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Data for Can a mesocarnivore fill the functional role of an apex predator?

Detection data of carnivores and their prey species from camera traps in Fort Hood, Texas and Santa Cruz, California, USA. Non-carnivore and non-prey species (humans, domestic species, avian species, etc.) were excluded from this dataset. All detections of each species at a camera within 30 minutes have been combined to 1 detection (only first detection within that 30 minutes kept) to avoid pseudoreplication.
Variable Description:
Site= Study area data were collected
MonitoringPeriod= year in which data was collected (data were collected at each location over multiple monitoring periods)
CameraName= Unique name for each camera location
Date= calendar date of detection
Time= time of detection
-Fort Hood= Central Time USA
-Santa Cruz= Pacific Time USA
Species= Common name of species detected

Life Sciences
carnivore; community ecology; competition; interspecific interactions; keystone species; mesopredator; predation; trophic cascade
CC BY
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)-Grant:0963022
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
U.S. Army
Illinois Natural History Survey
Alexandra Avrin
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Version DOI Comment Publication Date
1 10.13012/B2IDB-0980888_V1 2022-11-28

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