Mammal occurrence records (2020-23) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India

This dataset contains Mammal occurrence records (January 2020 - June 2023) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. It includes a few occurrence records of reptiles. Occurrence records were gathered in the field by researchers of the Nature Conservation Foundation, India, using a mobile data collection application. Suggested citation is:Nature Conservation Foundation (2024). Mammal occurrence records (2020-23) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Nature Conservation Foundation, India. Dataset, Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11903722 CONTACT #11. Name: T. R. Shankar Raman 2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India3. Work Phone: [phone]. Email address: [e-mail] 5. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953 CONTACT #21. Name: Divya Mudappa 2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India3. Work Phone: [phone]. Email address: [e-mail] 5. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826 Keywords: tropical rainforest, plantations, Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, animal distribution, mammals Geographic Coverage:1. Location/Study Area: Valparai Plateau, Tamil Nadu, India; Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India2. GPS coordinates: Valparai Plateau (10°15'- 10°22'N, 76°52' - 76°59'E); Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°12' - 10°35'N, 76°49' - 77°24'E) Temporal Coverage:1. Begins: 2020-01-11 (Year, Month, Day)2. Ends: 2023-06-02 (Year, Month, Day) Besides the 000_readMe.txt file containing this information, the dataset includes 60 images (photographs), three comma-delimited text (csv) files, and one R markdown text file with R code as explained below:1) 001_mammalData.csv -- This file has the main mammal occurrence data with relevant and renamed columns derived from the original downloaded Excel worksheet file 2) 002_placeLocs.csv -- This file lists names places for which the GPS location was unavailable from the mobile phone application, and was manually assigned to coordinates with 500 m accuracy 3) 003_nameMatch.csv -- This file matches the name as originally recorded with the correct common name and scientific name 4) 004_mammup.Rmd -- R code for processing the files to create a file for upload as an occurrence dataset on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF.org) +60 image files (with ".jpg" file extension) FILES INCLUDED IN DATASET 001_mammdata.csvThis file has the main mammal occurrence data with relevant and renamed columns derived from the original downloaded Excel worksheet file recordedBy: Observer who recorded/made the observationusername: Username of person on whose mobile phone the data were notedtimestamp: Automatic time stamp of date and time when app was useddate: Date of observationtime: Time of observationdecimalLatitude: Latitude in decimal degrees NdecimalLongitude: Longitude in decimal degrees EGPSaltitude: Altitude in metresGPSaccuracy: Horizontal accuracy of GPS location in metresplace: Name of localityhabitat: Habitat typespecies: Species common namecount: Number of individuals observedcountType: Total (solitary or fully counted groups) or Partial (incompletely counted groups)obsType: Type of observation: sighting, sign (droppings or vocalisation), death, roadkill, electrocution, othernotes: Notes or remarks on observationimageID: Image filename if available (NA, if not available)instanceID: Automatically generated unique identifier of observation 002_placeLocs.csvThis file lists names places for which the GPS location was unavailable from the mobile phone application, and was manually assigned to coordinates with 500 m accuracyplace: Name of locality as recordedlat: Assigned latitude in decimal degrees Nlong: Assigned longitude in decimal degrees EGPSaccuracy: Assigned as 500 m – Horizontal accuracy of GPS location in metres 003_nameMatch.csvThis file matches the name as originally recorded with the correct common name and scientific name.verbatimIdentification: Identification as originally recorded in the ‘species’ column of the mammdata.csv filevernacularName: Common or engish namescientificName: Scientific name 004_mammup.RmdR code for processing the files to create a file for upload as an occurrence dataset on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF.org)本数据集收录印度西高止山脉瓦拉帕莱高原与阿纳马莱老虎保护区内2020年1月至2023年6月的哺乳动物出现记录，同时包含少量爬行动物出现记录。该出现记录由印度自然保护基金会的研究人员通过移动数据采集应用在野外实地收集。 推荐引用格式：印度自然保护基金会（2024）. 印度西高止山脉瓦拉帕莱高原与阿纳马莱老虎保护区哺乳动物出现记录（2020-2023）[数据集]. 印度自然保护基金会, Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11903722 联系人1： 1. 姓名：T. R. Shankar Raman 2. 工作地址：印度卡纳塔克邦迈索尔市维贾亚纳加尔第一阶段12号A主街1311号，印度自然保护基金会，邮编570017 3. 工作电话：[phone]. 电子邮箱：[e-mail] 5. ORCID：https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953 联系人2： 1. 姓名：Divya Mudappa 2. 工作地址：印度卡纳塔克邦迈索尔市维贾亚纳加尔第一阶段12号A主街1311号，印度自然保护基金会，邮编570017 3. 工作电话：[phone]. 电子邮箱：[e-mail] 5. ORCID：https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826 关键词：热带雨林、人工林、阿纳马莱丘陵、西高止山脉、动物分布、哺乳动物 地理覆盖范围： 1. 研究区域：印度泰米尔纳德邦瓦拉帕莱高原、印度泰米尔纳德邦阿纳马莱老虎保护区 2. GPS坐标：瓦拉帕莱高原（10°15'~10°22'N，76°52'~76°59'E）；阿纳马莱老虎保护区（10°12'~10°35'N，76°49'~77°24'E） 时间覆盖范围： 1. 起始时间：2020-01-11（年、月、日） 2. 结束时间：2023-06-02（年、月、日） 除包含本说明的000_readMe.txt文件外，本数据集还包含60张JPEG格式图像、3个逗号分隔值（Comma Separated Values, CSV）文本文件，以及1个内嵌R代码的R Markdown文本文件，具体说明如下： 1) 001_mammalData.csv：本文件包含主哺乳动物出现数据，其列均经重命名并整理自原始下载的Excel工作表文件。 各字段说明如下： - recordedBy：记录该观测的观测者姓名 - username：记录数据所用移动设备所属用户的用户名 - timestamp：使用数据采集应用时自动生成的日期时间戳 - date：观测日期 - time：观测时间 - decimalLatitude：北纬十进制格式纬度 - decimalLongitude：东经十进制格式经度 - GPSAltitude：海拔高度，单位为米 - GPSaccuracy：GPS定位的水平精度，单位为米 - place：记录的地点名称 - habitat：生境类型 - species：物种通用名称 - count：观测到的个体数量 - countType：计数类型：Total（单独个体或已完全统计的群体）或Partial（未完全统计的群体） - obsType：观测类型：目击、痕迹（粪便或鸣叫声）、死亡个体、道路致死、电击致死、其他 - notes：观测相关备注或说明 - imageID：对应观测的图像文件名（若无则为NA） - instanceID：自动生成的唯一观测标识符 2) 002_placeLocs.csv：本文件列出了无法从移动应用获取GPS定位的地点名称，并手动为其分配了精度为500米的坐标。 各字段说明如下： - place：记录的地点名称 - lat：分配的北纬十进制格式纬度 - long：分配的东经十进制格式经度 - GPSaccuracy：固定为500米，即GPS定位的水平精度 3) 003_nameMatch.csv：本文件用于将原始记录的名称匹配至正确的通用名与学名。 各字段说明如下： - verbatimIdentification：原始记录在mammdata.csv文件「species」列中的标识内容 - vernacularName：通用名称 - scientificName：物种学名 4) 004_mammup.Rmd：用于处理上述文件以生成可上传至全球生物多样性信息设施（Global Biodiversity Information Facility, GBIF.org）的出现数据集文件的R代码。 此外，数据集还包含60个扩展名为.jpg的JPEG图像文件。