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SUBMITTER: Thornton DH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6580297 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thornton Daniel H DH King Travis W TW Scully Arthur A Murray Dennis D
Ecology and evolution 20190520 11
We present a reply to a recent article in Ecology and Evolution ("Measuring agreement among experts in classifying camera images of similar species" by Gooliaff and Hodges) that demonstrated a lack of consistency in expert-based classification of images of similar-looking species. We disagree with several conclusions from the study, and show that with some training, and use of multiple images that is becoming standard practice in camera-trapping studies, even nonexperts can identify similar symp ...[more]