EDP Foz Tua Large Mammals (camera -trapping) - Ecological Monitoring Program [2011-2017]

Data Records

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Costa H, Salgueiro N, Marques A T, Coelho H, Ferreira C, Ribeiro E, Oliveira J, Pereira P, Silva R, Ferreira M, Ramalho R, Sousa D, Caetano M, Neves T, Magalhães J, Pereira F, Carmo M, Ferreira C, Santos J, Rosa L, Ribeiro A, Queirós L, Moreira M, Pinto N, Múrias T (2019): EDP Foz Tua Large Mammals (camera -trapping) - Ecological Monitoring Program [2011-2017]. v1. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_mammals_photos_pme&v=1.0

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GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Large mammals; occurrence; observations; camera-trapping

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the Tua lower valley (Northeast Portugal), up to 35 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Carrazeda de Ansiães, Alijó, Murça, Vila Flor and Mirandela.

Taxonomic Coverage

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 4 orders, 8 families, 13 genera and 12 species.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

The dataset contains records of large mammals (Mammalia) collected in plots along the lower Tua River, and included in the Ecological Monitoring Program of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected between August 2011 and July 2017, with up to 56 cameras in sampling plots with favorable habitats for large mammals within a 5-km buffer around the River Tua lower valley. The occurrence of the target taxa was documented through 1460 positive records of camera-trapping. In total, 177 were identified only to class, 7 to order, 27 to family and 50 to genus, while 1229 were identified to the species rank. The most abundant species (> 100 records) were Vulpes vulpes (565), Sus scrofa (214) and Genetta genneta (164).

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Sampling was designed to cover the main habitat types for large mammals in and around the lower Tua valley affected by the Foz-Tua dam (including the reservoir area). Digital cameras with motion sensor and infrared iluminator were set in each sampling point over a period of 12 consecutive days and nights. The machines were programmed to shoot three pictures with a delay of 1 minute after the activation. All cameras were inspected after each 3-day period of exposition. Species identification and assessment of age and sex (when possible) were made by visual observation of the pictures taken.

Method step description:

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Additional Metadata