Quantifying the sensitivity of camera traps: An adapted distance sampling approach

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 464-476

  Marcus Rowcliffe, J ^a   Carbone, Chris ^a   Jansen, Patrick A ^b,c   Kays, Roland ^b,d   Kranstauber, Bart ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Animal density; Camera detection zone; Detection probability; Passive infrared motion sensor; Random Encounter Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867672607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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