Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: Data from a global camera trap network

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1578, 2011, Pages 2703-2711

  Ahumada, Jorge A ^a   Silva, Carlos E F ^b   Gajapersad, Krisna ^c   Hallam, Chris ^d   Hurtado, Johanna ^e   Martin, Emanuel ^f   McWilliam, Alex ^d   Mugerwa, Badru ^h   O'Brien, Tim ⁱ   Rovero, Francesco ^f,g   Sheil, Douglas ^h,k   Spironello, Wilson R ^b   Winarni, Nurul ^j   Andelman, Sandy J ^a  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c Conservation International Suriname ^*  (Suriname)

^d Lao PDR Office   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^e Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^f Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre   (Tanzania)

^g MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^h MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

ⁱ WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^j WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Indonesia)

^k CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

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Author keywords

Camera traps; Global network; Occupancy; Public data; Terrestrial mammals; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; COSTA RICA; INDONESIA; LAOS; SURINAME; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051626269     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0115     Document Type: Article

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