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Camera Trapping for Wildlife Research

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Camera trapping is a powerful and now widely used tool in scientific research on wildlife ecology and management. It provides a unique opportunity for collecting knowledge, investigating the presence of animals, or recording and studying behaviour. Its visual nature makes it easy to successfully convey findings to a wide audience. Camera Trapping for Wildlife Research provides a much-needed guide to the sound use of camera trapping for the most common ecological applications to wildlife research. Each phase involved in the use of camera trapping is covered. Key features include: – Set-up and field deployment of camera trap; Defining the sampling design: presence/absence, species inventory, abundance; Occupancy at species level; Behavioural studies; Community-level analysis; and Data storage, management and analysis for research topic, with illustrative examples.

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Camera trapping is a powerful and now widely used tool in scientific research on wildlife ecology and management. It provides a unique opportunity for collecting knowledge, investigating the presence of animals, or recording and studying behaviour. Its visual nature makes it easy to successfully convey findings to a wide audience. Camera Trapping for Wildlife Research provides a much-needed guide to the sound use of camera trapping for the most common ecological applications to wildlife research. Each phase involved in the use of camera trapping is covered. 459 p.

Authors expertises affiliations

  • Francesco Rovero, Editor. PhD in Animal Ecology; Ecologist and Conservation scientist. Currently works as Curator for Tropical Biodiversity at MUSE Science MUseum, Trento (Italy).
  • Fridolin Zimmermann, Editor. PhD on Eurasian Lynx Conservation and Ecology; Carnovore Conservatin Scientist. Currently coordinator of the Large Carnovore monitoring in Switzerland at Carnivore Ecology and Wildlife Management, KORA, Ittigen (Switzerland).
  • Publication date (digital version): 2016-06 – Pelagic Publishing.