Estimating species richness and modelling habitat preferences of tropical forest mammals from camera trap data.

ABSTRACT: Medium-to-large mammals within tropical forests represent a rich and functionally diversified component of this biome; however, they continue to be threatened by hunting and habitat loss. Assessing these communities implies studying species' richness and composition, and determining a state variable of species abundance in order to infer changes in species distribution and habitat associations. The Tropical Ecology, Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) network fills a chronic gap in standardized data collection by implementing a systematic monitoring framework of biodiversity, including mammal communities, across several sites. In this study, we used TEAM camera trap data collected in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania, an area of exceptional importance for mammal diversity, to propose an exam

SUBMITTER: Rovero F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4108438 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature