DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1237731
title: Terrestrial Scavenger Trapping Data

description: <b>Description: </b>Data reported in: Twining, J. P., H. Bernard, and R. M. Ewers. 2017. Increasing land-use intensity reverses the relative occupancy of two quadrupedal scavengers. PLoS ONE 12:e0177143.<br><b>Project: </b>This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: <b>Investigating the ecology of a large squamate (Varanus salvator macromaculatus) in altered forest ecosystems, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.</b><b>XML metadata: </b>GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here<b>Data worksheets: </b>There are 1 data worksheets in this dataset:<b>Terrestrial scavenger trapping data</b> (Worksheet Data)Dimensions: 980 rows by 30 columnsDescription: Data on scavenging rates, scavenger identity and scavenger morphometricsFields: <b>Date</b>: Date the trap was in place for (Field type: Date)<b>River</b>: SAFE Project river on which trap was set (Field type: Location)<b>RiverVisit</b>: Trapping session number on that river (Field type: Numeric)<b>Trap</b>: Trap within River (Field type: ID)<b>DayVisit</b>: Julian day within 'Trap' within 'RiverVisit' (Field type: Numeric)<b>Habitat.Change</b>: Had the riparian area been recently damaged from logging in the 12 months prior to data collection (Field type: Categorical)<b>Species</b>: Identity of the animal captured (Field type: Taxa)<b>Removed</b>: Bait removed (yes = yes; blank = no) (Field type: Categorical)<b>RemovedDays</b>: Number of days bait was in trap before being removed (Field type: Numeric)<b>Scavenged7Days</b>: For each trap within each trapping session, was the bait removed within a seven-day period (yes/no) (Field type: Categorical)<b>PitTagNo </b>: Pit tag number (Field type: ID)<b>Capture.History</b>: Caught for first time, or recapture of a previously captured individual (Field type: Categorical)<b>Sex</b>: Male/Female (M/F) (Field type: Categorical)<b>SVL</b>: Snout-venter length (Field type: Numeric)<b>T</b>: Tail length (Field type: Numeric)<b>Tot</b>: Total length (Field type: Numeric)<b>BC</b>: Body circumference (Field type: Numeric)<b>TC</b>: Tail circumference at base (Field type: Numeric)<b>Mass</b>: Body mass (Field type: Numeric)<b>HealthInd</b>: Body health index (ln(body mass/total length)) (Field type: Numeric)<b>HW</b>: Head width (Field type: Numeric)<b>HH</b>: Head height (Field type: Numeric)<b>HL</b>: Head length (Field type: Numeric)<b>SL</b>: Snout length (Field type: Numeric)<b>Scars</b>: Number of scars on body (Field type: Numeric)<b>Ectoparasites</b>: Number of ectoparasites on body (Field type: Numeric)<b>Endoparasites</b>: Number of nematodes inside mouth (Field type: Numeric)<b>Dietary.Notes</b>: Observations of material in faeces (Field type: Comments)<b>Repro.Stage</b>: Reproductive stage (Field type: Categorical)<br><b>Date range: </b>2014-02-05 to 2015-03-17<b>Latitudinal extent: </b>4.6314 to 4.7273<b>Longitudinal extent: </b>117.4556 to 117.6414<b>Taxonomic coverage: </b><br> All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets.Animalia<br> - Chordata<br> -  - Mammalia<br> -  -  - Artiodactyla<br> -  -  -  - Suidae<br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Sus</i><br> -  -  -  -  -  - <i>Sus barbatus</i><br> -  -  - Carnivora<br> -  -  -  - Canidae<br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Canis</i><br> -  -  -  -  -  - <i>Canis lupus</i><br> -  -  -  -  -  -  - <i>Canis lupus familiaris</i> (as <i>Canis familiaris</i>)<br> -  -  -  - Herpestidae<br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Herpestes</i><br> -  -  -  -  -  - <i>Herpestes semitorquatus</i><br> -  -  -  - Viverridae<br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Viverra</i><br> -  -  -  -  -  - <i>Viverra tangalunga</i><br> -  - Reptilia<br> -  -  - Squamata<br> -  -  -  - Colubridae<br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Boiga</i><br> -  -  -  -  -  - <i>Boiga dendrophila</i><br> -  -  -  - Varanidae<br> -  -  -  -  - <i>Varanus</i><br> -  -  -  -  -  - <i>Varanus salvator</i><br> -  -  -  -  -  -  - <i>Varanus salvator macromaculatus</i><br>