Data acquisition and management software for camera trap data: A case study from the TEAM Network

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 345-353

  Fegraus, Eric H ^a   Lin, Kai ^b   Ahumada, Jorge A ^a   Baru, Chaitan ^b   Chandra, Sandeep ^b   Youn, Choonhan ^b  

^a Science and Knowledge Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera traps; Cyberinfrastructure; Data acquisition and management software; Global monitoring network; Wildlife monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFRASTRUCTURE; MAMMAL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE; STANDARDIZATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81955168043     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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