Table 1. Independent captures (> 1 h elapsed since the last capture of the same species), capture rates (per 100 trap days), naïve detection, and naïve occupancy of selected carnivore and prey species detected at 5 organic rubbish pits at the Makerere University Biological Field Station and during three systematic camera trap surveys conducted in 2013–2014 in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
Species | Rubbish pits | Systematic surveys | ||||
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Photo events | Capture rate | Photo events | Capture rate | Naïve detection | Naïve occupancy | |
Carnivores | ||||||
African golden cat | 0 | 0 | 201 | 2.06 | 0.037 | 0.543 |
Serval | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.37 | 0.019 | 0.189 |
African palm civet | 0 | 0 | 136 | 1.40 | 0.030 | 0.433 |
African civet | 38 | 12.62 | 433 | 4.45 | 0.077 | 0.496 |
Servaline genet | 0 | 0 | 520 | 5.34 | 0.069 | 0.732 |
Rusty-spotted genet | 62 | 20.6 | 713 | 7.32 | 0.118 | 0.480 |
Marsh mongoose | 6 | 1.99 | 1796 | 18.45 | 0.181 | 0.874 |
African golden cat prey | ||||||
Blue duiker | 0 | 0 | 484 | 4.97 | 0.074 | 0.622 |
Weyns’s red duiker | 0 | 0 | 528 | 5.42 | 0.072 | 0.701 |
Giant forest rat | 27 | 8.97 | 310 | 3.18 | 0.058 | 0.480 |