Title
Camera traps and huemul deer: an alternative for monitoring?
Author(s)
Vila, Alejandro R.; Aprile, Gustavo; Sotelo, Víctor; Sugliano, Pablo; Zoratti, Carlos; Berardi, Mauricio; Montbrun, Javier
Published
2016
Publisher
Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile)
Abstract
The use of remotely triggered cameras to photograph wildlife dates back to 1877, but the method was little used until the invention of cameras with automatic infrared sensors in the 1980s (Kelly et al. 2012). With the rapid commercial development of camera traps and the incorporation of digital technology, the last 20 years saw an explosion in their use as a tool for conducting ecology and conservation studies. This is reflected in a 50% annual growth in publications involving the use of camera traps over the past decade (Rowcliffe & Carbone, 2008; McCallum, 2013). Applications include: wildlife inventories and detection of elusive or threatened species; estimates of relative abundance; estimates of abundance, density, survival and recruitment of species with identifiable individuals; development of occupancy models; studies of habitat use, diet and activity patterns (Rovero et al. 2013); and assessment of anthropogenic pressures such as hunting (Di Bitetti et al. 2008).

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