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Best Practices for Managing and Publishing Camera Trap Data

Camera traps have emerged as important tools for monitoring the state of biodiversity and natural ecosystems. The proliferation of data from such sensors has made data management, rather than data collection, the limiting factor in camera trap-related research. This guide provides recommendations for camera trap data management and publication to GBIF. It is intended for anyone running a camera trap study, in particular data stewards, data publishers, and others working in biodiversity informatics.

Details

Number of pages 65
Type Report not published by INBO
Category Research
Language English
Bibtex

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abstract = "Camera traps have emerged as important tools for monitoring the state of biodiversity and natural ecosystems. The proliferation of data from such sensors has made data management, rather than data collection, the limiting factor in camera trap-related research. This guide provides recommendations for camera trap data management and publication to GBIF. It is intended for anyone running a camera trap study, in particular data stewards, data publishers, and others working in biodiversity informatics.",
author = "Lien Reyserhove and Ben Norton and Peter Desmet",
year = "2023",
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Authors

Lien Reyserhove
Ben Norton
Peter Desmet