Detecting and Tracking the Positions of Wild Ungulates Using Sound Recordings.

ABSTRACT: Monitoring wild ungulates such as deer is a highly challenging issue faced by wildlife managers. Wild ungulates are increasing in number worldwide, causing damage to ecosystems. For effective management, the precise estimation of their population size and habitat is essential. Conventional methods used to estimate the population density of wild ungulates, such as the light census survey, are time-consuming with low accuracy and difficult to implement in harsh environments like muddy wetlands. On the other hand, unmanned aerial vehicles are difficult to use in areas with dense tree cover. Although the passive acoustic monitoring of animal sounds is commonly used to evaluate their diversity, the potential for detecting animal positions from their sound has not been sufficiently investigated.

SUBMITTER: Salem SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7865649 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature