DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18650271
title: Dataset and R Code accompanying "Camera trapping and passive acoustic monitoring as non-invasive techniques for the study of small mammals"

description: These data and R code accompany the manuscript "Camera trapping and passive acoustic monitoring as non-invasive techniques for the study of small mammals" by Stiff, Wakefield and Rands.

Three .R code files are given, which analyse the described datafiles (given as .csv comma-delimited files):

 

CT tunnel comparisons.R, which uses two data files:

FINAL DATA.csv



Specific deployment: Identifier for the specific tunnel deployment (site (LW,BD,AT,FF), deployment number and tunnel design)

Common name: species common name

Family: species family grouping

Deployment: Identifier for the triplet deployment (site and deployment number)

Site: Identifier for the site the tunnel was deployed at, these being Lower Woods (LW), Avon Needs Trees (AT), Black Mountains (BD), and Fenswood Farm (FF)

Tunnel Design: tunnel design used in the deployment, options being modified Littlewood tunnel (L), Mostela tunnel (M) and plastic tunnel (P)

Count: Count of individual small mammals.


Off_frame_pivot.csv



Site.Specific: Identifier for the specific tunnel deployment (site (LW,BD,AT,FF), deployment number and tunnel design)

Deployment: Identifier for the triplet deployment (site and deployment number)

Site: Identifier for the site the tunnel was deployed at, these being Lower Woods (LW), Avon Needs Trees (AT), Black Mountains (BD), and Fenswood Farm (FF)

Tunnel Design: tunnel design used in the deployment, options being modified Littlewood tunnel (L), Mostela tunnel (M) and plastic tunnel (P)

Count: Count of videos classed as containing ‘off-frame individuals’


 

Latency to detection.R, which uses two data files:

Latency to detection species.csv



Deployment: Identifier for the triplet deployment (site and deployment number)

Tunnel Design: tunnel design used in the deployment, options being modified Littlewood tunnel (L), Mostela tunnel (M) and plastic tunnel (P)

Family: species family grouping

Latency: time from deployment start until first detection of the species/family, in hours


Latency to detection family.csv



Deployment: Identifier for the triplet deployment (site and deployment number)

Tunnel Design: tunnel design used in the deployment, options being modified Littlewood tunnel (L), Mostela tunnel (M) and plastic tunnel (P)

Family: species family grouping

Latency: time from deployment start until first detection of the species/family, in hours


 

McNemar tests.R, which uses four data files:

AV detection contingency.csv: contingency table showing presence (Y) and absence (N) of all species groups detected by PAM and camera trapping, each tunnel deployment. This includes a separate yes/no for each species group, and both the Mostela tunnel and the plastic tunnel.

AV behaviour contingency overall.csv: contingency table showing positive (Y) and negative (N) detections by PAM, and whether or not multiple individuals had been detected within one video, in any videos during that deployment (Y/N)

AV behaviour contingency positive PAM.csv: contingency table showing positive (Y) and negative (N) detections by PAM, and whether or not multiple individuals had been detected within one corresponding time-matched video during that deployment (Y/N). This only included data on positive PAM detections.

Vole contingency.csv: contingency table showing presence (Y) and absence (N) of voles by camera trapping and PAM across tunnel deployments (including the Mostela tunnel and plastic tunnel)