Mammalian Use of Riparian Corridors

Mammalian Use of Riparian Corridors

We used camera traps to understand how development intensity, stream channel morphology, and other landscape features influence how mammalian communities use stream, riparian, and upland terrestrial habitat types within watersheds. We installed 72 camera traps, half of which were in Maple Ridge and the other half in Squamish. In each town, we selected 12 camera trap sites, within which contained a group of 3 cameras. Each camera per group was assigned to a specific habitat type (stream, riparian, and upland terrestrial). This project contributes to a larger examination of the potential for riparian areas to serve as resilient residential habitat and important movement corridors for mammals.