Limitations of recreational camera traps for wildlife management and conservation research: A practitioner’s perspective

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 624-635

  Newey, Scott ^a,b   Davidson, Paul ^a,c   Nazir, Sajid ^c   Fairhurst, Gorry ^c   Verdicchio, Fabio ^c   Irvine, R Justin ^a   van der Wal, René ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Digital innovation; False negative; False positive; Sensors; Trail camera

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; COST ANALYSIS; DATA MANAGEMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESEARCH WORK; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVENTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; INVENTIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECREATION;

EID: 84945318405     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0713-1     Document Type: Article

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