Mamíferos de Paso Centurión

Study Extent

Sampling

Quality Control

Method steps

1. Trap cameras (Bushnell NatureView Cam HD) were set covering an area of 25 km2 within the surroundings of Paso Centurión. The management of the cameras and records was carried out by JULANA members, the landowners where the cameras were set, and other people from the local community involved in the monitoring process. Cameras were placed on native forest patches associated with freshwater streams nearby the houses of the landowners (between 200- and 2,000-meters distance). Different parameter settings were used for the cameras, some were set to take photos, others to record 10-seconds videos and in other cases, 3 photos were obtained together with a 10-seconds video after a 5-seconds interval. We allowed parameters to vary greatly because the main aim was placed in exploring the tool and detecting as many species as possible.
2. Data from the cameras were downloaded with a periodicity of one to four months.
3. The species identification and event data documentation were carried out by Enzo Cavalli, Diego Flores and Marcela Rondoni, as part of their undergraduate thesis work (Cavalli 2019; Rondoni 2019; Flores in prep). The reference used for mammal species identification was the guide from the mammals of Uruguay from González and Martínez-Lanfranco (2010). Only mammal species were considered. When the files corresponded to 3 consecutive photos (one per second) of the same species, a single record was considered. Similarly, three photos per second were followed by a video were counted as a single record. When the animal was recorded in 3 photos, we recorded the observation in which the species was identify with greater precision.
4. Domestic species and human records were excluded at this point, including records from Bos taurus, Sus scrofa domestica, Ovis aries, Canis lupus familiaris, Equus caballus and Felis catus.
5. The table with all the records was standardised following FAIR Principles (Wilkinson et al. 2016) to enable the maximum re-use of the data. We enriched the records by including 40 descriptive terms following the Darwin Core Biodiversity Data Standard (Wieczorek et al. 2012).
6. Species scientific names and scientific names authorship were extracted using the R package taxize (Chamberlain et al. 2018). The R scripts can be found at Grattarola (2019).
7. Extra records of species documented in the area outside of the period of time above mentioned were added, including records from Axis axis, Chrysocyon brachyurus, Puma yagouaroundi y Coendu spinosus.

1. Animalia
   rank: kingdom
2. Chordata
   rank: phylum
3. Mammalia
   rank: class
4. Artiodactyla
   rank: order
5. Rodentia
   rank: order
6. Pilosa
   rank: order
7. Cingulata
   rank: order
8. Carnivora
   rank: order
9. Didelphimorphia
   rank: order
10. Lagomorpha
    rank: order
11. Cervidae
    rank: family
12. Cuniculidae
    rank: family
13. Caviidae
    rank: family
14. Erethizontidae
    rank: family
15. Myrmecophagidae
    rank: family
16. Dasypodidae
    rank: family
17. Procyonidae
    rank: family
18. Canidae
    rank: family
19. Felidae
    rank: family
20. Mephitidae
    rank: family
21. Didelphidae
    rank: family
22. Suidae
    rank: family
23. Mustelidae
    rank: family
24. Leporidae
    rank: family