articleMethods in Ecology and EvolutionJun 3, 2016BRONZE OA

camtrapR: an R package for efficient camera trap data management

JNJürgen NiedballaRSRahel SollmannACAlexandre CourtiolAWAndreas Wilting

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research · University of California, Davis

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Abstract

Summary Camera trapping is a widely applied method to study mammalian biodiversity and is still gaining popularity. It can quickly generate large amounts of data which need to be managed in an efficient and transparent way that links data acquisition with analytical tools. We describe the free and open‐source R package camtrapR , a new toolbox for flexible and efficient management of data generated in camera trap‐based wildlife studies. The package implements a complete workflow for processing camera trapping data. It assists in image organization, species and individual identification, data extraction from images, tabulation and visualization of results and export of data for subsequent analyses. There is no…

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  • Computer science
  • Camera trap
  • Software
  • Workflow
  • Toolbox
  • Identification (biology)
  • Data management
  • Automation
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life in Land
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