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Title: | Camera traps in the canopy: surveying wildlife at tree hollow entrances | Contributor(s): | Cotsell, Nigel (author); Vernes, Karl A (author) | Publication Date: | 2016 | DOI: | 10.1071/PC15030 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19671 | Abstract: | This is the first comprehensive camera trap study to examine hollow usage by wildlife in the canopy of trees. Eighty cameras directed at tree hollows were deployed across eight sites in nine species of eucalypt in north-east New South Wales. In total, 38 species (including 21 birds, 9 mammals and 8 reptiles) were recorded at hollow entrances over a three-month period. There was a significant difference between wildlife hollow usage associated with site disturbance and tree growth stage (ANOSIM, P>0.05); however, there was no significant difference associated with tree hollow diameter (ANOSIM, P>0.05). The level of anthropogenic disturbance at each site, including vegetation modification of the understorey, was a significant predictor of species presence. Despite the limitations of using camera traps in the canopy of trees this study demonstrates the potential to garner useful insights into the ecology and behaviour of arboreal wildlife. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Pacific Conservation Biology, 22(1), p. 48-60 | Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 2204-4604 1038-2097 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 050206 Environmental Monitoring 050211 Wildlife and Habitat Management 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 410407 Wildlife and habitat management 410401 Conservation and biodiversity |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 180606 Terrestrial biodiversity | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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