Ebook: Camera Trapping for Wildlife Research

Camera trapping is a powerful and now widely used tool in scientific research on wildlife ecology and management. This book provides a much-needed guide to the sound use of camera trapping for the most common ecological applications.;Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; About the editors; About the contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Online resources; 1. Introduction; 1.1 A brief history of camera trapping; 1.2 Efficiency of camera trapping and advantages over other wildlife detection methods; 2. Camera features related to specific ecological applications; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Camera trap systems; 2.3 Camera features to consider when choosing models; 2.4 Camera performance in relation to study designs; 2.4.1 Faunal inventories; 2.4.2 Occupancy studies (species and community-level); 2.4.3 Capture-recapture.