That this camera-based method is sparking debate regarding its applicability to specific-species is a symptom of the complexity of wildlife assessment in light of the increasing, unprecedented amount of ecological-data, this task requires strengthening links between theorists and empiricists to profit the new opportunities offered by the method.
Keywords: animal abundance; citizen science; deep learning; density estimation; home range; remote camera sampling; snapshot; wildlife monitoring.
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