Sample name: Canadian National Railway (fall)

Sample aka: Greater Sudbury

Reference: J. N. Popp and J. Hamr. 2018. Seasonal use of railways by wildlife. Diversity 10(104):1-10 [ER 3036]

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: the train line "traversed 5 major wetlands, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence conifer-hardwood mixed forest [26], and approximately 3 km of open grasslands"

Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: line transect,automatic cameras

Sample size: 116 captures or sightings

Years: 2015

Days: 91

Seasons: autumn

Nets or traps: 10

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 2

Sampling comments: "From the beginning of July 2015 to the end of June 2016, 10 trail cameras (brands: Bushnell, Stealth Cam, Tasco) were placed along the 20 km stretch of studied railway, one every 2 km, attached to rail-side trees and directly facing the railway... regardless of the number of animals in an image, one photo was considered a single capture event... all capture events recorded within one hour from the initial capture were omitted from the data set"
trap days are not reported, but the study lasted almost exactly one year and the data were divided into four seasons, so there were about 91 days of sampling per season
birds are listed but usable counts are not provided

Sample number: 3283

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-03-16 14:37:44

Modified: 2019-03-16 03:39:54