Remote Camera Decision Support Tool - Concept Library#
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Objectives & Resources
……….Variable of interest
……….Number of cameras available
Study area & Site selection constraints
……….Number of study areas (Single vs multiple)
……….Camera arrangement - Placed on known density gradient
……….Camera arrangement - Stratified by covariates
……….Camera arrangement - Camera density
Duration & Timing
……….Survey duration
……….Species-accumulation curves / asymptote
……….Season(s)
Target species
……….Number of Target Species (Single vs. multiple)
……….Ecology of species (well known vs. poorly known)
……….Carnivore / ungulate
……….Low density species
……….Occurrence restricted
……….Home range size
……….Body size
……….Rarity
……….Detection probability
……….Behaviour (Investigative / Multiple species / Seasonal)
……….Markings (Marked, unmarked, partially marked) / (Categorical identifiers)
……….Additional information that may be collected to support modelling density
……….Focal area measured or detections binned by distance
……….Study population size
Equipment & Deployment
……….Camera equipment (make & model)
……….Camera settings
……….Camera placement (height, angle, direction)
……….Camera direction consistent or random
……….Bait/lure (Types, Placement at all vs. a subset of cameras)
……….Target features
Data & Analysis
……….Camera location independence
……….Repeat sampling
……….Mixed models
……….Number of detections, individuals, recaptures
……….Overdispersion & Zero-inflation
Recommendations
……Sampling design
……….Study area
……….Camera arrangement
……….Camera spacing
……….Number of cameras
……….Camera days per camera location
……….Total number of camera days
……….Survey duration
……Modelling Approaches
……….Species inventory
……….Species diversity & richness
……….Occupancy models
……….Relative abundance indices
……….Capture-recapture (CR) / Capture-mark-recapture (CMR)
……….Spatial capture-recapture (SCR) / Spatially explicit capture recapture (SECR)
……….Spatial mark-resight
……….Spatial count (SC) model / Unmarked spatial capture-recapture
……….Spatial Partial Identity Model (Categorical SPIM; catSPIM)
……….Spatial Partial Identity Model (2-flank SPIM)
……….Random encounter model (REM)
……….Random encounter and staying time (REST)
……….Time in front of the camera (TIFC)
……….Distance sampling (DS)
……….Time-to-event (TTE)
……….Space-to-event (STE)
……….Instantaneous sampling (IS)
……….Behaviour
……Analysis considerations
References / Glossary / Other resources libraries
……References
……Glossary
……Other resources libraries
Note
💡 Objectives & Resources#
🗺 Study area & Site selection constraints#
🗓 Duration & Timing#
🦫 Target species#
📷 Equipment & Deployment#
🛠Data & Analysis#
Recommendations#
🧰 Modelling Approaches#
🎯 Sampling design#
🔗 References / Glossary / Other Resources libraries#