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Wearn OR, Rowcliffe JM, Carbone C, Bernard H, Ewers RM. Assessing the status of wild felids in a highly-disturbed commercial forest reserve in Borneo and the implications for camera trap survey design. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77598. [PMID: 24223717 PMCID: PMC3817192 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The proliferation of camera-trapping studies has led to a spate of extensions in the known distributions of many wild cat species, not least in Borneo. However, we still do not have a clear picture of the spatial patterns of felid abundance in Southeast Asia, particularly with respect to the large areas of highly-disturbed habitat. An important obstacle to increasing the usefulness of camera trap data is the widespread practice of setting cameras at non-random locations. Non-random deployment interacts with non-random space-use by animals, causing biases in our inferences about relative abundance from detection frequencies alone. This may be a particular problem if surveys do not adequately sample the full range of habitat features present in a study region. Using camera-trapping records and incidental sightings from the Kalabakan Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, we aimed to assess the relative abundance of felid species in highly-disturbed forest, as well as investigate felid space-use and the potential for biases resulting from non-random sampling. Although the area has been intensively logged over three decades, it was found to still retain the full complement of Bornean felids, including the bay cat Pardofelis badia, a poorly known Bornean endemic. Camera-trapping using strictly random locations detected four of the five Bornean felid species and revealed inter- and intra-specific differences in space-use. We compare our results with an extensive dataset of >1,200 felid records from previous camera-trapping studies and show that the relative abundance of the bay cat, in particular, may have previously been underestimated due to the use of non-random survey locations. Further surveys for this species using random locations will be crucial in determining its conservation status. We advocate the more wide-spread use of random survey locations in future camera-trapping surveys in order to increase the robustness and generality of inferences that can be made.
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- Oliver R. Wearn
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kingdom
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kingdom
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Shcheglovitova M, Anderson RP. Estimating optimal complexity for ecological niche models: A jackknife approach for species with small sample sizes. Ecol Modell 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cheyne SM, Stark DJ, Limin SH, Macdonald DW. First estimates of population ecology and threats to Sunda clouded leopards Neofelis diardi in a peat-swamp forest, Indonesia. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2013. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Kramer-Schadt S, Niedballa J, Pilgrim JD, Schröder B, Lindenborn J, Reinfelder V, Stillfried M, Heckmann I, Scharf AK, Augeri DM, Cheyne SM, Hearn AJ, Ross J, Macdonald DW, Mathai J, Eaton J, Marshall AJ, Semiadi G, Rustam R, Bernard H, Alfred R, Samejima H, Duckworth JW, Breitenmoser-Wuersten C, Belant JL, Hofer H, Wilting A. The importance of correcting for sampling bias in MaxEnt species distribution models. DIVERS DISTRIB 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 639] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Stephanie Kramer-Schadt
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- The Biodiversity Consultancy; 3E King's Parade Cambridge CB2 1SJ UK
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- Environmental Modelling Group; Institute of Earth and Environmental Science; University of Potsdam; Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 14476 Potsdam Germany
- Landscape Ecology; Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management; Technische Universität München; Emil-Ramann-Str. 6 85354 Freising-Weihenstephan Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- College of Natural Resources; Colorado State University; Fort Collins CO USA
- Craighead Institute; Bozeman MT USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit; Department of Zoology; Oxford University; The Recanati-Kaplan Centre; Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 5QB UK
- Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project; Jalan Semeru No. 91, Bukit Hindu Palangka Raya Indonesia
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit; Department of Zoology; Oxford University; The Recanati-Kaplan Centre; Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 5QB UK
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit; Department of Zoology; Oxford University; The Recanati-Kaplan Centre; Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 5QB UK
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- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit; Department of Zoology; Oxford University; The Recanati-Kaplan Centre; Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 5QB UK
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- Wildlife Conservation Society Malaysia Program; 7 Jalan Ridgeway 93200 Kuching Malaysia
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- A-3A-5, Casa Indah I, Persiaran Surian Petaling Jaya 47410 Malaysia
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- Department of Anthropology; University of California; One Shields Avenue Davis CA 95616-8522 USA
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- Puslit Biologi LIPI; Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km. 46 Cibinong 16911 Indonesia
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- Faculty of Forestry; Mulawarman University; Samarinda 75123 East Kalimantan Indonesia
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- Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation; Universiti Malaysia Sabah; Jalan UMS 88400 Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia
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- Borneo Conservation Trust; 5th Floor, Block B, Wisma MUIS 88100 Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia
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- Carnivore Ecology Laboratory; Forest and Wildlife Research Center; Mississippi State University; Box 9690 MS Mississippi 39762 USA
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research; Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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Mohamed A, Sollmann R, Bernard H, Ambu LN, Lagan P, Mannan S, Hofer H, Wilting A. Density and habitat use of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in three commercial forest reserves in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. J Mammal 2013. [DOI: 10.1644/11-mamm-a-394.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Macdonald DW, Burnham D, Hinks AE, Wrangham R. A problem shared is a problem reduced: seeking efficiency in the conservation of felids and primates. Folia Primatol (Basel) 2013; 83:171-215. [PMID: 23363584 DOI: 10.1159/000342399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Threats faced by mammalian species can be grouped into one of a handful of categories, such as habitat loss, unsustainable hunting and persecution. Insofar as they face common threats, diverse species may benefit from the same conservation intervention, thereby offering efficiencies in conservation action. We explore this proposition for primates and felids by examining coarse scale overlaps in geographical distributions, using IUCN Red List assessments of the primary threats posed to each species. A global analysis of primates and felids that face common threats reveals the greatest overlap is in Central and South Asia, where up to 14 primates and felids co-occur. More than 80% of the land where at least 1 threatened species of either primate or felid occurs also contains at least one threatened species of the other taxon, yet over 60% of these grid cells containing both threatened primates and felids lie outside Conservation International's hot spots. A review of IUCN Action Plans of the threats to felids and primates strongly supports the hypothesis that they are often the same and occur in the same place. In principle, steps to conserve big cats have the potential to benefit several species of threatened primates, and vice versa.
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- David W Macdonald
- Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney, UK. david.macdonald @ zoo.ox.ac.uk
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Tôrres NM, De Marco P, Santos T, Silveira L, de Almeida Jácomo AT, Diniz-Filho JAF. Can species distribution modelling provide estimates of population densities? A case study with jaguars in the Neotropics. DIVERS DISTRIB 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00892.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Jennings AP, Veron G. Predicted distributions and ecological niches of 8 civet and mongoose species in Southeast Asia. J Mammal 2011. [DOI: 10.1644/10-mamm-a-155.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Marino J, Bennett M, Cossios D, Iriarte A, Lucherini M, Pliscoff P, Sillero-Zubiri C, Villalba L, Walker S. Bioclimatic constraints to Andean cat distribution: a modelling application for rare species. DIVERS DISTRIB 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00744.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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AbstractA study to identify the felid biodiversity of the Sabangau 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 Neofelis nebulosa, leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis, marbled cat Pardofelis marmorata and flat-headed cat Prionailurus planiceps, 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 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 calendar 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 maximize 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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