Wild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo
A study to identify the field biodiversity of the Sabangua Forest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, was initiated in May 2008 and involved continuous sampling until October 2009. A total of 44 cameras in 27 locations were used and 5,777 functional trap nights (of 6,542 survey nights) resulted in confi...
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| description | A study to identify the field biodiversity of the Sabangua Forest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, was initiated in May 2008 and involved continuous sampling until October 2009. A total of 44 cameras in 27 locations were used and 5,777 functional trap nights (of 6,542 survey nights) resulted in confirmed sightings of the Sunda clouded leopard <em>Neofelis nebulosa</em>, leopard cat <em>Prionailurus bengalensis</em>, marbled cat <em>Pardofelis marmorata</em> and flat-headed cat <em>Prionailurus planiceps</em>, representing four of the five wild felids of Borneo. The long-term use of fixed and roving cameras provided insight into the movements, occurrence and activity patterns of these elusive felids within in a disturbed peat-swamp forest. In an area of 145 km² (including buffer) the clouded leopard was the most commonly photographed felid (22 photo-captures of 53 total captures), followed by the leopard cat (21), flat-headed cat (7) and marbled cat (3). A total of 231 camera-trap nights were required to obtain the first photograph of a felid, the leopard cat, 704 for the clouded leopard, 3,498 for the flat-headed cat, and 5,423 (476 calender days) for the marbled cat. A female clouded leopard was not photographed until 5,764 trap nights. This highlights the importance of long-term camera-trapping studies to maximise capture probability of these elusive felids and especially to account for potential differences in home range size and use by clouded leopard males and females. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b21aeecc-9870-4490-9e67-1f794aa7e2672022-03-27T04:09:19ZWild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian BorneoJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b21aeecc-9870-4490-9e67-1f794aa7e267Zoological sciencesEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetCambridge University Press2011Cheyne, SMacdonald, DFauna & Flora InternationalA study to identify the field biodiversity of the Sabangua Forest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, was initiated in May 2008 and involved continuous sampling until October 2009. A total of 44 cameras in 27 locations were used and 5,777 functional trap nights (of 6,542 survey nights) resulted in confirmed sightings of the Sunda clouded leopard <em>Neofelis nebulosa</em>, leopard cat <em>Prionailurus bengalensis</em>, marbled cat <em>Pardofelis marmorata</em> and flat-headed cat <em>Prionailurus planiceps</em>, representing four of the five wild felids of Borneo. The long-term use of fixed and roving cameras provided insight into the movements, occurrence and activity patterns of these elusive felids within in a disturbed peat-swamp forest. In an area of 145 km² (including buffer) the clouded leopard was the most commonly photographed felid (22 photo-captures of 53 total captures), followed by the leopard cat (21), flat-headed cat (7) and marbled cat (3). A total of 231 camera-trap nights were required to obtain the first photograph of a felid, the leopard cat, 704 for the clouded leopard, 3,498 for the flat-headed cat, and 5,423 (476 calender days) for the marbled cat. A female clouded leopard was not photographed until 5,764 trap nights. This highlights the importance of long-term camera-trapping studies to maximise capture probability of these elusive felids and especially to account for potential differences in home range size and use by clouded leopard males and females. |
| spellingShingle | Zoological sciences Cheyne, S Macdonald, D Wild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo |
| title | Wild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo |
| title_full | Wild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo |
| title_fullStr | Wild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo |
| title_short | Wild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo |
| title_sort | wild felid diversity and activity patterns in sabangau peat swamp forest indonesian borneo |
| topic | Zoological sciences |
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