{"id":60251,"date":"2021-01-29T15:28:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=news&#038;p=60251"},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:28:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:28:28","slug":"thinking-outside-the-park-camera-trapping-mammals-in-urban-areas","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/news\/thinking-outside-the-park-camera-trapping-mammals-in-urban-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking outside the park: camera trapping mammals in urban areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/d52163s154i1_800.jpg\" alt=\"A white-tailed deer watches as a red fox passes by in the National Arboretum.\" \/>A white-tailed deer watches as a red fox passes by in the National Arboretum.<\/p>\n<p>Museum Research Curator for Mammals, Dr. Michael Cove, and colleagues have published the first camera trap survey conducted throughout the Washington, DC area. Typically, camera traps are deployed in\u00a0green spaces (forest preserves, greenways, golf courses), but this study deployed camera traps in these places and in spaces in between (alleys, along sidewalks, behind buildings, etc.).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DC_camera_trap_localities_800.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" class=\"wp-image-60253 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DC_camera_trap_localities_800.jpg\" alt=\"Camera trap localities in Washington D.C. for the study.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DC_camera_trap_localities_800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DC_camera_trap_localities_800-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DC_camera_trap_localities_800-500x363.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DC_camera_trap_localities_800-768x557.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The research team found that while many animals use the green spaces, they are not restricted to these areas, and some commonly use the \u201curban matrix\u201d to travel between parks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/matrix_800.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-image-60254 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/matrix_800.jpg\" alt=\"Schematic figure of the urban landscape showing the urban matrix and habitat patches.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/matrix_800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/matrix_800-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/matrix_800-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/matrix_800-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> click images to enlarge.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Herrera_etal_Urban_Ecology_2021.pdf\">Read the scientific paper here<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60256,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/60251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/60251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}