UCSC Forest Ecology Research Plot ForestGEO Project Camera Trap Data

This metadata publication presents a camera trap dataset collected for the UCSC Forest Ecology Research Plot ForestGEO Project. The Forest Ecology Research Plot (FERP) camera trapping study follows protocols established by the Smithsonian Tropical Reseach Institute/Center for Tropical Forest Science (Jansen et al. 2014), allowing for comparison with other ForestGEO mapped plots. The UCSC-FERP is a 16-ha mapped forest plot in Mediterranean-climate, mixed-evergreen coastal forest in the Santa Cruz mountains, along the Central Coast of California, USA. Over the course of the project, 18 cameras were used in 49 deployments, resulting in 30,080 total images (4,064 identified wildlife images). The dataset encompasses 16 identified species, with the most frequently recorded being Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) with 2,380 images, various rodent species with 390 images, Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani) with 310 images, Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus) with 271 images, Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) with 230 images, and other species collectively accounting for 483 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/w12003849 For questions and other inquiries, please reach out to the project owner on the Wildlife Insights project page: http://n2t.net/ark:/63614/w12003849本元数据成果介绍了为加州大学圣克鲁兹分校（UCSC）森林生态学研究样地（Forest Ecology Research Plot, FERP）森林地理观测（ForestGEO）项目采集的相机诱捕数据集。本FERP相机诱捕研究依托史密森热带研究所/热带森林科学中心制定的标准规程开展（Jansen等，2014），可与其他已测绘的ForestGEO样地进行比对。UCSC-FERP样地为一处面积16公顷的已测绘森林样地，坐落于美国加利福尼亚州中部海岸沿线的圣克鲁兹山脉内，属于地中海气候型常绿混交海岸林。项目期间共开展49次相机布设，使用18台相机，累计获得30080张影像，其中4064张为已鉴定的野生动物影像。本数据集涵盖16个已鉴定物种，其中记录频次最高的为骡鹿（Odocoileus hemionus），共计2380张影像；各类啮齿类动物合计390张影像；灌丛兔（Sylvilagus bachmani）310张影像；西部灰松鼠（Sciurus griseus）271张影像；东部灰松鼠（Sciurus carolinensis）230张影像；其余物种总计483张影像。本项目未使用配对相机及诱饵。项目数据与元数据可通过野生动物洞察（Wildlife Insights）数据发布页面下载，链接为：http://n2t.net/ark:/63614/w12003849。如有疑问或其他咨询，请通过野生动物洞察平台的项目页面联系项目负责人，链接为：http://n2t.net/ark:/63614/w12003849