Sample name: Rio Sikre

Sample aka: Rio Plâtano Biosphere Reserve

Reference: D. J. Gonthier and F. E. Castañeda. 2013. Large and medium-sized mammal survey using camera traps in the Sikre River in the Río Plâtano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras. Tropical Conservation Science 6(4):584-591 [ER 1731]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.2

CMT: 24.4

MAP: 2975.0

Habitat comments: "Most cameras were placed in the broadleaf lowland forest near to the river, but four two-camera stations were placed in the pine savanna, in thickets of dense palms"
precipitation "falls in the rainy season from June to November"
MAP is for Bonanza, Nicaragua and CMT and WMT are for the Miskito Coast in general; data are from Parsons (1955)
MAP 2000 to 4000 mm (not useful)

Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals,birds,lizards

Site area: 7000

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 116 captures or sightings

Years: 2008

Nets or traps: 29

Net or trap nights: 2040

Camera type: analog

Cameras paired: both

Trap spacing: 2

Sampling comments: "During May 2008 we installed 48 camera traps in 19 two-camera stations and 10 one-camera stations... At each station with two cameras, camera pairs were placed facing one another... stations were separated by 2 km... The study site covered a minimum polygon area of 70 km2 (Figure 1). The cameras used were Deercam and CamTracker models. Cameras were operating 24h a day... All fieldwork was carried out between May 12 and August 25 in 2008"; cameras used film
site area is a minimum convex polygon

Sample number: 1930

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-14 11:32:33

Modified: 2016-12-14 11:14:16