Camera Trapping for Wildlife Research

<p>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.</p> <p>This book 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:</p> <p>- Selecting the right camera type <br /> - Set-up and field deployment of your camera trap <br /> - Defining the sampling design: presence/absence species inventory abundance; occupancy at species level; capture-mark-recapture for density estimation; behavioural studies; community-level analysis <br /> - Data storage management and analysis for your research topic with illustrative examples for using R and Excel <br /> - Using camera trapping for monitoring conservation and public engagement.</p> <p>Each chapter in this edited volume is essential reading for students scientists ecologists educators and professionals involved in wildlife research or management.</p>