Rhode Island wildlife camera trap survey 2018 to 2023.

ABSTRACT: Monitoring wildlife populations through the collection of abundance and distribution data across climatic seasons and multiple years is critical to understanding wildlife spatiotemporal dynamics. This is especially important in landscapes faced with natural and anthropogenic disturbances, which include the state of Rhode Island, USA. Rhode Island is the second most densely populated state in the United States, yet the landscape remains highly forested. Similar to many areas in the region, land cover change and conversion to non-habitat cover types continue to be an issue as a result of increased anthropogenic disturbance, in addition to recent natural disturbance including forest structural changes from the spongy moth caterpillar (Lymantria dispar). These changes in land cover types and l

SUBMITTER: Mayer AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12062420 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature