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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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:4993087 2024-09-15T18:38:04+00:00 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. 2016-04-15 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9fg6p unknown Zenodo https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.2 https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9fg6p oai:zenodo.org:4993087 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Microtus oeconomus Sorex araneus Mustela erminea mustelid Rodent shrew snow pack info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2016 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9fg6p10.1002/rse2.2 2024-07-26T07:37:30Z 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 data A dataset of collected by nine below-snow camera traps. See metadata file for detailed description. snow cover camera traps Records of snow cover at camera trap locations. See metadata file for more detailed description. Other/Unknown Material Subarctic Tundra Zenodo |
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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 data A dataset of collected by nine below-snow camera traps. See metadata file for detailed description. snow cover camera traps Records 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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