10.15470/mb6rlk https://ipt.my.lifewatch.eu/resource?r=ebd-csic-feralcatscameratrapping 862f859d-834f-446e-ba05-e82674855b88 10.15468/fwp5cn https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=ebd-csic-feralcatscameratrapping Ariadna Sanglas Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC Research assistant

Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Sevilla 41092 SPAIN

ariadna.sanglas@gmail.com 0000-0002-5419-8310 Francisco Palomares Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC Principal investigator

Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Sevilla Sevilla 41092 SPAIN

ffpaloma@ebd.csic.es 0000-0002-4655-7205 Francisco Palomares Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC Research assistant

Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Sevilla Sevilla 41092 SPAIN

ffpaloma@ebd.csic.es 0000-0002-5419-8310 Ariadna Sanglas Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC Research assistant

Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Sevilla 41092 SPAIN

ariadna.sanglas@gmail.com 0000-0002-5419-8310 Ariadna Sanglas Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC Research assistant

Avda. Américo Vespucio, 26 Sevilla 41092 SPAIN

ariadna.sanglas@gmail.com 0000-0002-5419-8310 AUTHOR Francisco Palomares Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC Principal investigator

Avda. Américo Vespucio, 26 Sevilla 41092 SPAIN

ffpaloma@ebd.csic.es 0000-0002-4655-7205 PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR 2024-04-16 ENGLISH The current data set provides all mammals recorded during a camera-trap survey performed in eastern Sierra Nevada (Southeastern Iberian peninsula) in order to detect wildcats (Felis silvestris) within the subproject "Feral Cats" of the SUMHAL macroproject. Forty-seven camera-traps were deployed between April 2022 and December 2022. carnivores mountainous area protected area mammals survey occurrence camera trap distribution Mediterranean region wildcat n/a Samplingevent GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html CC-BY-NC-4.0 https://ipt.my.lifewatch.eu/archive.do?r=ebd-csic-feralcatscameratrapping The study area was located in the east of the National and Natural park of Sierra Nevada (Spain), and includes the municipalities of Abrucena, Abla, Ohanes and Las Tres Villas. -2.861 -2.723 37.132 37.067 2022-04-25 2022-12-13 N/A Phylum Chordata Order Rodentia Order Carnivora Family Cervidae Family Muridae Family Mustelidae Family Suidae Family Bovidae Order Artiodactyla Family Felidae Class Mammalia Kingdom Animalia Family Canidae The dataset can be used to model distributions of mammal species (including domestic carnivores) and study the presence-absence of certain species in natural areas. This dataset is closed and will not be updated, unless errors or issues are reported by users. notPlanned Francisco Palomares Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC Principal investigator

Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Sevilla 41092 SPAIN

ffpaloma@ebd.csic.es 0000-0002-5419-8310 Pictures were sorted following the methodology of R package CamtrapR (Niedballa et al. 2016) in order to extract metadata (date and time of the picture). Consecutive pictures of the same species within a 30 min interval were considered as the same event unless individuals could be identified by their fur patterning or other features (injuries, marks, spots). Mammals belonging to domestic animal herds or other species of vertebrates such as birds or reptiles were not included. The study was carried out in the eastern part of Sierra Nevada National and Natural Park (southeastern Iberian peninsula), within the municipal boundaries of Abrucena, Abla, Ohanes and Las Tres Villas. The area surveyed comprises an altitudinal range between 942 and 2215 m a.s.l. Vegetation in the area can be separated into three different habitats: the high mountain habitat dominated by rocky outcrops and natural crevices, the mid-mountain habitat occupied by deciduous forests such as oak, maple and cherry, and the lower areas, where oak and riverside forests can be found mixed with almond orchards. A woodland ring formed by autochthonous oak forest (Quercus sp.) and pine plantations (Pinus pinaster, P. nigra and P. sylvestris) is a characteristic of the area that appears below 2400 m a.s.l Each camera trap was left at the same point for an average of two months and then moved to another location. Cameras deployed on the same date were separated by each other by a mean distance of 900 m approximately. However, in order to maximize the possibility to record wildcats, in each new deployment of several cameras, old positions were not taken into account, meaning that some positions might be very close to each other, but correspond to different sampling periods. We used two different models of camera traps (Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Black Led and Acorn LTL5310) similarly programmed to take 3 pictures per trigger at the minimum speed trigger available. Cameras were tied to trees at 0.20–1 m above ground and Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) urine was used as an attractant for wildcats at a distance of 2-4 m from camera traps. Ariadna Sanglas 0000-0002-5419-8310 AUTHOR Francisco Palomares 0000-0002-4655-7205 PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR The project SUMHAL aims at implementing a strategy for biodiversity conservation in the western Mediterranean hotspot by setting a technologically efficient and scientifically robust system. The project combines fieldwork and virtual research environments for the recording, storing, analysis, and dissemination of the conservation status and threats of biodiversity in Andalusia (Southern Spain). The general aim of WP4 is to focus on anthropogenic impacts (biological invasions, land-use changes and food subsidies) that are of great global concern and therefore relevant not only to Andalusian and Spanish ecosystems and societies, but also to Europe as a whole. To this end, it will use traditional and other novel methodologies, mainly of remote animal monitoring, in addition to the participation of society to monitor ecological and socio-economic impacts at different spatial scales. This study was funded by MICINN through European Regional Development Fund [SUMHAL, LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-4, POPE 2014-2020] SUMHAL focuses in Andalusia (Southern Spain), as a representation of the western Mediterranean ecosystems. However, each subproject that belongs to WP4 has its own study area at a more local level. 2026-04-07T18:29:41Z Sanglas A, Palomares F (2024). Mammals camera trap survey in eastern Sierra Nevada (Spain). Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15470/mb6rlk accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-07. Niedballa J, Sollmann R, Courtiol A, Wilting A (2016). “camtrapR: an R package for efficient camera trap data management.” Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7(12), 1457–1462.