Wildlife roadkill occurrence data from plantations and tropical rainforest in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India
Citation
Jeganathan P, Mudappa D, Kumar M A, Raman T R S (2022). Wildlife roadkill occurrence data from plantations and tropical rainforest in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India. Version 1.1. Nature Conservation Foundation. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qxb735 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-30.Description
This dataset contains animal roadkill occurrence data gathered between 2011 and 2013 from the Valparai Plateau and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India, by researchers of the Nature Conservation Foundation, India. The dataset corresponds to the following publication: Jeganathan, P., Mudappa, D., Kumar, M. A., and Raman, T. R. S. 2018. Seasonal variation in wildlife roadkills in plantations and tropical rainforest in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India. Current Science 114(3): 619-626. DOI: 10.18520/cs/v114/i03/619-626Sampling Description
Study Extent
Eleven road transects of 3.7–12.9 km length (total length = 80.2 km, average = 7.2 km) were surveyed during monsoon and summer. Overall, these transects were walked 117 times (9–13 repeats each) from June to December 2011 (monsoon) and 87 times (7–8 repeats each) from March to June 2012 (summer). Transects walked in June 2012 prior to the onset of monsoon were pooled with summer for analysis. The total length surveyed during the study period was 1473.4 km (monsoon = 838.5 km, summer = 634.9 km).Sampling
Surveys were conducted on foot between 0600 h and 0800 h. Of the eleven transects surveyed, seven road transects passed through ATR and the remaining four passed through rainforest fragments, tea, coffee and eucalyptus plantations on the Valparai plateau. For roadkills found, the species, the number of individuals and the roadside habitat were noted, and their locations were recorded using a hand-held Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx device. To avoid duplicate counts on subsequent visits, roadkills were removed from the road (and placed outside the road verge) after noting the details. Supplementary observations and roadkill incidents in the study area were also recorded opportunistically. At the location of each roadkill, the adjoining habitat on either side of the road was noted. Habitats were broadly classified as forest and monoculture plantations (tea, coffee, eucalyptus). As two different habitats sometimes occurred on either side of the road at habitat edges, the following combinations of mixed habitats were also categorized: forest-tea, forest-coffee and eucalyptus-tea.Quality Control
Roadkill specimens were not collected and only photographs were taken to aid in identification. Roadkills were identified to species level in case of mammals and birds. Amphibian and reptile roadkills were often in a badly damaged state, especially during monsoon, making it difficult to identify them even up to genus level. Such records were categorized up to the group level or left unidentified. Invertebrates were recorded up to phylum level or sub-phylum level.Method steps
- The dataset with road tracks were uploaded to Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7049090). CSV files for upload to GBIF were prepared using R code to match columns to Darwin Core terms.
Additional info
Dataset also available on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7049090Taxonomic Coverages
Animals, mainly terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates recorded as roadkill
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Animaliarank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Location/Study Area: Valparai Plateau, Tamil Nadu, India; Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India
Road routes: 11 road routes as described in Jeganathan et al. (2018); geographical track (kml) files of roads available here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7049090
Bibliographic Citations
- P. Jeganathan, Divya Mudappa, M. Ananda Kumar, & T. R. Shankar Raman. (2022). Data from: Seasonal variation in wildlife roadkills in plantations and tropical rainforest in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7049654 - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7049090
- Jeganathan, P., Mudappa, D., Kumar, M. A., and Raman, T. R. S. 2018. Seasonal variation in wildlife roadkills in plantations and tropical rainforest in the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India. Current Science 114(3): 619-626. DOI: 10.18520/cs/v114/i03/619-626 - https://doi.org/10.18520/cs/v114/i03/619-626
Contacts
P Jeganathanoriginator
position: Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: jegan@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-0655
Divya Mudappa
originator
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: divya@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826
M. Ananda Kumar
originator
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: anand@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-1314
T. R. Shankar Raman
originator
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: trsr@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953
P Jeganathan
metadata author
position: Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: jegan@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-0655
Divya Mudappa
metadata author
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: divya@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826
M. Ananda Kumar
metadata author
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: anand@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-1314
T. R. Shankar Raman
metadata author
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: trsr@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953
P Jeganthan
administrative point of contact
position: Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: jegan@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-0655
Divya Mudappa
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: divya@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9708-4826
M. Ananda Kumar
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: anand@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-1314
T. R. Shankar Raman
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientist
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
570017
Karnataka
IN
email: trsr@ncf-india.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-3953