Multi-Object Tracking in Heterogeneous environments (MOTHe) for animal video recordings.

ABSTRACT: Aerial imagery and video recordings of animals are used for many areas of research such as animal behaviour, behavioural neuroscience and field biology. Many automated methods are being developed to extract data from such high-resolution videos. Most of the available tools are developed for videos taken under idealised laboratory conditions. Therefore, the task of animal detection and tracking for videos taken in natural settings remains challenging due to heterogeneous environments. Methods that are useful for field conditions are often difficult to implement and thus remain inaccessible to empirical researchers. To address this gap, we present an open-source package called Multi-Object Tracking in Heterogeneous environments (MOTHe), a Python-based application that uses a basic convolutio

SUBMITTER: Rathore A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10309051 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature