Developing camera-trapping protocols for wildlife monitoring in Chinese forests

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Author	Zhishu, Xiao Xin-Hai, Li Xue-Zhi, Wang Qi-Hai, Zhou Ruichang, Quan Xiao-Li, Shen Sheng, Li Wei
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Wildlife monitoring is one key indicator used for biodiversity assessment. Therefore, developing wildlife monitoring protocols is an important component of large-scale biodiversity monitoring program such as the Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network (CForBio). Since 2011, the CForBio Network launched an initiative to investigate wildlife diversity using camera traps among forest dynamic plots in China. Because of this initiative, there is an urgent need to develop standardized camera trapping protocols. One important premise of camera-trapping protocols is that camera trap data can be used to conduct comparative research among different plots. Here, we propose camera-trapping protocols based on our own experience in using camera traps for wildlife surveys, and on the terrestrial vertebrate (camera trap) protocol implementation manual produced by the TEAM (Tropical Ecology Assessment & Monitoring) Network. We hope that these protocols can serve as the basis for a standardized tool used in wildlife diversity monitoring in forest ecosystems. We also provide recommendations for plot design, data management and long-term monitoring 第 6 期 肖治术等: 探讨我国森林野生动物红外相机监测规范 705 programs for wildlife diversity monitoring.
Starting Page	704
Ending Page	704
Page Count	1
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DOI	10.3724/SP.J.1003.2014.14075
Volume Number	22
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1003.2014.14075
Language	English
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