Hair‐Trap Efficacy for Detecting Mammalian Carnivores in the Tropics

摘要: Abstract Direct studies of mammalian carnivores are challenging due to the animals' secretive nature and high costs associated with their capture handling. Use noninvasive hair sampling survey these reclusive species has great potential as an alternative, wide applicability in ecology conservation. Hair-trapping been extensively used for focal temperate mammals, but its use a means mammals tropical environs never addressed. We evaluated effectiveness 2 hair-trap types scents along elevational gradient within El Cielo Biosphere Reserve (ECBR, Mexico) detect presence carnivores. Hair-traps that roofing nails hair-collecting surface collected more hairs detected greater number than did hair-traps velcro strips. Different scent treatments (commercial fragrance catnip oil) not differ same variables. Of successful nail hair-traps, 60% ≥20 (...