Wild felid diversity and activity patterns in Sabangau peat-swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo
Abstract A 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 in... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Oryx ; volume 45, issue 1, page 119-124 ; ISSN 0030-6053 1365-3008 |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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Schlagwörter: | Nature and Landscape Conservation / Ecology / Evolution / Behavior and Systematics |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27248383 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003060531000133x |
Abstract A 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 km 2 (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.