"Which camera trap type and how many do I need?" A review of camera features and study designs for a range of wildlife research applications

Hystrix

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Rovero, Francesco ^a,b   Zimmermann, Fridolin ^c   Berzi, Duccio ^c   Meek, Paul ^d,e  

^a MUSE Museo delle Scienze   (Italy)

^b Udzungwa Mountains National Park   (Tanzania)

^c KORA ^*  (Italy)

^d Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Capture Mark Recapture; Density estimation; Occupancy; Photo trapping; Random Encounter Model; Remote cameras; Wildlife cameras

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882751958     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4404/hystrix-24.2-6316     Document Type: Article

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