Environmental Data at Remote Camera Stations on Moscow Mountain in Latah County, ID, USA (10/20/20-5/30/21)

Remote camera data on snow presence, snow depth, and wildlife detections on Moscow Mountain in Latah County, ID, USA. Reconyx Hyperfire I and Hyperfire II cameras were used and set to take hourly timelapse images and motion-triggered images. The cameras were deployed from October 2020 - May 2021. Snow presence was assessed up to 15 m from the camera. Snow depth was measured using virtual snow stakes created with the edger R package created by the author. Wildlife were marked as present in all photos in which they appear, and new individuals were counted. Snow density was collected using a federal or prairie snow sampler. Snow hardness was collected using a ram penetrometer. Solar radiation was calculated using hemispherical...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Idaho, Latah, Moscow Mountain, Odocoileus hemionus, Odocoileus virginianus, All tags... camera trap, location, mule deer, snow, snow and ice cover, snow density, snow depth, snow disappearance date, snow presence, snow-dependent, white-tailed deer, Fewer tags

Massachusetts Wildlife Monitoring Project (2022 - 2024)

This volume's release consists of 143321 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, Massachusetts Wildlife Monitoring Project. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged" or "annotated"...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aix sponsa, Alces americanus americanus, Bonasa umbellus, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo platypterus, All tags... Camera Trap, Canachites canadensis, Canis latrans, Cathartes aura, Catharus guttatus, Conservation, Cyanocitta cristata, Didelphis virginiana, Dryocopus pileatus, Dumetella carolinensis, Ecology, Erethizon dorsatus, Felis catus, Forest, Lepus americanus, Leuconotopicus villosus, Lynx rufus, Management, Massachusetts, Meleagris gallopavo, Mephitis mephitis, Mustela erminea, Mustela frenata, Odocoileus virginianus, Pekania pennanti, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Strix varia, Sylvilagus floridanus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, animal tracking, biota, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, Fewer tags

USDA White Mountain National Forest Volume 1 (2014 - 2024)

This volume's release consists of 325099 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, USDA White Mountain National Forest. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged" or "annotated"...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alces americanus americanus, Bonasa umbellus, Camera Trap, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, All tags... Castor canadensis, Cathartes aura, Colaptes auratus, Conservation, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Cyanocitta cristata, Dryocopus pileatus, Ecology, Erethizon dorsatus, Forest, Lepus americanus, Lynx canadensis, Lynx rufus, Maine, Management, Martes americana, Meleagris gallopavo, Mephitis mephitis, Mustela frenata, Mustela vison, New Hampshire, Odocoileus virginianus, Ondatra zibethicus, Pekania pennanti, Poecile atricapillus, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Sylvilagus floridanus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, White Mountain National Forest, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, animal tracking, biota, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, Fewer tags

USDA Green Mountain National Forest Volume 1 (2016 - 2022)

This volume's release consists of 84049 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, USDA Green Mountain National Forest. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged" or "annotated"...

Categories: Data; Tags: American Marten, American Robin, Barred Owl, Beaver, Black Bear, All tags... Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, Bobcat, Broad-winged Hawk, Camera Trap, Conservation, Cottontail Rabbit, Coyote, Dark-eyed Junco, Ecology, Fisher, Forest, Gray Fox, Gray Squirrel, Green Mountain National Forest, Green Mountains, Management, Mink, Moose, Pileated Woodpecker, Porcupine, Raccoon, Red Fox, Red Squirrel, Ruffed Grouse, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Snowshoe Hare, State of Vermont, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, animal tracking, biota, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, Fewer tags

Snow and Wildlife Detections from Remote Camera Stations on Moscow Mountain in Latah County, ID, USA (10/20/20-6/30/21)

Remote camera data on snow presence, snow depth, and wildlife detections on Moscow Mountain in Latah County, ID, USA. Reconyx Hyperfire I and Hyperfire II cameras were set to take hourly timelapse images and motion-triggered images from October 2020 - May 2021 at 5 elevation categories (800-925m, 925-1050m, 1050-1175m, 1775-1300m, and > 1300m), 4 aspects (N, S, E, and W), and 3 canopy densities (Sparse [0-35%], Moderate [35-75%], and Dense [75-100%]), in duplicate, plus 17 selected microclimates (137 locations total), on Moscow Mountain in Latah County, ID. Images from 27 other locations were part of a pilot experiment during January to May 2020. Data in the CSVs include image metadata, camera site characteristics,...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Idaho, Latah, Moscow Mountain, Odocoileus hemionus, Odocoileus virginianus, All tags... camera trap, location, mule deer, snow, snow and ice cover, snow depth, snow disappearance date, snow presence, snow-dependent, white-tailed deer, Fewer tags

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Volume 1 (2014 - 2024)

This volume's release consists of 463615 media files captured by autonomous wildlife monitoring devices under the project, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. The attached files listed below include several CSV files that provide information about the data release. The file, "media.csv" provides the metadata about the media, such as filename and date/time of capture. The actual media files are housed within folders under the volume's "child items" as compressed files. A critical CSV file is "dictionary.csv", which describes each CSV file, including field names, data types, descriptions, and the relationship of each field to fields in other CSV files. Some of the media files may have been "tagged" or "annotated"...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aegolius acadicus, Alces americanus americanus, Bonasa umbellus, Camera Trap, Canachites canadensis, All tags... Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Castor canadensis, Cathartes aura, Colaptes auratus, Conservation, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Cyanocitta cristata, Didelphis virginiana, Erethizon dorsatus, Felis catus, Forest, Lontra canadensis, Lynx canadensis, Lynx rufus, Management, Martes americana, Meleagris gallopavo, Mephitis mephitis, Mustela frenata, Mustela vison, New Hampshire, Odocoileus virginianus, Pekania pennanti, Procyon lotor, Sciurus carolinensis, Scolopax minor, Strix varia, Sylvilagus floridanus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Turdus migratorius, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Ursus americanus, Vulpes vulpes, Wildlife, animal tracking, biota, ecosystem monitoring, environment, field inventory and monitoring, time series datasets, vertebrates, wildlife, wildlife biology, Fewer tags

Evaluating a tandem human-machine approach to labelling of wildlife in remote camera monitoring

Remote cameras (“trail cameras”) are a popular tool for non-invasive, continuous wildlife monitoring, and as they become more prevalent in wildlife research, machine learning (ML) is increasingly used to automate or accelerate the labor-intensive process of labelling (i.e., tagging) photos. Human-machine hybrid tagging approaches have been shown to greatly increase tagging efficiency (i.e., time to tag a single image). However, those potential increases hinge on the extent to which an ML model makes correct vs. incorrect predictions. We performed an experiment using a ML model that produces bounding boxes around animals, people, and vehicles in remote camera imagery (MegaDetector), to consider the impact of a ML...

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Information Sciences, Maine, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vermont, All tags... Wildlife Biology, biota, camera trap, data labelling, machine learning, tagging, trail camera, wildlife monitoring, Fewer tags