Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: SNAPSHOT USA is a multicontributor, long‐term camera trap survey designed to survey mammals across the United States. Participants are recruited through community networks and directly through a website application ( https://www.snapshot-usa.org/ ). The growing Snapshot dataset is useful, for example, for tracking wildlife population responses to land use, land cover, and climate changes across spatial and temporal scales. Here we present the SNAPSHOT USA 2021 dataset, the third national camera trap survey across the US. Data were collected across 109 camera trap arrays and included 1711 camera sites. The total effort equaled 71,519 camera trap nights and resulted in 172,507 sequences of animal observations. Sampling effort varied among camera trap arrays, with a minimum of 126 camera trap nights, a maximum of 3355 nights, a median 546 nights, and a mean 656 ± 431 nights. This third dataset comprises 51 camera trap arrays that were surveyed during 2019, 2020, and 2021, along with 71 camera trap arrays that were surveyed in 2020 and 2021. All raw data and accompanying metadata are stored on Wildlife Insights ( https://www.wildlifeinsights.org/ ), and are publicly available upon acceptance of the data papers. SNAPSHOT USA aims to sample multiple ecoregions in the United States with adequate representation of each ecoregion according to its relative size. Currently, the relative density of camera trap arrays varies by an order of magnitude for the various ecoregions (0.22–5.9 arrays per 100,000 km2), emphasizing the need to increase sampling effort by further recruiting and retaining contributors. There are no copyright restrictions on these data. We request that authors cite this paper when using these data, or a subset of these data, for publication. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US Government.
Source: Ecology
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4318
Authors: Hila Shamon, Roi Maor, Michael V. Cove, Roland Kays, Jessie Adley, Peter D. Alexander, David N. Allen, Maximilian L. Allen, Cara L. Appel, Evan Barr, Erika L. Barthelmess, Carolina Baruzzi, Kelli Bashaw, Guillaume Bastille‐Rousseau, Madison E. Baugh, Jerrold Belant, John F. Benson, Bethany A. Bespoyasny, Tori Bird, Daniel A. Bogan, LaRoy S. E. Brandt, Claire E. Bresnan, Jarred M. Brooke, Frances E. Buderman, Suzannah G. Buzzell, Amanda E. Cheeseman, M. Colter Chitwood, Petros Chrysafis, Merri K. Collins, D. Parks Collins, Justin A. Compton, L. Mike Conner, Olivia G. Cosby, Stephanie S. Coster, Benjamin Crawford, Anthony P. Crupi, Andrea K. Darracq, Miranda L. Davis, Brett A. DeGregorio, Kimberly L. Denningmann, Kyle D. Dougherty, Ace Driver, Andrew J. Edelman, E. Hance Ellington, Susan N. Ellis‐Felege, Caroline N. Ellison, Jean E. Fantle‐Lepczyk, Zach J. Farris, Jorie Favreau, Pilar Fernandez, M. Caitlin Fisher‐Reid, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth A. Flaherty, Tavis D. Forrester, Sarah R. Fritts, Travis Gallo, Brian D. Gerber, Sean T. Giery, Jessica L. Glasscock, Alex D. Gonatas, Anna C. Grady, Austin M. Green, Tremaine Gregory, Noel Griffin, Robert H. Hagen, Christopher P. Hansen, Lonnie P. Hansen, Steven C. Hasstedt, Haydée Hernández‐Yáñez, Daniel J. Herrera, Robert V. Horan, Victoria L. Jackson, Luanne Johnson, Mark J. Jordan, Willaine Kahano, Joseph Kiser, Travis W. Knowles, Molly M. Koeck, Caroline Koroly, Kellie M. Kuhn, Erin K. Kuprewicz, Diana J. R. Lafferty, Scott D. LaPoint, Marcus Lashley, Richard G. Lathrop, Thomas E. Lee, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Damon B. Lesmeister, Jason V. Lombardi, Robert A. Long, Robert C. Lonsinger, Paula MacKay, Sean P. Maher, David S. Mason, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Remington J. Moll, Jessica B. Moon, Alessio Mortelliti, Alexis M. Mychajliw, Christopher M. Nagy, Sean A. Neiswenter, Dana L. Nelson, Claire E. Nemes, Clayton K. Nielsen, Elizabeth Olson, M. Teague O'Mara, Brian J. O'Neill, Blake R. Page, Elizabeth Parsons, Brent S. Pease, Mary E. Pendergast, Mike Proctor, Heather Quick, Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky, Michael S. Rentz, Kylie Rezendes, Daric Rich, Derek R. Risch, Andrea Romero, Brigit R. Rooney, Christopher T. Rota, Corey A. Samples, Christopher M. Schalk, Çağan H. Sekercioğlu, Maksim Sergeyev, Austin B. Smith, Daniel S. Smith, Jinelle H. Sperry, Jennifer L. Stenglein, Michael K. Stokes, Johnathon S. Stutzman, Kimberly R. Todd, John P. Vanek, Wren Varga, Zachary M. Wardle, Stephen L. Webb, Nathaniel H. Wehr, Laura S. Whipple, Christopher A. Whittier, Jane S. Widness, Jacque Williamson, Andrew M. Wilson, Alexander J. Wolf, Marketa Zimova, Adam S. Zorn, William J. McShea
Institutions: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Zoological Society of London, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina State University, University of Rhode Island, Middlebury College, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey, Oregon State University, US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Murray State University, St. Lawrence University, University of Florida, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, University of Central Oklahoma, Michigan State University, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, South Dakota State University, Siena College, Lincoln Memorial University, Montana State University, Purdue University West Lafayette, Pennsylvania State University, University of New Hampshire, Oklahoma State University, George Mason University, Mitchell Community College, Springfield College, Drury University, The Jones Center at Ichauway, Randolph–Macon College, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, University of Connecticut, United States Geological Survey, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Iowa State University, University of West Georgia, University of North Dakota, Auburn University, Appalachian State University, Paul Smith's College, Washington State University, Bridgewater State University, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Texas State University, Stephen F. Austin State University, University of Utah, University of Kansas, University of Montana, United States Air Force Academy, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Seattle University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Francis Marion University, Northern Michigan University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Abilene Christian University, Texas A&M University – Kingsville, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Woodland Park Zoo, Missouri State University, University of Trieste, University of Maine, Clemson University, Southeastern Louisiana University, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, University of Georgia, Noble Research Institute, Pittsburg State University, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, West Virginia University, Koç University, University of Wyoming, United States Department of the Army, United States Army, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Western Kentucky University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Arizona State University, Texas A&M University, Tufts University, Yale University, Gettysburg College, University of Mount Union
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4396599795