Estimating animal density using camera traps without the need for individual recognition
2008/05/16 by J. Marcus Rowcliffe, Juliet Field, Samuel T. Turvey +1 · 47 citations
Environmental Science · #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Rangeland and Wildlife Management #Species Distribution and Climate Change
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01473.x
Abstract
1 Density estimation is of fundamental importance in wildlife management. The use of camera traps to estimate animal density has so far been restricted to capture–recapture analysis of species with individually identifiable markings. This study developed a method that eliminates the requirement for individual recognition of animals by modelling the underlying process of contact between animals and cameras. 2 The model provides a factor that linearly scales trapping rate with density, depending on two key biological variables (average animal group size and day range) and two characteristics of the camera sensor (distance and angle within which it detects animals). 3 We tested the approach in an enclosed animal park with known abundances of four species, obtaining accurate estimates in three out of four cases. Inaccuracy in the fourth species was because of biased placement of cameras with respect to the distribution of this species. 4 Synthesis and applications. Subject to unbiased camera placement and accurate measurement of model parameters, this method opens the possibility of reduced labour costs for estimating wildlife density and may make estimation possible where it has not been previously. We provide guidelines on the trapping effort required to obtain reasonably precise estimates.
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