Mammal occurrence records (2024) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by Nature Conservation Foundation on Oct 10, 2024 Nature Conservation Foundation
Publication date:
October 10, 2024
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Description

This dataset includes occurrence data of mammals on the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India, collected between November 2023 and October 2024. Data were recorded on a mobile phone application (EpiCollect5) as direct sightings or from indirect signs in the field. Photographs were taken whenever possible.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 635 records.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Raman T R S, Mudappa D (2024). Mammal occurrence records (2024) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Version 1.0. Nature Conservation Foundation. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=mammals-anamalais-2024&v=1.0

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Nature Conservation Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4099f348-4ec0-4fca-99e6-ad5c3eb3c05a.  Nature Conservation Foundation publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

Mammal occurrence records (2024) in the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13910696 UTF-8 CSV (text file)

Contacts

T. R. Shankar Raman
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
  • 1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
570017 Mysuru
Karnataka
IN
Divya Mudappa
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
  • 1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
570017 Mysuru
Karnataka
IN

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Coverage is mainly from the Anamalai Hills: 1. Location/Study Area: Valparai Plateau, Tamil Nadu, India; Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India 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) Some additional opportunistic observations are from other parts of southern India, including the Nilgiris and central Western Ghats.

Bounding Coordinates South West [10.273, 75.661], North East [12.933, 77.031]

Taxonomic Coverage

Mammals

Class Mammalia (Mammals)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2023-11-01 / 2024-10-01

Project Data

Our research and restoration programme focuses on the region’s unique, biologically diverse tropical rainforests in the Western Ghats, with a specific focus on the Anamalai Hills.

Title Tropical Rainforest Research and Ecological Restoration in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India
Identifier ncf-arrp
Funding Various
Study Area Description The Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), Tamil Nadu, India (core zone: 958 km², 10.2160°N, 76.8160°E – 10.5660°N, 77.4160°E) is a protected area in the Western Ghats. The adjoining Valparai Plateau (220 km², 10.2500°N, 76.8660°E – 10.3660°N, 76.9830°E) in the Anamalai Hills is a landscape dominated by tea and coffee plantations with about 45 embedded rainforest fragments ranging in area from 1 ha to over 300 ha.
Design Description Field identification was based on direct sightings, photographs or signs, and dataset was reviewed by colleagues. Taxa that could not be identified to species were identified to Genus or Family.

The personnel involved in the project:

T. R. Shankar Raman
  • Point Of Contact

Sampling Methods

Opportunistic observations recorded on a form on the mobile phone application (EpiCollect5) of mammals during regular field work and travel in the study area.

Study Extent Chiefly the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), Tamil Nadu, India (core zone: 958 km², 10.2160°N, 76.8160°E – 10.5660°N, 77.4160°E) and the adjoining Valparai Plateau (220 km², 10.2500°N, 76.8660°E – 10.3660°N, 76.9830°E) in the Anamalai Hills. Additional opportunistic records from the Nilgiris and Central Western Ghats.
Quality Control Field identification was based on direct sightings, photographs or signs, and dataset was reviewed by colleagues. Taxa that could not be identified to species were identified to Genus or Family.

Method step description:

  1. The data were downloaded from EpiCollect5 website as a csv file. Three records without lcation information were discarded. It was then prepared for publication in GBIF using R code to confirm to Darwin Core terminology and formats. A raw dataset and images were also published on Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13910696).

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