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Use of camera trapping to investigate animal diversity in Taohongling Sika Deer National Nature Reserve

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Between March 2017 and March 2018, the diversity of avian and mammal species was surveyed with camera traps in Taohongling Sika Deer National Nature Reserve; 4442 camera dates and 1003… Click to show full abstract

Between March 2017 and March 2018, the diversity of avian and mammal species was surveyed with camera traps in Taohongling Sika Deer National Nature Reserve; 4442 camera dates and 1003 independent wildlife photographs were collected, including 683 photos of 16 mammal species from 9 families and 4 orders and 320 photos of 46 avian species from 23 families and 9 orders. Muntiacus reevesi and Garrulax perspicillatus possessed the highest relative abundance index among the mammal and avian species, respectively. Cervus nippon and Syrmaticus ellioti have been listed in the first category of nationally protected wildlife species in China; Viverricula indica, Pucrasia macrolopha, Lophura nycthemera, Tyto longimembris, Otus sunia, and Accipiter virgatus have been listed in the second category of nationally protected wildlife

Keywords: taohongling sika; sika deer; national nature; camera; deer national; nature reserve

Journal Title: Acta Ecologica Sinica
Year Published: 2019

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