Feasibility of using Scent-Baited Hair Traps to Monitor Carnivore Populations in Peninsular Malaysia

Hedges, Laurie; Morrant, Damian S.; Campos‐Arceiz, Ahimsa; Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben

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“…These were followed by cage traps and scat collection, which detected two species each. Our hair traps did not detect any species at UGFR, but the difficulties associated with obtaining mammal DNA samples from hair traps have already been documented in Malaysia (see Hedges et al 2015b). There was no difference in the number of non-volant small-bodied mammal species detected by blowfly traps and cage traps (2 species each).…”

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“…Frequently used methods include live trapping, such as cage traps (Hanif-Ridzuan et al 2010;Madinah et al 2011), mist nets, and harp traps (Kingston et al 2003;Sing et al 2013), camera traps (Clements 2013;Hedges et al 2015a), indirect signs such as tracks or scat (Daim 2002), interviews with local communities (Sharma et al 2005), direct observations by researchers (Syakirah et al 2000;Jayaraj et al 2013), and hair traps (Castro-Arellano et al 2008;Hedges et al 2015b). Recent additions to the toolbox are secondary sources of mammal DNA, for example, mammal DNA detected from owl-pellet bones (Rocha et al 2015) and invertebrate gut contents (Calvignac-Spencer et al 2013a, 2013bSchnell et al 2012Schnell et al , 2015Lee et al 2015).…”

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Field calibration of blowfly-derived DNA against traditional methods for assessing mammal diversity in tropical forests

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Clements

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Mammal diversity assessments based on DNA derived from invertebrates have been suggested as alternatives to assessments based on traditional methods; however, no study has field-tested both approaches simultaneously. In Peninsular Malaysia, we calibrated the performance of mammal DNA derived from blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) against traditional methods used to detect species. We first compared five methods (cage trapping, mist netting, hair trapping, scat collection, and blowfly-derived DNA) in a forest reserve with no recent reports of megafauna. Blowflyderived DNA and mist netting detected the joint highest number of species (n = 6). Only one species was detected by multiple methods. Compared to the other methods, blowfly-derived DNA detected both volant and non-volant species. In another forest reserve, rich in megafauna, we calibrated blowfly-derived DNA against camera traps. Blowfly-derived DNA detected more species (n = 11) than camera traps (n = 9), with only one species detected by both methods. The rarefaction curve indicated that blowfly-derived DNA would continue to detect more species with greater sampling effort. With further calibration, blowfly-derived DNA may join the list of traditional field methods. Areas for further investigation include blowfly feeding and dispersal biology, primer biases, and the assembly of a comprehensive and taxonomically-consistent DNA barcode reference library.

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Field calibration of blowfly-derived DNA against traditional methods for assessing mammal diversity in tropical forests

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Clements

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“…1 ). Indeed, recent observations of a single clouded leopard rubbing its cheek on a scent station 25 , as well as clouded leopards often being photographed with what appears to be a flehmen response 26 , hint at the importance of scent in the species’ ecology.…”

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Scent marking in Sunda clouded leopards (Neofelis diardi): novel observations close a key gap in understanding felid communication behaviours

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Intraspecific communication is integral to the behavioural ecology of solitary carnivores, but observing and quantifying their communication behaviours in natural environments is difficult. Our systematic literature review found that basic information on scent marking is completely lacking for 23% of all felid species, and information on 21% of other felid species comes solely from one study of captive animals. Here we present results of the first systematic investigation of the scent marking behaviours of Sunda clouded leopards in the wild. Our observations using motion-triggered video cameras in Indonesian Borneo are novel for clouded leopards, and contrary to previous descriptions of their behaviour. We found that clouded leopards displayed 10 distinct communication behaviours, with olfaction, scraping, and cheek rubbing the most frequently recorded. We also showed that males make repeated visits to areas they previously used for marking and that multiple males advertise and receive information at the same sites, potentially enhancing our ability to document and monitor clouded leopard populations. The behaviours we recorded are remarkably similar to those described in other solitary felids, despite tremendous variation in the environments they inhabit, and close a key gap in understanding and interpreting communication behaviours of clouded leopards and other solitary felids.

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“…We chose deodorant and cologne because they have shown potential to be effective in luring felines [16,[19][20]. We used fish oil because fish-based lures showed potential to be effective in luring both felines and herpestids [20][21].…”

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Comparison of Scent Lures on Captive Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox): Implications for Field Methods

C. Anderson,

Wang,

J. Farris

2019

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Identifying scents that are most effective at luring specific carnivores is important for improving capture efforts in the field and making informed conservation and management decisions. However, knowledge on effective and preferred scents for fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is lacking, thus limiting field-based research efforts. To combat this absence of information, we conducted the first study of fosa scent preferences. We used a rank-based system to analyze fosa scent preference with six different scents (predator bait, weasel lure, catnip, deodorant, cologne, fish oil) by time in contact, the number of contacts, and the behaviors displayed with each scent with a captive fosa at Zoo Atlanta. Our findings suggest weasel lure and predator bait could act as effective scent lures for fosa. By contrast, cologne may act as a deterrent to fosa. Our findings warrant further investigation of fosa scent preferences across multiple zoos and in field studies on wild fosa populations to ultimately improve conservation of this threatened carnivore and the biodiverse hotspots it inhabits.

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Feasibility of using Scent-Baited Hair Traps to Monitor Carnivore Populations in Peninsular Malaysia

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Field calibration of blowfly-derived DNA against traditional methods for assessing mammal diversity in tropical forests

Field calibration of blowfly-derived DNA against traditional methods for assessing mammal diversity in tropical forests

Scent marking in Sunda clouded leopards (Neofelis diardi): novel observations close a key gap in understanding felid communication behaviours

Comparison of Scent Lures on Captive Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox): Implications for Field Methods

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