Camera Trap Activity Patterns of Tenrec ecaudatus in Réunion Island, 2019-2022

Jane COZETTE's dataset contains camera trap data for analyzing seasonal and diel activity patterns of Tenrec ecaudatus in Réunion Island. Data were collected across three contrasting habitats between August 2019 and July 2022, processed into monthly and hourly independent detection events. The dataset includes relative activity indices and environmental covariates like temperature and rainfall.

Use Cases

• Modeling seasonal activity variation based on monthly aggregated data with temperature and rainfall covariates.
• Analyzing diel (24-hour) activity patterns of adult and juvenile tenrecs using solar time.
• Inferring breeding phenology based on the timing of co-occurrence events between adults and juveniles.
• Assessing habitat influence on activity by comparing data from three distinct study sites.

Strengths

• Data spans three years from August 2019 to July 2022, providing multi-year temporal coverage.
• Includes data from three distinct study sites representing contrasting habitats and environmental conditions.
• Processing ensures independence of detections by retaining only one event per hour per camera.
• Contains both monthly aggregated indices and filtered hourly event data for different age classes.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the three specific study sites on Réunion Island.

Provenance

Source

Jane COZETTE via figshare

Collection Method

Data collected via camera traps operating continuously (24 h/day) across three study sites.

Time Range

August 2019 to July 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 10:32:29; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Réunion Island