A study on giant panda recognition based on images of a large proportion of captive pandas.

ABSTRACT: As a highly endangered species, the giant panda (panda) has attracted significant attention in the past decades. Considerable efforts have been put on panda conservation and reproduction, offering the promising outcome of maintaining the population size of pandas. To evaluate the effectiveness of conservation and management strategies, recognizing individual pandas is critical. However, it remains a challenging task because the existing methods, such as traditional tracking method, discrimination method based on footprint identification, and molecular biology method, are invasive, inaccurate, expensive, or challenging to perform. The advances of imaging technologies have led to the wide applications of digital images and videos in panda conservation and management, which makes it possible

SUBMITTER: Chen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7141006 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature