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In recent years, Gabon has become a fruitful testing ground for some of the latest innovations in camera-trap technology. Early days of camera traps Gabon’s history with camera traps goes back ...
Most of the world’s photographs are taken between zero and six feet from the ground. Wildlife biologists love their camera traps, and one group finally decided to place some in the trees of a ...
Camera traps may capture, ahem, private moments in nature and anger local communities. ... For example, one respondent said that they once found a patch of burnt ground, ...
On the ground, camera traps are a great tool for capturing information about large- and medium-sized mammals, as well as large birds that live on the forest floor. Meanwhile, ...
Camera traps accumulated 1,742 trap days on the ground, 2,821 trap days in the understory and 2,927 trap days in the canopy. Understory camera traps recorded 32 dryas monkey events, canopy camera ...
“Camera traps were originally designed for use on the ground, but our study, and others, have demonstrated that they are also very useful in the canopy,” said Gregory.
That makes on-the-ground camera trap work all the more important, as field biologists try to map out the range and extent of the protected area’s biodiversity—duikers and all.
Using non-invasive research and no-flash camera traps from 2014 to 2019, ... one each monitoring the ground, understory and canopy. ...
A Wyoming ground squirrel scans the horizon after a spring thunderstorm. ... Cottontail rabbits are a frequent “bycatch” of camera traps meant for carnivores.
Wildlife camera traps and drones in one of India’s best-known forest reserves are being misused to spy on women, researchers say.. Forest rangers in Jim Corbett National Park in the northern ...
Camera traps can help researchers and citizen scientists monitor populations in the Serengeti, ... An owl snatches a cat from the ground, not knowing that the cat is actually a robot.
Camera traps and acoustic recorders allow researchers to covertly monitor wildlife Diego Balbuena, Jessica Deichmann & Tremie Gregory Wild animals are very elusive. In order to learn important ...