CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies

Mendes, Calebe P.1,2; Albert, Wido R.3; Amir, Zachary2; Ancrenaz, Marc4; Ash, Eric5; Azhar, Badrul6; Bernard, Henry7; Brodie, Jedediah8; Bruce, Tom2; Carr, Elliot2; Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben9; Davies, Glyn10; Deere, Nicolas J.11; Dinata, Yoan12; Donnelly, Christl A.13; Duangchantrasiri, Somphot14; Fredriksson, Gabriella15; Goossens, Benoit16; Granados, Alys17; Hearn, Andrew5; Hon, Jason18; Hughes, Tom19; Jansen, Patrick20; Kawanishi, Kae21; Kinnaird, Margaret22; Koh, Sharon18; Latinne, Alice23; Linkie, Matthew24; Loi, Federica25; Lynam, Anthony J.26; Meijaard, Erik27; Mohd-Azlan, Jayasilan28; Moore, Jonathan H.29; Nathan, Senthilvel K. S. S.30; Ngoprasert, Dusit31; Novarino, Wilson32; Nursamsi, Ilyas2; O'Brien, Timothy33; Ong, Robert30; Payne, John30; Priatna, Dolly34; Rayan, D. Mark35; Reynolds, Glen36; Rustam, Rustam37; Selvadurai, Sasidhran6; Shia, Amanda4; Silmi, Muhammad38; Sinovas, Pablo39; Sribuarod, Kriangsak40; Steinmetz, Robert41; Struebig, Matthew J.11; Sukmasuang, Ronglarp42; Sunarto, Sunarto43; Tarmizi, Tarmizi44; Thapa, Arjun2; Traeholt, Carl45; Wearn, Oliver R.46; Wibisono, Hariyo B.47; Wilting, Andreas48; Wong, Seth Timothy48; Wong, Siew Te49; Word, Jettie50; Chiok, Wen Xuan1; Zainuddin, Zainal Zahari30; Luskin, Matthew Scott2,51

2024-06-01

10.1002/ecy.4299

ECOLOGY   影响因子和分区

0012-9658

1939-9170

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remain scattered across a wide array of sources, including published scientific literature, gray literature, and unpublished works, making it challenging for researchers to harness the full potential of cameras for ecology, conservation, and management.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.

abundance animal biodiversity bird community count distribution mammal occurrence richness tropical forest vertebrate

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2.Univ Queensland, Sch Environm, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
3.Fauna & Flora Int, Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia
4.Hutan, Perak, Malaysia
5.Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, WildCRU, Oxford, England
6.Univ Putra Malaysia, Fac Forestry & Environm, Dept Forest Sci & Biodivers, Serdang, Malaysia
7.Univ Malaysia Sabah, Inst Trop Biol & Conservat, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
8.Univ Montana, Wildlife Biol Program, Missoula, MT 59801 USA
9.Sunway Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
10.World Wildlife Fund Malaysia, Borneo Species Programme, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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12.Zool Soc London, London, England
13.Univ Oxford, Dept Expt Psychol, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
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15.TotalFinaElf Explorat Indonesia, Balikpapan, Indonesia
16.Cardiff Univ, Sch Biosci, Cardiff, Wales
17.Felidae Conservat Fund, Mill Valley, CA USA
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19.Hosp Sungai Buloh, Med, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
20.Wageningen Univ, Wildlife Ecol & Conservat, Wageningen, Netherlands
21.MYCAT, Malaysian Conservat Alliance Tigers, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
22.Mpala Res Ctr, Nanyuki, Kenya
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24.Wildlife Conservat Soc, Indonesia Program, Bogor, Indonesia
25.Ist Zooprofilatt Sperimentale Sardegna, Osservatorio Epidemiol Vet Reg, Cagliari, Italy
26.Wildlife Conservat Soc, Thailand Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand
27.Kiulap Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
28.Univ Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
29.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Peoples R China
30.Borneo Rhino Alliance, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
31.King Mongkuts Univ Technol Thonburi, Conservat Ecol Program, Bangkok 10150, Thailand
32.Andalas Univ, Dept Biol, Padang, Indonesia
33.Wildlife Conservat Soc, Bronx, NY USA
34.Pakuan Univ, Doctoral Program Educ Management, Bogor, Indonesia
35.Wildlife Conservat Soc, Wildlife Hlth Program, New York, NY USA
36.South East Asia Rainforest Res Partnership SEARRP, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
37.Mulawarman Univ, Fac Forestry, Kota Samarinda, Indonesia
38.PT Surya Sawit Sejati, United Plantat Berhad, Biodivers Div, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia
39.Fauna & Flora Int FFI Cambodia Programme, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
40.Dept Natl Pk Wildlife & Plant Conservat, Khlong Saeng Wildlife Res Stn, Paholyotin Rd, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
41.World Wildlife Fund, Bangkok, Thailand
42.Kasetsart Univ, Bangkok, Thailand
43.World Wildlife Fund, Indonesia Program, Jakarta, Indonesia
44.EMPATIKA, Jakarta, Indonesia
45.Copenhagen Zoo, Res & Conservat Div, Copenhagen, Denmark
46.Fauna & Flora Int Vietnam Programme, Hanoi, Vietnam
47.San Diego Zoo, Inst Conservat Res, Escondido, CA USA
48.Leibniz Inst Zoo & Wildlife Res, Dept Ecol Dynam, Berlin, Germany
49.Bornean Sun Bear Conservat Ctr, Sandakan, Malaysia
50.Borneo Project, Berkeley, CA USA
51.Univ Queensland, Ctr Biodivers & Conservat Sci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Mendes, Calebe P.,Albert, Wido R.,Amir, Zachary,et al. CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies[J]. ECOLOGY,2024,105(6).

Mendes, Calebe P..,Albert, Wido R..,Amir, Zachary.,Ancrenaz, Marc.,Ash, Eric.,...&Luskin, Matthew Scott.(2024).CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies.ECOLOGY,105(6).

Mendes, Calebe P.,et al."CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies".ECOLOGY 105.6(2024).