An evaluation of platforms for processing camera‐trap data using artificial intelligence

J Vélez, W McShea, H Shamon… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Camera traps have quickly transformed the way in which many ecologists study the
distribution of wildlife species, their activity patterns and interactions among members of the …

Computer vision, machine learning, and the promise of phenomics in ecology and evolutionary biology

MD Lürig, S Donoughe, EI Svensson… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
For centuries, ecologists and evolutionary biologists have used images such as drawings,
paintings and photographs to record and quantify the shapes and patterns of life. With the …

[HTML][HTML] Use of object detection in camera trap image identification: Assessing a method to rapidly and accurately classify human and animal detections for research …

M Fennell, C Beirne, AC Burton - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Camera traps are increasingly used to answer complex ecological questions. However, the
rapidly growing number of images collected presents technical challenges. Each image …

Using very‐high‐resolution satellite imagery and deep learning to detect and count African elephants in heterogeneous landscapes

I Duporge, O Isupova, S Reece… - Remote Sensing in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Satellites allow large‐scale surveys to be conducted in short time periods with repeat
surveys possible at intervals of< 24 h. Very‐high‐resolution satellite imagery has been …

Next-generation camera trapping: systematic review of historic trends suggests keys to expanded research applications in ecology and conservation

ZJ Delisle, EA Flaherty, MR Nobbe… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Camera trapping is an effective non-invasive method for collecting data on wildlife species
to address questions of ecological and conservation interest. We reviewed 2,167 camera …

Robust ecological analysis of camera trap data labelled by a machine learning model

RC Whytock, J Świeżewski, JA Zwerts… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological data are collected over vast geographic areas using digital sensors such as
camera traps and bioacoustic recorders. Camera traps have become the standard method …

[HTML][HTML] An IoT system using deep learning to classify camera trap images on the edge

I Zualkernan, S Dhou, J Judas, AR Sajun, BR Gomez… - Computers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Camera traps deployed in remote locations provide an effective method for ecologists to
monitor and study wildlife in a non-invasive way. However, current camera traps suffer from …

Iterative human and automated identification of wildlife images

Z Miao, Z Liu, KM Gaynor, MS Palmer, SX Yu… - Nature Machine …, 2021 - nature.com
Camera trapping is increasingly being used to monitor wildlife, but this technology typically
requires extensive data annotation. Recently, deep learning has substantially advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Animal species recognition with deep convolutional neural networks from ecological camera trap images

S Binta Islam, D Valles, TJ Hibbitts, WA Ryberg… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Accurate identification of animal species is necessary to understand biodiversity richness,
monitor endangered species, and study the impact of climate change on species distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Automated classification of fauna in seabed photographs: The impact of training and validation dataset size, with considerations for the class imbalance

JM Durden, B Hosking, BJ Bett, D Cline… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning is rapidly developing as a tool for gathering data from imagery
and may be useful in identifying (classifying) visible specimens in large numbers of seabed …