LIFEPLAN Ecuador - Global audio and image collection on biodiversity

This dataset contains raw image and audio data collected by team Ecuador in the LIFEPLAN project. Researchers collected data at 1 site in Ecuador. We deployed first 5 and later 3 AudioMoth recorders and camera traps per site. Data collection started in 2022 and ended in 2024. Data were collected year-round as far as possible.

This dataset contains 31.07 GB and 61609 files of image data, as well as 1679.02 GB and 146198 files of audio data,
which is equivalent to about 215982 minutes of recording.

LIFEPLAN project is described in detail in: Hardwick B, Kerdraon D, Rogers HMK, Raharinjanahary D, Rajoelison ET, Mononen T, et al. (2024) LIFEPLAN: A worldwide biodiversity sampling design. PLoS ONE 19(12): e0313353. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313353.

Audio recording protocol is described in detail in: Arielle M Farrell, Gaia Giedre Banelyte, Hanna M.K. Rogers, Petteri Lehikoinen, Deirdre Kerdraon, Bess Hardwick 2024. Lifeplan Audio Recording Protocol. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.kqdg3xbp1g25/v2.

Camera trapping protocol is described in detail in: Hanna M.K. Rogers, Gaia Giedre Banelyte, Arielle M Farrell, Bess
Hardwick, Tommi Mononen, Deirdre Kerdraon 2023. Lifeplan Camera Trapping Protocol. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.q26g7pxp1gwz/v3.