Recommended guiding principles for reporting on camera trapping research

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2321-2343

  Meek, P D ^a,b,c   Ballard, G ^a,b   Claridge, A ^d,e   Kays, R ^f,g   Moseby, K ^h   O'Brien, T ⁱ   O'Connell, A ^j   Sanderson, J ^k   Swann, D E ^l   Tobler, M ^m   Townsend, S ⁿ  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Invasive Animals CRC   (Australia)

^d NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

ⁱ MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^j PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^k Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation   (United States)

^l NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^m INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁿ Wildlife Ecology and Consulting   (United States)

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Author keywords

Camera trap guidelines; Camera trap methodology; Ecological monitoring; Remote cameras; Trail cameras

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINE; IMAGING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

EID: 84903894389     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0712-8     Document Type: Review

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