Tyson Research Center ForestGEO Project Camera Trap Data

This metadata publication presents a camera trap dataset collected for the Tyson Research Center ForestGEO Project, in Eureka, Missouri, USA. The Tyson Research Center Site (TRCS) is located at Washington University in St. Louis’ 800-ha environmental field station near Saint Louis, Missouri. Over the course of the project, 14 cameras were used in 47 deployments, resulting in 39,530 total images (27,395 identified wildlife images). The dataset encompasses 18 identified species, with the most frequently recorded being White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with 15,270 images, Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) with 2,931 images, Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) with 2,851 images, various rodent species with 1,980 images, Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) with 1,740 images, and other species collectively accounting for 2,623 images. Paired cameras and bait were not used in this project. Project data and metadata are available for download through the Wildlife Insights data publication page here: http://n2t.net/ark:/63614/w12004295 For questions and other inquiries, please reach out to the project owner on the Wildlife Insights project page: http://n2t.net/ark:/63614/w12004295