Camera Trap Monitoring for Wildlife Density Estimation with the REST Model

1. INTRODUCTION

• Why camera traps, and why population density?

• Using the detection rate is "a risky business"

• Estimating the population density of the "unmarked" animals

• The REST model

2. THE REST MODEL: A BRIEF EXPLANATION

• Formula

• Assumptions

• Limitations

• Suitable and unsuitable situations for REST

3. DEVELOPMENT OF REST MONITORING PROTOCOLS

• Required Specifications of Camera Traps

• Camera Placement Design

• Layout of Camera Stations 

4. CARRYING OUT THE MONITORING

• Materials

• Configuration of camera setting

• Setting of camera stations in the field

5. DATA ANALYSIS

• Species identification

• Judgement on whether the target species passed through the focal area

• Measurement of staying time in each passage

• Acquisition of time data for each passage

• Data shaping and cleaning

• Statistical analysis to estimate density

6. PERSPECTIVES

How to generate camera station points using QGIS and export them to the GPS device

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REST model examples using R and Stan

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