Sample name: Akole Tahsil

Reference: V. Athreya, M. Odden, J. D. C. Linnell, J. Krishnaswamy, and U. Karanth. 2013. Big cats in our backyards: persistence of large carnivores in a human dominated landscape in India. PLOS ONE 8(e57872):1-8 [ER 3001]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "a densely populated, irrigated valley... Approximately 80% of the human population is rural with farming of sugar cane, millets, and vegetables being the major source of livelihood. Rainfall varies from 1000 to 2000 mm per year... with a human population density of 177 km-2"

Life forms: carnivores,primates,other small mammals,birds

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 1184 captures or sightings

Years: 2008

Days: 30

Nets or traps: 40

Net or trap nights: 1110

Camera type: analog

Cameras paired: yes

Trap spacing: 1.5

Sampling comments: "Forty camera trap locations were selected... Most trap sites were on human trails. The duration of the camera trap survey was fixed at 30 days between November 2008 and December 2008... The sampling was carried out in two trapping sessions of 15 days each covering two blocks, each with 20 trap locations... Of the 40 trap locations, three became non-operational due to theft of cameras... an average trap spacing of about 1.5 km was maintained... Each camera trap had two camera units facing each other 5 m apart, fixed at locations judged to be optimal leopard travel routes. Deercam DC 300 passive detection camera traps protected by metal shells were used and set at a height of 40– 45 cm above the ground" and these were film cameras

Sample number: 3230

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-02-28 19:51:16

Modified: 2019-02-28 08:51:16