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MICA - Muskrat and coypu camera trap observations in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany

Dataset homepage

Citation

Cartuyvels E, Adriaens T, Baert K, Baert W, Boiten G, Brosens D, Casaer J, D'hondt B, De Boer A, Debrabandere M, Devisscher S, Donckers D, Dupont S, Franceus W, Fritz H, Fromme L, Gethöffer F, Gouwy J, Herbots C, Huysentruyt F, Kehl L, Letheren L, Liebgott L, Liefting Y, Lodewijkx J, Maistrelli C, Matthies B, Meijvisch K, Moerkens D, Neukermans A, Neukermans B, Ronsijn J, Schamp K, Slootmaekers D, Tiggelman L, Van Donink S, Van der beeck D, Govaert S, Desmet P (2025). MICA - Muskrat and coypu camera trap observations in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5tb6ze accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.

Description

MICA - Muskrat and coypu camera trap observations in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany is a camera trap dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). It contains camera trapping data collected for the LIFE project MICA, in which innovative techniques are tested for a more efficient control of muskrat and coypu populations, both invasive species. The camera traps were deployed using a standardized protocol (https://lifemica.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Protocol-camera-traps.pdf) at four locations in Flanders (26 cameras) and one in Germany (7 cameras) where the presence of muskrat and/or coypu was suspected. Images from the camera traps were uploaded to Agouti for annotation by project members. Bycatch species were also recorded. Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/camera-trap-datasets/issues.

This dataset was collected and processed with funding by the EU (LIFE18 NAT/NL/001047), Research Foundation - Flanders (LifeWatch) and NLBIF - Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility.

Data have been standardized to Darwin Core using the camtrapdp R package and only include observations (and associated media) of animals. Excluded are records that document blank or unclassified media, vehicles and observations of humans.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Accipiter gentilis
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  2. Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
    rank: species
  3. Acrocephalus scirpaceus
    rank: species
  4. Aix galericulata
    rank: species
  5. Alcedo atthis
    rank: species
  6. Alopochen aegyptiaca
    rank: species
  7. Anas
    rank: genus
  8. Anas clypeata
    rank: species
  9. Anas crecca
    rank: species
  10. Anas penelope
    rank: species
  11. Anas platyrhynchos
    rank: species
  12. Anas strepera
    rank: species
  13. Anser
    rank: genus
  14. Anser anser
    rank: species
  15. Anura
    rank: order
  16. Apodemus sylvaticus
    rank: species
  17. Ardea
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  18. Ardea alba
    rank: species
  19. Ardea cinerea
    rank: species
  20. Arvicola amphibius
    rank: species
  21. Aves
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  22. Aythya fuligula
    rank: species
  23. Bos taurus
    rank: species
  24. Botaurus
    rank: genus
  25. Botaurus stellaris
    rank: species
  26. Branta canadensis
    rank: species
  27. Cairina moschata
    rank: species
  28. Canis lupus familiaris
    rank: subspecies
  29. Capreolus capreolus
    rank: species
  30. Castor fiber
    rank: species
  31. Cervus elaphus
    rank: species
  32. Chiroptera
    rank: order
  33. Chroicocephalus ridibundus
    rank: species
  34. Coloeus monedula
    rank: species
  35. Columba oenas
    rank: species
  36. Columba palumbus
    rank: species
  37. Columbidae
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  38. Corvus corax
    rank: species
  39. Corvus corone
    rank: species
  40. Cyanistes caeruleus
    rank: species
  41. Cygnus olor
    rank: species
  42. Cyprinus carpio
    rank: species
  43. Dendrocopos major
    rank: species
  44. Equus caballus
    rank: species
  45. Erinaceus europaeus
    rank: species
  46. Erithacus rubecula
    rank: species
  47. Felis catus
    rank: species
  48. Fringilla coelebs
    rank: species
  49. Fringilla montifringilla
    rank: species
  50. Fulica atra
    rank: species
  51. Gallinago gallinago
    rank: species
  52. Gallinula chloropus
    rank: species
  53. Garrulus glandarius
    rank: species
  54. Lepus europaeus
    rank: species
  55. Luscinia svecica
    rank: species
  56. Lutra lutra
    rank: species
  57. Martes
    rank: genus
  58. Martes foina
    rank: species
  59. Martes martes
    rank: species
  60. Meles meles
    rank: species
  61. Motacilla cinerea
    rank: species
  62. Mustela erminea
    rank: species
  63. Mustela nivalis
    rank: species
  64. Mustela putorius
    rank: species
  65. Myocastor coypus
    rank: species
  66. Myodes glareolus
    rank: species
  67. Ondatra zibethicus
    rank: species
  68. Oryctolagus cuniculus
    rank: species
  69. Ovis aries
    rank: species
  70. Parus major
    rank: species
  71. Passeriformes
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  72. Phalacrocorax carbo
    rank: species
  73. Phasianus colchicus
    rank: species
  74. Phoenicurus phoenicurus
    rank: species
  75. Pica pica
    rank: species
  76. Picus viridis
    rank: species
  77. Podiceps cristatus
    rank: species
  78. Procyon lotor
    rank: species
  79. Prunella modularis
    rank: species
  80. Rallus aquaticus
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  81. Rattus norvegicus
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  82. Rodentia
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  83. Sciurus vulgaris
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  84. Scolopax rusticola
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  85. Soricidae
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  86. Strix aluco
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  87. Sturnus vulgaris
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  88. Sus scrofa
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  89. Sylvia atricapilla
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  90. Tachybaptus ruficollis
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  91. Tadorna ferruginea
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  92. Tadorna tadorna
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  93. Tringa ochropus
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  94. Troglodytes troglodytes
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  95. Turdus
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  96. Turdus iliacus
    rank: species
  97. Turdus merula
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  98. Turdus philomelos
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  99. Tyto alba
    rank: species
  100. Vulpes vulpes
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Geographic Coverages

Geographic description not provided for this dataset.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Emma Cartuyvels
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: emma.cartuyvels@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-6360
Tim Adriaens
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: tim.adriaens@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7268-4200
Kristof Baert
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: kristof.baert@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2015-5731
Warre Baert
originator
Gust Boiten
originator
email: gustboiten@hotmail.com
Dimitri Brosens
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116
Jim Casaer
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: jim.casaer@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6788-5876
Bram D'hondt
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: bram.dhondt@inbo.be
Abel De Boer
originator
email: adeboer@wetterskipfryslan.nl
Manon Debrabandere
originator
email: manon.debrabandere@hotmail.com
Sander Devisscher
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: sander.devisscher@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116
Dennis Donckers
originator
email: dennis.donckers2@telenet.be
Silke Dupont
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: silke.dupont@inbo.be
Wouter Franceus
originator
Heiko Fritz
originator
email: foersterheiko@gmx.de
Lilja Fromme
originator
email: lilja.fromme@gmail.com
Friederike Gethöffer
originator
email: friederike.gethoeffer@tiho-hannover.de
Jan Gouwy
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: jan.gouwy@inbo.be
Casper Herbots
originator
Frank Huysentruyt
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: frank.huysentruyt@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3071-9126
Leo Kehl
originator
email: leo.kehl@tiho-hannover.de
Liam Letheren
originator
email: ljletheren@hotmail.co.uk
Lydia Liebgott
originator
email: lydia.liebgott@tiho-hannover.de
Yorick Liefting
originator
Wageningen University
email: yorick.liefting@wur.nl
Jan Lodewijkx
originator
email: j.lodewijkx@vmm.be
Claudia Maistrelli
originator
email: claudia.maistrelli@tiho-hannover.de
Björn Matthies
originator
email: bjoern.matthies@lwk-niedersachsen.de
Kelly Meijvisch
originator
email: kelly.meijvisch@outlook.be
Dolf Moerkens
originator
Unie van Waterschappen
email: dmoerkens@uvw.nl
homepage: https://www.uvw.nl/
Axel Neukermans
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: axel.neukermans@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0272-9180
Brecht Neukermans
originator
Jelle Ronsijn
originator
Kurt Schamp
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: kurt.schamp@inbo.be
Dan Slootmaekers
originator
email: d.slootmaekers@vmm.be
Linda Tiggelman
originator
email: l.tiggelman@wsrl.nl
Sanne Van Donink
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: sanne.vandonink@inbo.be
Danny Van der beeck
originator
email: daniel.vanderbeeck@gmail.com
Sanne Govaert
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: sanne.govaert@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8939-1305
Peter Desmet
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: peter.desmet@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025
Emma Cartuyvels
metadata author
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: emma.cartuyvels@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-6360
Emma Cartuyvels
administrative point of contact
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: emma.cartuyvels@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-6360
Sanne
technical point of contact
email: sanne.govaert@inbo.be
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