Mammal occurrence records (2015-18) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India

<p>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> &nbsp;<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</p> <p>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</p> <p>Keywords: tropical rainforest, plantations, Anamalai Hills, animal distribution, &nbsp;</p> <p>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&deg;15&#39;- 10&deg;22&#39;N, 76&deg;52&#39; - 76&deg;59&#39;E); Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10&deg;12&#39; - 10&deg;35&#39;N, 76&deg;49&#39; - 77&deg;24&#39;E)</p> <p>Temporal Coverage:<br> 1. Begins: 2015-01-01 (Year, Month, Day)<br> 2. Ends: 2018-10-31 (Year, Month, Day)</p> <p>Besides this 000_README.txt file, the dataset includes 326 images (photographs) and three comma-delimited text (csv) files as explained below:</p> <ol> <li>001_valparai_mammals.csv -- raw data file from the mobile app (columns are self-explanatory)</li> <li>002_valparai_mammals.csv&nbsp; -- raw data file of linked images from the mobile app (columns are self-explanatory)</li> <li>003_mammal_occurrence_zenodo_2015-18.csv -- curated and compiled dataset with the following columns:</li> </ol> <ul> <li>observation_id: unique id given to a record (corresponds to fulcrum_id in raw data set) observation</li> <li>latitude: latitude in decimal degrees N (WGS 84 datum)</li> <li>longitude: longitude in decimal degrees E (WGS 84 datum)</li> <li>date_: date of observation</li> <li>time: time of observation</li> <li>place: locality name</li> <li>type_of_observation: type of observation indicating whether it was sighting, sign (based on Vocalisation/call, track/pugmark, scat/dung), death, electrocution, roadkill</li> <li>notes: general notes and remarks including number of individuals where available</li> <li>photo: reference id of corresponding photograph (as in the jpg filename)</li> <li>gps_altitude: altitude in metres estimated by the phone GPS</li> <li>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)</li> <li>verbatimIdentification: taxon name as noted originally</li> <li>scientificName: scientific name (or Family in a few cases)</li> <li>vernacularName: common or English name</li> <li>recordedBy: names of observers (separated by | )</li> <li>georeferenceRemarks: remarks on georeference</li> <li>occurrenceID: unique occurrence ID assigned to each taxon (recorded under an observation_id)</li> </ul>