Snapshot Wisconsin: networking community scientists and remote sensing to improve ecological monitoring and management.

ABSTRACT: Biological data collection is entering a new era. Community science, satellite remote sensing (SRS), and local forms of remote sensing (e.g., camera traps and acoustic recordings) have enabled biological data to be collected at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales and resolution. There is growing interest in developing observation networks to collect and synthesize data to improve broad-scale ecological monitoring, but no examples of such networks have emerged to inform decision-making by agencies. Here, we present the implementation of one such jurisdictional observation network (JON), Snapshot Wisconsin, which links synoptic environmental data derived from SRS to biodiversity observations collected continuously from a trail camera network to support management decision-making. We us

SUBMITTER: Townsend PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9286556 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature