Reassessing the success of experts and nonexperts at correctly differentiating between closely related species from camera trap images: A reply to Gooliaff and Hodges.

ABSTRACT: We present a reply to a recent article in Ecology and Evolution ("Measuring agreement among experts in classifying camera images of similar species" by Gooliaff and Hodges) that demonstrated a lack of consistency in expert-based classification of images of similar-looking species. We disagree with several conclusions from the study, and show that with some training, and use of multiple images that is becoming standard practice in camera-trapping studies, even nonexperts can identify similar sympatric species with high consistency.

SUBMITTER: Thornton DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6580297 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature