Camera traps as sensor networks for monitoring animal communities

Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 811-818

  Kays, Roland ^a   Kranstauber, Bart ^b   Jansen, Patrick ^b   Carbone, Chris ^b   Rowcliffe, Marcus ^b   Fountain, Tony ^b   Tilak, Sameer ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; ANIMAL COMMUNITIES; ANIMAL MOVEMENT; ANIMAL POPULATIONS; CAMERA NETWORK; DATA MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; EULERIAN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND-USE CHANGE; LESSONS LEARNED; LONG-TERM CONSERVATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; NETWORK SOLUTIONS; SENSOR NETWORK APPLICATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS; TIME SPAN; VISUAL SENSOR;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FORESTRY; INTERNET; LAND USE; SENSOR NETWORKS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 77951277284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LCN.2009.5355046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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