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AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A dataset of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest

The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on earth. However, information on Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer-reviewed and grey literature and in unpublished raw data. Camera traps are an effective non-invasive method of surveying vertebr...

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Published in:Ecology (Durham) 2022-05, p.e3738
Main Authors: Antunes, Ana Carolina, Montanarin, Anelise, Gräbin, Diogo Maia, Monteiro, Erison Carlos Dos Santos, de Pinho, Fernando Ferreira, Alvarenga, Guilherme Costa, Ahumada, Jorge, Wallace, Robert B, Ramalho, Emiliano Esterci, Barnett, Adrian Paul Ashton, Bager, Alex, Costa Lopes, Alexandre Martins, Keuroghlian, Alexine, Giroux, Aline, Herrera, Ana María, de Almeida Correa, Ana Paula, Meiga, Ana Yoko, Jácomo, Anah Tereza de Almeida, de Barros Barban, Ananda, Antunes, André, Coelho, André Giovanni de Almeida, Camilo, André Restel, Nunes, André Valle, Gomes, Andréa Cristina Dos Santos Maroclo, da Silva Zanzini, Antônio Carlos, Castro, Arlison Bezerra, Desbiez, Arnaud Léonard Jean, Figueiredo, Axa, de Thoisy, Benoit, Gauzens, Benoit, Oliveira, Brunno Tolentino, de Lima, Camilla Angélica, Peres, Carlos Augusto, Durigan, Carlos César, Brocardo, Carlos Rodrigo, da Rosa, Clarissa Alves, Zárate-Castañeda, Claudia, Monteza-Moreno, Claudio M, Carnicer, Cleide, Trinca, Cristiano Trape, Polli, Daiana Jeronimo, Ferraz, Daniel da Silva, Lane, Daniel F, Gomes da Rocha, Daniel, Barcelos, Daniele Cristina, Auz, David, Rosa, Dian Carlos Pinheiro, Silva, Diego Afonso, Silvério, Divino Vicente, Eaton, Donald P, Nakano-Oliveira, Eduardo, Venticinque, Eduardo, Carvalho Junior, Elildo, Mendonça, Eloisa Neves, Vieira, Emerson Monteiro, Isasi-Catalá, Emiliana, Fischer, Erich, Castro, Erika Paula, Oliveira, Erison Gomes, de Melo, Fabiano Rodrigues, de Lima Muniz, Fábio, Rohe, Fabio, Baccaro, Fabrício Beggiato, Michalski, Fernanda, Paim, Fernanda Pozzan, Santos, Fernanda, Anaguano, Fernando, Palmeira, Francesca Belem Lopes, Reis, Francielly da Silva, Aguiar-Silva, Francisca Helena, Batista, Gabriel de Avila, Zapata-Ríos, Galo, Forero-Medina, German, De Souza Ferreira Neto, Gilson, Alves, Giselle Bastos, Ayala, Guido, Pedersoli, Gustavo Henrique Prado, El Bizri, Hani R, Alves do Prado, Helena, Mozerle, Hugo Borghezan, Costa, Hugo C M, Lima, Ivan Junqueira, Palacios, Jaime, Assis, Jasmine de Resende, Boubli, Jean P, Metzger, Jean Paul, Teixeira, Jéssica Vieira, Miranda, João Marcelo Deliberador, Polisar, John, Salvador, Julia, Borges-Almeida, Karen, Didier, Karl, Dayane de Lima Pereira, Karla, Torralvo, Kelly, Gajapersad, Krisna, Silveira, Leandro, Maioli, Leandro Uceli, Maracahipes-Santos, Leonardo, Valenzuela, Leonor, Benavalli, Letícia
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Summary:The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on earth. However, information on Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer-reviewed and grey literature and in unpublished raw data. Camera traps are an effective non-invasive method of surveying vertebrates, applicable to different scales of time and space. In this study, we organized and standardized camera trap records from different Amazon regions to compile the most extensive dataset of inventories of mammal, bird and reptile species ever assembled for the area. The complete dataset comprises 154,123 records of 317 species (185 birds, 119 mammals and 13 reptiles) gathered from surveys from the Amazonian portion of eight countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela). The most frequently recorded species per taxa were: mammals - Cuniculus paca (11,907 records); birds - Pauxi tuberosa (3,713 records); and reptiles - Tupinambis teguixin (716 records). The information detailed in this data paper opens-up opportunities for new ecological studies at different spatial and temporal scales, allowing for a more accurate evaluation of the effects of habitat loss, fragmentation, climate change and other human-mediated defaunation processes in one of the most important and threatened tropical environments in the world. The dataset is not copyright restricted; please cite this data-paper when using its data in publications and we also request that researchers and educators inform us of how they are using this data.
ISSN:1939-9170