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El Alqamy, H.; Wacher, T.; Hamada, A.; Rashad, S.
Camera traps;a non-invasive sampling technique to redefine the large mammals fauna of South Sinai
2003 Full Book
The large mammals fauna of Sinai has been investigated through the 19 th & the 20th centuries with many species added through different workers. However, lack of contemporary, well documented records of many of the species listed in the literature is an outstanding problem for every body addressing the conservation of these species. The current work is an initial approach to tackle the problem of recording large m ammals of south Sinai using photographic documents. Camera traps provided by TrailMaster comprises a system of a camera connected to an infra -red triggering mechanism and all bound to a memory unit that records time and date of pictures and events. Using t hese, many parameters such as species distribution, relative frequency of occurrence and habitat use are determined for the shy secretive mammals of southern Sinai. In addition the sampling effort is precisely measured in time units. Thus the aim is to redefine the contemporary large mammals fauna of Southern Sinai.
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