This site is a ~50ha dairy farm due west of Chepo along the Pan-American Highway. Originally, six baited cameras and one unbaited camera (along a large dirt road) were set in open areas and riparian forest corridors at >250m spacing. Subsequently, the grid was expanded to collect data at a smaller spatial scale (see Gonzolillo - Expanded Subproject).
Las Planes is a cattle farm and residental site south of Lago Bayano. The site is predominantly open and overlooks a steep ravine flanked by plantains and sparse secondary growth forest. The owners live on the site, and do most of their cattle ranching at a larger, more remote location accessible by horseback.
One of three small sites sampled in the hilly, partially forested area north of Chepo. Valle de Madroño is a family owned farm near near the town of Siana, slightly further north into the hills when compared to the other two sites. The owners raise cattle, pigs, and chickens here, but the property serves as a secondary form of income and is not managed as intensively as some other sites (e.g. Maria Isabella).
One of three small sites sampled in the hilly, partially forested area north of Chepo. Reál del Gato is a family owned farm along a river and directly adjecent to a teak plantation. The owners raise cattle, pigs, and chickens here, but the property serves as a secondary form of income and is not managed as intensively as some other sites (e.g. Maria Isabella).
One of three small sites sampled in the hilly, partially forested area north of Chepo. Agua Viva is a partially forested, family owned farm along a riverbank. The owners raise cattle and chickens here, but the property serves as a secondary form of income and is not managed as intensively as some other sites (e.g. Maria Isabella).
La Corriente is a small, family-owned plantain farm situated alongside a large river east of Chepo. We placed three baited cameras on this site. Two cameras were placed in forest remnants and one was placed in an open area along the edge of the plantain fields. NOTES: (1) This site was surveyed for longer than other sites due to challenges with crossing the river. (2) Plantains were harvested from the site sometime around 20-June-2015, a few days prior to when we retrieved the cameras.
Finca Palmira is an active, established teak plantation near Wacucco, Panama. The property was historically used for cattle farming, but was converted into a teak plantation several years ago. Open cattle fields are still present on a portion of the property, and large stands of native forest are present in the steep, hilly area southwest of the teak stands. We placed five baited cameras in forest (teak stands as well as the edjges of native forest stands adjacent the teak) and five baited cameras in open areas.
This site was a large family-owned cattle farm situated along the Chucunaque River, north of the Pan-American highway. The property backed up directly to a large tract of mature native forest, and a large portion of the property near the river was still covered in mature intact forest. We placed five cameras in this forest, and five cameras in the cattle fields.
Altas de Cristo is an ~2ha property directly alongside the north shoulder of the Pan-American Highway in the Darien Province. The site is almost entirely covered in ~25 year old secondary growth forest, with a small house, fruit trees, and medicinal plants along the southern edge of the property. It is not extensively cultivated, but the surrounding landscape is a patchwork of small, thoroughly cultivated crop fields and cattle fields. Due to the small size of the property, we only placed two cameras on this site. Both cameras were in secondary growth forest.