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SUBMITTER: Hobbs MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628828 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hobbs Michael T MT Brehme Cheryl S CS
PloS one 20171005 10
Camera traps are valuable sampling tools commonly used to inventory and monitor wildlife communities but are challenged to reliably sample small animals. We introduce a novel active camera trap system enabling the reliable and efficient use of wildlife cameras for sampling small animals, particularly reptiles, amphibians, small mammals and large invertebrates. It surpasses the detection ability of commonly used passive infrared (PIR) cameras for this application and eliminates problems such as h ...[more]