Wild meat is still on the menu: Progress in wild meat research, policy, and practice from 2002 to 2020

DJ Ingram, L Coad, EJ Milner-Gulland… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Several hundred species are hunted for wild meat in the tropics, supporting the diets,
customs, and livelihoods of millions of people. However, unsustainable hunting is one of the …

A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research

A Caravaggi, PB Banks, AC Burton… - Remote Sensing in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An understanding of animal behaviour is important if conservation initiatives are to be
effective. However, quantifying the behaviour of wild animals presents significant …

Snap happy: camera traps are an effective sampling tool when compared with alternative methods

OR Wearn, P Glover-Kapfer - Royal Society open …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Camera traps have become a ubiquitous tool in ecology and conservation. They are
routinely deployed in wildlife survey and monitoring work, and are being advocated as a tool …

The potential and practice of arboreal camera trapping

JF Moore, K Soanes, D Balbuena… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Arboreal camera trapping is a burgeoning method providing a novel and effective technique
to answer research questions across a variety of ecosystems, and it has the capacity to …

Framing pictures: A conceptual framework to identify and correct for biases in detection probability of camera traps enabling multi‐species comparison

TR Hofmeester, JPGM Cromsigt, J Odden… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Obtaining reliable species observations is of great importance in animal ecology and wildlife
conservation. An increasing number of studies use camera traps (CTs) to study wildlife …

Hot monkey, cold reality: surveying rainforest canopy mammals using drone-mounted thermal infrared sensors

R Kays, J Sheppard, K Mclean, C Welch… - … journal of remote …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Animals of the rainforest canopies are often endangered by deforestation or hunting but are
difficult to survey and study because of the inaccessibility of the treetops, combined with the …

Environmental DNA metabarcoding as a useful tool for evaluating terrestrial mammal diversity in tropical forests

JL Mena, H Yagui, V Tejeda, E Bonifaz… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Innovative techniques, such as environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, are now
promoting broader biodiversity monitoring at unprecedented scales, because of the …

Born‐digital biodiversity data: Millions and billions

R Kays, WJ McShea, M Wikelski - Diversity and Distributions, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Given the dramatic pace of change of our planet, we need rapid collection of environmental
data to document how species are coping and to evaluate the impact of our conservation …

Comparison of species richness and detection between line transects, ground camera traps, and arboreal camera traps

JF Moore, WE Pine, F Mulindahabi… - Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring trends in the occurrence of species over time is important for informing
conservation plans and concurrent management actions. Understanding the effectiveness of …

Animal Scanner: Software for classifying humans, animals, and empty frames in camera trap images

H Yousif, J Yuan, R Kays, Z He - Ecology and evolution, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Camera traps are a popular tool to sample animal populations because they are
noninvasive, detect a variety of species, and can record many thousands of animal …