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Locating giant ground pangolins (Smutsia gigantea) using camera traps on burrows in the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon

dc.contributor.authorBruce, T.
dc.contributor.authorKamta, R.
dc.contributor.authorMbobda, R.B.T.
dc.contributor.authorKanto, S.T.
dc.contributor.authorDjibrilla, D.
dc.contributor.authorMoses, I.
dc.contributor.authorDeblauwe, V.
dc.contributor.authorNjabo, K.
dc.contributor.authorLeBreton, M.
dc.contributor.authorNdjassi, C.
dc.contributor.authorBarichievy, C.
dc.contributor.authorOlson, D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:14:23Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:14:23Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationBruce, T., Kamta, R., Mbobda, R.B.T., Kanto, S.T., Djibrilla, D., Moses, I., ... & Olson, D. (2018). Locating giant ground pangolins (Smutsia gigantea) using camera traps on burrows in the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon. Tropical Conservation Science, 11, 1-5.
dc.identifier.issn1940-0829
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2747
dc.descriptionPublished online: 15 Jan 2018
dc.description.abstractGiant ground pangolins (Smutsia gigantea) are poorly known and difficult to study due to their nocturnal and burrowing habits. Here, we test the efficacy of using camera traps on potentially active burrows identified by local Ba'Aka guides to rapidly locate giant ground pangolins in the wild for subsequent observation and tagging for telemetry studies. We deployed nine cameras on potential giant ground pangolin burrows in the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon. One camera photographed an adult male giant ground pangolin using a burrow within 2 days of camera deployment. The pangolin used the same burrow several times over a 25-day period and possible scent-marking behavior was recorded.
dc.format.extent1-5
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectPangolins
dc.subjectBiosphere Reserves
dc.subjectNature Reserve
dc.subjectSmutsia Gigantea
dc.subjectBurrow
dc.titleLocating giant ground pangolins (Smutsia gigantea) using camera traps on burrows in the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationZoological Society of London
cg.contributor.affiliationCongo Basin Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Dschang
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Forestry and Wildlife, Cameroon
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of California
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Cape Town
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.creator.identifierVincent Deblauwe: 0000-0001-9881-1052
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectBiodiversity
cg.journalTropical Conservation Science
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid93752
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1940082917749224


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