Monitoring wildlife with remote cameras

Photographic non-invasive sampling…

Remote cameras provide an opportunity to peek into the lives of animals, to observe which animals are where and to monitor their comings and goings. I have used cameras in a number of different ways:

• To monitor behavioural responses to human disturbance

• To observe patterns in fence crossing with respect to wildlife friendly fences

• To model the abundance and distribution of wildlife in the Cooking Lake - Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area

• Semi-automated program to define unique events (EventFinder Suite)

This work is being done in collaboration with:

• Alberta Parks

• Jenny Foca (University of Alberta)

• Mark Boyce (University of Alberta)

• Micheal Janzen (The King’s University)

• Phil DeWitt (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)