ATLANTIC-CAMTRAPS: a dataset of medium and large terrestrial mammal communities in the Atlantic Forest of South America

Our understanding of mammal ecology has always been hindered by the difficulties of observing species in closed tropical forests. Camera trapping has become a major advance for monitoring terrestrial mammals in biodiversity rich ecosystems. Here we compiled one of the largest datasets of inventories...

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Published in:	Ecology (Durham) Vol. 98; no. 11; p. 2979
Main Authors:	Lima, Fernando, Beca, Gabrielle, Muylaert, Renata L., Jenkins, Clinton N., Perilli, Miriam L. L., Paschoal, Ana Maria O., Massara, Rodrigo L., Paglia, Adriano P., Chiarello, Adriano G., Graipel, Maurício E., Cherem, Jorge J., Regolin, André L., Santos, Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira, Brocardo, Carlos R., Paviolo, Agustín, Di Bitetti, Mario S., Scoss, Leandro M., Rocha, Fabiana L., Fusco-Costa, Roberto, Rosa, Clarissa A., Da Silva, Marina X., Hufnagell, Ludmila, Santos, Paloma M., Duarte, Gabriela T., Guimarães, Luiza N., Bailey, Larissa L., Rodrigues, Flávio Henrique G., Cunha, Heitor M., Fantacini, Felipe M., Batista, Graziele O., Bogoni, Juliano A., Tortato, Marco A., Luiz, Micheli R., Peroni, Nivaldo, De Castilho, Pedro V., Maccarini, Thiago B., Filho, Vilmar Picinatto, De Angelo, Carlos, Cruz, Paula, Quiroga, Verónica, Iezzi, María E., Varela, Diego, Cavalcanti, Sandra M. C., Martensen, Alexandre C., Maggiorini, Erica V., Keesen, Fabíola F., Nunes, André V., Lessa, Gisele M., Cordeiro-Estrela, Pedro, Beltrào, Mayara G., De Albuquerque, Anna Carolina F., Ingberman, Bianca, Cassano, Camila R., Cullen, Laury, Ribeiro, Milton C., Galetti, Mauro
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-11-2017 Ecological Society of America
Subjects:	Animals Argentina Atlantic Forest Biodiversity biodiversity hotspot Brazil camera traps Cameras Carnivores Communities Crabs Data Papers Datasets Dogs Ecological monitoring Ecosystem forest fragmentation Forests invasive species mammal communities Mammals Mammals - physiology Nasua nasua neotropical mammals Population structure Rodents Small mammals Species composition Species richness Terrestrial environments Trapping Tropical forests Ungulates South America Atlantic Forest mammal communities Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot forest fragmentation neotropical mammals camera traps invasive species
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Summary:	Our understanding of mammal ecology has always been hindered by the difficulties of observing species in closed tropical forests. Camera trapping has become a major advance for monitoring terrestrial mammals in biodiversity rich ecosystems. Here we compiled one of the largest datasets of inventories of terrestrial mammal communities for the Neotropical region based on camera trapping studies. The dataset comprises 170 surveys of medium to large terrestrial mammals using camera traps conducted in 144 areas by 74 studies, covering six vegetation types of tropical and subtropical Atlantic Forest of South America (Brazil and Argentina), and present data on species composition and richness. The complete dataset comprises 53,438 independent records of 83 species of mammals, includes 10 species of marsupials, 15 rodents, 20 carnivores, eight ungulates and six armadillos. Species richness averaged 13 species (±6.07 SD) per site. Only six species occurred in more than 50% of the sites: the domestic dog Canis familiaris, crab‐eating fox Cerdocyon thous, tayra Eira barbara, south American coati Nasua nasua, crab‐eating raccoon Procyon cancrivorus and the nine‐banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus. The information contained in this dataset can be used to understand macroecological patterns of biodiversity, community, and population structure, but also to evaluate the ecological consequences of fragmentation, defaunation, and trophic interactions.
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ISSN:	0012-9658 1939-9170
DOI:	10.1002/ecy.1998