
Name of specie medium to large terrestrial mammals.
date.time
The date and time of each photographic event is
also given.
References
- Cusack J, Dickman A, Rowcliffe M, Carbone C, Macdonald D,
Coulson T. 2016. Random versus
game trail-based camera trap placement strategy for monitoring terrestrial
mammal communities. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0126373.