Scaling-up camera traps: monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 26-34

  Steenweg, Robin ^a   Hebblewhite, Mark ^a   Kays, Roland ^b   Ahumada, Jorge ^c   Fisher, Jason T ^d,e   Burton, Cole ^e,f   Townsend, Susan E ^g   Carbone, Chris ^h   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^h   Whittington, Jesse ⁱ   Brodie, Jedediah ^f   Royle, J Andrew ^j   Switalski, Adam ^k   Clevenger, Anthony P ^l   Heim, Nicole ^e   Rich, Lindsey N ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^d Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g Wildlife Ecology and Consulting   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^j PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^k InRoads Consulting   (United States)

^l MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA ASSIMILATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); UPSCALING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84978311316     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1448     Document Type: Review

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