Sample name: Groote Eylandt

Reference: R. L. Diete, P. D. Meek, K. M. Dixon, C. R. Dickman, and L. K.-P. Leung. 2016. Best bait for your buck: bait preference for camera trapping north Australian mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology 63(6):376-382 [ER 3006]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "woodland dominated by Eucalyptus tetrodonta as well as a variety of other habitats including heaths and dune complexes in coastal areas. The island receives 95% of its annual rainfall between November and April"

Life forms: carnivores,rodents,other large mammals,other small mammals,birds,lizards

Sampling methods: no design,baited,automatic cameras

Sample size: 534 captures or sightings

Years: 2013

Days: 16

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 20

Net or trap nights: 320

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 0.05

Sampling comments: "The study took place in November and December 2013 within an area of woodland containing a known population" of Notomys aquilo and "Four commercially available baits were chosen for comparison... We chose a vertical, overhead orientation" of the cameras and "Twenty camera traps with LED white-flash illumination were used. Due to limited availability, we used a combination of Reconyx PC850 HyperFire (n = 12) and Reconyx HC550 HyperFire (n=8) models... The camera traps were mounted on a star picket, 1.5m from the ground... The 20 camera traps were arranged in four transects 500–1500m apart in sites where N. aquilo activity had been recorded. Camera traps were assigned to stations set 50 m apart along each transect... All camera traps were fully functional during the study, resulting in 320 camera trap-nights"

Sample number: 3235

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-03-02 21:18:20

Modified: 2019-03-02 10:18:20