DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7008315
title: Mammal occurrence records (2015-18) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India

description: This dataset contains Mammal occurrence records (2015-18) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. It includes a few occurrence records of other chordates. Occurrence records were gathered in the field by researchers of the Nature Conservation Foundation, India, using a mobile data collection application. Suggested citation is:<br> Nature Conservation Foundation (2022). Mammal occurrence records (2015-18) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Nature Conservation Foundation, India. Dataset, Zenodo. DOI:<br> <br> CONTACT #1<br> 1. Name: T. R. Shankar Raman<br> 2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India<br> 3. Work Phone: +91 821 2515601<br> 4. Email address: trsr@ncf-india.org<br> 5. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953 CONTACT #2<br> 1. Name: Divya Mudappa<br> 2. Work Address: Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, 12th A Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570017, Karnataka, India<br> 3. Work Phone: +91 821 2515601<br> 4. Email address: divya@ncf-india.org<br> 5. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826 Keywords: tropical rainforest, plantations, Anamalai Hills, animal distribution, Geographic Coverage:<br> 1. Location/Study Area: Valparai Plateau, Tamil Nadu, India; Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India<br> 2. GPS coordinates: Valparai Plateau (10°15'- 10°22'N, 76°52' - 76°59'E); Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°12' - 10°35'N, 76°49' - 77°24'E) Temporal Coverage:<br> 1. Begins: 2015-01-01 (Year, Month, Day)<br> 2. Ends: 2018-10-31 (Year, Month, Day) Besides this 000_README.txt file, the dataset includes 326 images (photographs) and three comma-delimited text (csv) files as explained below: 001_valparai_mammals.csv -- raw data file from the mobile app (columns are self-explanatory) 002_valparai_mammals.csv -- raw data file of linked images from the mobile app (columns are self-explanatory) 003_mammal_occurrence_zenodo_2015-18.csv -- curated and compiled dataset with the following columns: observation_id: unique id given to a record (corresponds to fulcrum_id in raw data set) observation latitude: latitude in decimal degrees N (WGS 84 datum) longitude: longitude in decimal degrees E (WGS 84 datum) date_: date of observation time: time of observation place: locality name type_of_observation: type of observation indicating whether it was sighting, sign (based on Vocalisation/call, track/pugmark, scat/dung), death, electrocution, roadkill notes: general notes and remarks including number of individuals where available photo: reference id of corresponding photograph (as in the jpg filename) gps_altitude: altitude in metres estimated by the phone GPS gps_horizontal_accuracy: horizontal accuracy in metres estimated by the phone GPS (set at 500 m in a few cases where GPS location was assigned based on locality name) verbatimIdentification: taxon name as noted originally scientificName: scientific name (or Family in a few cases) vernacularName: common or English name recordedBy: names of observers (separated by | ) georeferenceRemarks: remarks on georeference occurrenceID: unique occurrence ID assigned to each taxon (recorded under an observation_id)
description: Minor errors in the occurrence records (mainly related to geographical coordinates to match location to locality) have been corrected in the version 1.1 of the dataset uploaded to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (https://gbif.org). DOI: 10.15468/9cs5sz