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Mendes CP, Albert WR, Amir Z, Ancrenaz M, Ash E, Azhar B, Bernard H, Brodie J, Bruce T, Carr E, Clements GR, Davies G, Deere NJ, Dinata Y, Donnelly CA, Duangchantrasiri S, Fredriksson G, Goossens B, Granados A, Hearn A, Hon J, Hughes T, Jansen P, Kawanishi K, Kinnaird M, Koh S, Latinne A, Linkie M, Loi F, Lynam AJ, Meijaard E, Mohd-Azlan J, Moore JH, Nathan SKSS, Ngoprasert D, Novarino W, Nursamsi I, O'Brien T, Ong R, Payne J, Priatna D, Rayan DM, Reynolds G, Rustam R, Selvadurai S, Shia A, Silmi M, Sinovas P, Sribuarod K, Steinmetz R, Struebig MJ, Sukmasuang R, Sunarto S, Tarmizi T, Thapa A, Traeholt C, Wearn OR, Wibisono HB, Wilting A, Wong ST, Wong ST, Word J, Chiok WX, Zainuddin ZZ, Luskin MS. CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies. Ecology 2024:e4299. [PMID: 38650359 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
Abstract
Information on tropical Asian vertebrates has traditionally been sparse, particularly when it comes to cryptic species inhabiting the dense forests of the region. Vertebrate populations are declining globally due to land-use change and hunting, the latter frequently referred as "defaunation." This is especially true in tropical Asia where there is extensive land-use change and high human densities. Robust monitoring requires that large volumes of vertebrate population data be made available for use by the scientific and applied communities. Camera traps have emerged as an effective, non-invasive, widespread, and common approach to surveying vertebrates in their natural habitats. However, camera-derived datasets remain scattered across a wide array of sources, including published scientific literature, gray literature, and unpublished works, making it challenging for researchers to harness the full potential of cameras for ecology, conservation, and management. In response, we collated and standardized observations from 239 camera trap studies conducted in tropical Asia. There were 278,260 independent records of 371 distinct species, comprising 232 mammals, 132 birds, and seven reptiles. The total trapping effort accumulated in this data paper consisted of 876,606 trap nights, distributed among Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, and far eastern India. The relatively standardized deployment methods in the region provide a consistent, reliable, and rich count data set relative to other large-scale pressence-only data sets, such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) or citizen science repositories (e.g., iNaturalist), and is thus most similar to eBird. To facilitate the use of these data, we also provide mammalian species trait information and 13 environmental covariates calculated at three spatial scales around the camera survey centroids (within 10-, 20-, and 30-km buffers). We will update the dataset to include broader coverage of temperate Asia and add newer surveys and covariates as they become available. This dataset unlocks immense opportunities for single-species ecological or conservation studies as well as applied ecology, community ecology, and macroecology investigations. The data are fully available to the public for utilization and research. Please cite this data paper when utilizing the data.
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Affiliation(s)
- Calebe P Mendes
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | | | - Eric Ash
- WildCRU, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Badrul Azhar
- Department of Forest Science and Biodiversity, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
| | - Henry Bernard
- Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
| | - Jedediah Brodie
- Wildlife Biology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
| | - Tom Bruce
- School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | - Elliot Carr
- School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | | | - Glyn Davies
- Sabah Landscape Programme, World Wildlife Fund, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
| | - Nicolas J Deere
- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
| | - Yoan Dinata
- Indonesia Program, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
| | | | - Somphot Duangchantrasiri
- Wildlife Research Division, "Department of National Parks, Plant, and Wildlife Conservation", Bangkok, Thailand
| | | | | | - Alys Granados
- Felidae Conservation Fund, Mill Valley, California, USA
| | - Andrew Hearn
- WildCRU, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Jason Hon
- Malaysia Program, World Wildlife Fund, Kuching, Malaysia
| | - Tom Hughes
- Conservation Medicine, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
| | - Patrick Jansen
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | - Kae Kawanishi
- Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MYCAT), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | | | - Sharon Koh
- Malaysia Program, World Wildlife Fund, Kuching, Malaysia
| | - Alice Latinne
- Viet Nam Country Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, New York, USA
| | - Matthew Linkie
- Indonesia Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bogor, Indonesia
| | - Federica Loi
- Regional Veterinary Epidemiological Observatory, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna, Cagliari, Italy
| | - Anthony J Lynam
- Thailand Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Nonthaburi, Thailand
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- Conservation Ecology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thon Buri, Thailand
| | - Wilson Novarino
- Department of Biology, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
| | - Ilyas Nursamsi
- School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | | | - Robert Ong
- Borneo Rhino Alliance, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
| | - John Payne
- Borneo Rhino Alliance, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
| | - Dolly Priatna
- Graduate School of Environmental Management, Pakuan University, Bogor, Indonesia
| | - D Mark Rayan
- Malaysia Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, New York, USA
| | - Glen Reynolds
- Conservation Programme, South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
| | - Rustam Rustam
- Faculty of Forestry, Mulawarman University, Kota Samarinda, Indonesia
| | - Sasidhran Selvadurai
- Department of Forest Science and Biodiversity, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
| | | | - Muhammad Silmi
- Biodiversity Division, United Plantations Berhad-PT Surya Sawit Sejati, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
| | - Pablo Sinovas
- Cambodia Programme, Fauna & Flora International, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
| | - Kriangsak Sribuarod
- Klongsang Wildlife Research Station, Department of National Park Wildlife and Plant, Khlong Saeng Wildlife Research Station, Bangkok, Thailand
| | | | - Matthew J Struebig
- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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- School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | - Carl Traeholt
- Research and Conservation Division, Copenhagen Zoo, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Oliver R Wearn
- Vietnam Programme, Fauna & Flora International, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | | | - Andreas Wilting
- Department of Ecological Dynamics, Leibniz Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
| | - Seth Timothy Wong
- Department of Ecological Dynamics, Leibniz Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
| | - Siew Te Wong
- Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, Sandakan, Malaysia
| | | | - Wen Xuan Chiok
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
| | | | - Matthew Scott Luskin
- School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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