Overview
Review of equipment and history of camera traps in conservation
Complete review of study design and implementation needs for using camera traps
Introduction of innovative, new spatially explicit capture–recapture models to estimate population density
In-depth review of models to estimate abundance, species richness, and occupancy
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
James Nichols is a senior scientist with the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. He is an expert on capture–recapture sampling methods, population modeling, and adaptive management. He has authored or co-authored more than 350 scientific publications, including two books, four edited volumes, and nine monographs, on various aspects of wildlife population ecology. He is a recipient of the 2007 U.S. Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Service and has received national recognition for his work from various universities, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, The Wildlife Society, American Statistical Association, and the U.S. Forest Service.
Ullas Karanth is an internationally known conservation scientist (see www.wikipedia.org). Based in India, he is a senior conservation scientist for the Wildlife Conservation Society, where his long-term research has focused on the ecology and conservation of tigers and their prey. He has more than 70 scientific publications to his credit. His work has been featured in the world’s media including the New York Times, Time magazine, National Geographic, BBC, CNN, Discovery, and others. He is the recipient of the Sierra Club’s prestigious international EarthCare Award and the World Wildlife Fund’s J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Camera Traps in Animal Ecology
Book Subtitle: Methods and Analyses
Editors: Allan F. O’Connell, James D. Nichols, K. Ullas Karanth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99495-4
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-99494-7Published: 30 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54648-1Published: 12 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-99495-4Published: 05 October 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 271
Topics: Zoology