RESEARCHPOSTERPRESENTATIONDESIGN©2015www.PosterPresentations.comWildcamGorongosa’slocationisintheGorongosaNationalParkinMozambique(Zooniverse,2018).Physicalfeaturesincludegrasslandsandrelativelyflatsurfaces.Thetypeofbiomeissavannawithlittleprecipitationandtemperaturesbetween15-30℃(HHMIBiomeviewer,2017).INTRODUCTIONInWildcamGorongosa,citizenscientistswereaskedtoidentifywildlifefromtrailcamerasplacedaroundtheparktodocumentthebiodiversitywithinGorongosaNationalPark.Datawasalsocollectedonnumberofindividualsandbehavior.STUDYDESIGNRESULTSTherewereseveraltrendsnoted.Forinstance,75%ofanimalobservations(n=28)occurredwithingrasslands,andonlyonecarnivorewasobservedinthe30photographs.Therewerenoobservationsmadebetween11AMand5PM.ForourRQ,wetransformedourdataintofrequencycountstodeterminethemostcommonbehaviorobservedinthe30photographs.DATAANALYSISANDINTERPRETATIONDISCUSSIONOurresultsindicatemovementwasthemostcommonbehaviorobserved.Thisisconsistentwithourunderstandingofhowthetrailcamerasaremotionsensored;thus,itwouldfollowthatanimalsinmotionwouldbecaptured.Thefactthatweobservedmostlyherbivoresratherthancarnivoresalsoconnectstohowtrophiclevelsareorganizedinenergypyramidswithherbivoresbeingmoreabundant.Animalsbeingonthemovealsocorrespondstotheenvironmentobservedassavannasprovidelittlecoverandmovementisnecessarytoavoidpredation,aswellasavoidinghighertemperaturesduringtheday.Inaddition,thetemperaturewouldbeatitshighestduringmid-daywhichaccountsforthelackofobservationsduringthistime.TheseresultsshedfurtherlightonthebiodiversitypresentinGorongosaNationalPark.REFERENCESHHMIBiomeviewer(2017).http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/biomeviewerGoogleMaps(2018).https://goo.gl/maps/SF8ZvUZ3FJuWildcamGorongosa(2018).https://www.wildcamgorongosa.org/#/Zooniverse(2018).https://www.zooniverse.org/projectsSchoolNameStudent1,2,3,and4MostCommonBehaviorObservedWildCamGorongosaBACKGROUNDINFORMATIONWildcamGorongosabeganaspartnershipbetweenHHMIandtheGorongosaRestorationProject.ThegoalistodocumenttherecoveryofGorongosaNationalPark.232,570photographswereuploaded,andallhavebeenidentifiedthroughthehelpof26,324volunteersmaking6,007,776identifications(Wildcam,Gorongosa,2018).RESEARCHQUESTIONWhatbehaviorwasmostcommonforWildCamGorongosa?DATACOLLECTEDOurgroupanalyzed30photographsforatotalof28sightingspresent..Twelveofthephotographshadnoanimalspresent.Wecollectedresearchsite,date,time,temperature,moonphase,habitat,animal,classification,numberofanimalspresent,behavior,trophiclevel,andourconfidencelevelforanimalidentification.Figure3.Imageaboveshowsdatacollectedfromthewildcamphotographs.Table1.Thedatatableaboveshowsfrequencycountsforobservationsofeachtypeofbehaviorweobservedacross30photographs.Figure4.Thebargraphabovedepictshowanimalswereengagedineachtypeofbehaviorweobserved.Figure2.ImageaboveisascreenshotofWildcamGorongosainterface.Figure1.ImageontheleftistakenfromGoogleEarth(2018)andshowsazoomedoutviewofthearea.Theredlocationmarkerisanapproximationofwhereawebcameracouldbelocated.Webcameralocationsarenotprovidedduetopossiblepoachingconcerns.BehaviorDrinkingEatingMovingRestingStanding#observed051303
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