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Corresponding author: Ret Thaung (thaung.ret@gmail.com)
Received: 03 Sep 2023 | Published: 11 Sep 2023
© 2023 Ret Thaung, Jackson Frechette, Matthew Luskin, Zachary Amir
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Citation:
Thaung R, Frechette J, Luskin MS, Amir Z (2023) Combining Camera Trap Data and Environmental Data to Estimate the Effects of Environmental Gradients on Abundance of the Asian Elephant Elephas maximus in Cambodia. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 7: e112100. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.112100
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Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) populations in Cambodia are currently declining, and the effect of environmental degradation on the abundance and health of elephants is poorly understood. We used camera trap data from 42 locations between 2016 to 2020 in the southern Cardamom Mountains to investigate the impact of environmental degradation on the abundance and condition of Asian elephants. Camera trap data were organized using CameraSweet software to retrieve both number of individuals and their condition. For a number of individuals, we defined independent captures spatially and temporally. To assess condition, we created a visual scoring system based on past research (
Asian elephant, camera trap data, forest edge
Ret Thaung
TDWG 2023
Authors would also like to thank Pablo Sinovas and Chantha Nasak of the Fauna and Flora Cambodia Program, Eam Samun of the World Wildlife Fund, and Hang Chandaravuth of Forestry administration, who provided the camera trap data for this research.
source of environmental variables that we used to assess effect on Asian Elephant abundance and condition in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia.