Camera trap photographs from American pika haypiles in California

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Logical_Consistency_Report:

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Completeness_Report:

Photographer determined which photographs to include in the collection. Some information related to each individual photograph may not be available.

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Methodology:

Methodology_Type: Field

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Methodology_Keyword: camera trapping

Methodology_Keyword: digital photography

Methodology_Description:

Motion-sensitive camera traps were set at American pika haypiles to capture time-stamped digital images of pika activity and any other species that visited the haypile sites. Study sampled twelve different haypile sites in the eastern Sierra Nevada and spur ranges in Mono County, California, including five locations in the Sierra Nevada: Benjamin Buttes (BJB), Lundy Canyon (LUN), State Rocks (STR), Virginia Lakes Canyon (VRC), and Virginia Moraine (VRM); four locations in the Bodie Mountains: East Masonic Mountain (EMM), Red Wash Buttes (RWB), West Masonic Mountain (WMM), and Serita Mine (SER); and three locations in Mono Craters: North Mono Craters 1 (NMC1), North Mono Craters 2 (NMC2) and Pumice Mine (PUM). Sites and sampling periods were selected to facilitate the broad collection of comparable pika activity data at both known active and inactive haypiles, during various seasons, and across multiple years.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Original digital images were edited to improve color balance, exposure and sharpness, and cropped to optimize representation of documented organisms.

Process_Date: 2020

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Below is a list and description of the files included in this publication:

INFORMATIONAL FILES (1)

\Data\_photo_information.csv: Comma-separated values (CSV) file containing a list of the photographs included in this package, along with detailed information about each image.

imageID = unique internal image id

Previous in series = imageID for image that was previous in the series

Next in series = imageID for image that is next in the series

Description = description of image

Keywords = keywords for the image

Organisms = organisms in the image

Photographer = who took the photograph or is responsible for creating the image

Collection = category the image belongs to

Location = where picture was taken

Date = date and time image was taken or created (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm)


IMAGES (378)

\Data\*.jpg: JPEG files containing camera trap photographs (378) from American pika haypiles in California. Information about each photograph can be found in \Data\_photo_information.csv.

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20241218

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

Contact_Person: Kenneth T. Hickman

Contact_Position: Independent Wildlife Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 800 Buchanan Street

City: Albany

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 94710

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 510-883-8830

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ken@meer.net

Contact Instructions: This contact information was current as of original publication date. For current information see Contact Us page on: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS.

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999