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2013 | 58 | 3 |

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Monitoring small and arboreal mammals by camera traps: effectiveness and applications

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Camera trapping has been widely applied to studies of medium to large terrestrial mammals, but its application to small arboreal mammals has hardly been tested. We employed camera trapping and other conventional monitoring methods during a mammal survey in a Site of Community Importance located within the Adda North Regional Park (Lombardy, Italy). Camera trapping was particularly successful for monitoring arboreal mammals, allowing the first detection of presence of the invasive grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in an area occupied by indigenous red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and the collection of a large amount of data on squirrels and common dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius). When triggered, cameras were set to record short video clips (10 to 40 s). More than 400 events were recorded and analysed, mainly from the autumn and winter months. The daily activity pattern of both species displayed a trend from two to three activity peaks in summer to a unimodal pattern in winter, with the peaks of the two species temporally separated. Camera trapping could be a useful method also when applied to monitoring small mammals, particularly endangered arboreal or invasive alien species. For instance, the monitoring of the spread of S. carolinensis is particularly important, where the early detection of new population can be crucial for the conservation of indigenous European species. Camera trapping can be an effective addition to traditional survey methods. It provides a simple non-invasive technique for collecting a large amount of data per device with limited human effort.

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58

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3

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p.279-283,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

  • Centro Studi Faunistica dei Vertebrati, Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Museo di Storia Naturale, C.so Venezia 55, 20121, Milan, Italy
  • Centro Studi Faunistica dei Vertebrati, Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Museo di Storia Naturale, C.so Venezia 55, 20121, Milan, Italy

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