Data from: Under the snow: a new camera trap opens the white box of subnivean ecology
Snow covers the ground over large parts of the world for a substantial portion of the year. Yet very few methods are available to quantify biotic variables below the snow, with most studies of subnivean ecological processes relying on comparisons of data before and after the snow cover season. We de...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::9613f61475603f42126c0e83595f32d3 2023-05-15T18:28:36+02:00 Data from: Under the snow: a new camera trap opens the white box of subnivean ecology Soininen, Eeva M. Jensvoll, Ingrid Killengreen, Siw T. Ims, Rolf A. 2015-01-01 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9fg6p undefined unknown Dryad Digital Repository https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9fg6p http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9fg6p lic_creative-commons 10.5061/dryad.9fg6p oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:88128 oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:88128 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 mustelid population dynamics rodent shrew snow cover snow pack Microtus oeconomus Sorex araneus Mustela erminea Life sciences medicine and health care envir geo Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2015 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9fg6p 2023-01-22T17:23:56Z Snow covers the ground over large parts of the world for a substantial portion of the year. Yet very few methods are available to quantify biotic variables below the snow, with most studies of subnivean ecological processes relying on comparisons of data before and after the snow cover season. We developed a camera trap prototype to quantify subnivean small mammal activity. The trap consists of a camera that is attached facing downward from the ceiling of a box, which is designed to function as a snow-free tunnel. We tested it by placing nine traps with passive infrared sensors in a subarctic habitat where snow cover lasted for about 6 months. The traps were functional for the whole winter, permitting continuous data collection of site-specific presence and temporal activity patterns of all three small mammal species present (the insectivorous common shrew, Sorex araneus, the herbivorous tundra vole, Microtus oeconomus, and the carnivorous stoat, Mustela erminea) as well as abiotic conditions (presence/absence of snow cover and subnivean temperature). Based on their successful functioning (only 6% of the photographs appeared empty or were of poor quality, whereas ca 80% were of small mammals and the remaining of birds and invertebrates), we discuss how the new camera trap can enable subnivean studies of small mammal communities. This greatly increases the temporal resolution and extent of data collection and thereby provides unpreceded opportunities to understand population and food web dynamics in ecosystems with snow cover. camera trap dataA dataset of collected by nine below-snow camera traps. See metadata file for detailed description.snow cover camera trapsRecords of snow cover at camera trap locations. See metadata file for more detailed description. Dataset Subarctic Tundra Unknown |
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Snow covers the ground over large parts of the world for a substantial portion of the year. Yet very few methods are available to quantify biotic variables below the snow, with most studies of subnivean ecological processes relying on comparisons of data before and after the snow cover season. We developed a camera trap prototype to quantify subnivean small mammal activity. The trap consists of a camera that is attached facing downward from the ceiling of a box, which is designed to function as a snow-free tunnel. We tested it by placing nine traps with passive infrared sensors in a subarctic habitat where snow cover lasted for about 6 months. The traps were functional for the whole winter, permitting continuous data collection of site-specific presence and temporal activity patterns of all three small mammal species present (the insectivorous common shrew, Sorex araneus, the herbivorous tundra vole, Microtus oeconomus, and the carnivorous stoat, Mustela erminea) as well as abiotic conditions (presence/absence of snow cover and subnivean temperature). Based on their successful functioning (only 6% of the photographs appeared empty or were of poor quality, whereas ca 80% were of small mammals and the remaining of birds and invertebrates), we discuss how the new camera trap can enable subnivean studies of small mammal communities. This greatly increases the temporal resolution and extent of data collection and thereby provides unpreceded opportunities to understand population and food web dynamics in ecosystems with snow cover. camera trap dataA dataset of collected by nine below-snow camera traps. See metadata file for detailed description.snow cover camera trapsRecords of snow cover at camera trap locations. See metadata file for more detailed description. |
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Data from: Under the snow: a new camera trap opens the white box of subnivean ecology |
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data from: under the snow: a new camera trap opens the white box of subnivean ecology |
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