Recent Advances and Innovation in Wildlife Population Estimation
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Wildlife".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2024) | Viewed by 3838
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wildlife conservation; wildlife ecology; biodiversity monitoring; behavioral ecology; animal ecology; invasive species ecology and management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The estimation of population size is fundamental to wildlife management and conservation. Recently, high-tech devices have been used more frequently to monitor wild animals in an effort uncover behaviors that have until now been mysteries, but also to accurately assess biodiversity in remote areas.
The Special Issue aims to provide a forum for collating innovative techniques on wildlife population estimation. We welcome original research or review articles which focus on technology including (but not limited to) innovative wildlife monitoring techniques, such as camera traps, thermal cameras, implanting devices, satellite remote sensing, drones, environmental DNA (eDNA), acoustic sensors, etc. for use to conserve wildlife populations. In addition, papers from a wide range of disciplines, such as citizen science, artificial intelligence, deep neural networks, and machine learning are also welcome.
As this is a new and emerging research area, the knowledge on these topics will shed light on the most promising techniques in the realm of wildlife conservation going forward.
Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Bakaloudis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- wildlife technology
- monitoring wildlife
- new technology in wildlife conservation
- wildlife ecology
- wildlife surveys
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