EDP Foz Tua Large Mammals (camera -trapping) - Ecological Monitoring Program [2011-2017] | Portal de Dados de Biodiversidade de Portugal

Description

The dataset contains records of large mammals (Mammalia) collected in the lower valley of the River Tua and included in the Ecological Monitoring Program (2011-2017) of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected between August 2011 and July 2017 with a maximum of 56 cameras in sampling points with favorable habitats on the area of the lower Tua river valley directly or indirectly affected by the Foz-Tua dam. The presence of individuals and the species identification was recorded by direct observation of the photos taken with the cameras.

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=PT&dataset_key=9abba4c6-895e-409a-9b00-44463ac19e8c

Taxonomic range

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 4 orders, 8 families, 13 genera and 12 species.

Kingdoms covered include: Animalia.

Geographic range

The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the Tua lower valley (Northeast Portugal), up to 35 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Carrazeda de Ansiães, Alijó, Murça, Vila Flor and Mirandela.