The Use of Remote Camera Trapping to Study Cheetahs: Past Reflections and Future Directions

摘要: Remote camera trapping is an efficient noninvasive technique for monitoring rare and elusive species, such as cheetahs. The unique pelage pattern of cheetahs allows identification individuals from photographs, providing detection histories that are naturally suited abundance estimation using capture–recapture methods. Furthermore, the spatial location photographic detections use models, which provide estimates density. In this chapter, we describe aspects cheetah ecology should be considered when designing surveys (e.g., social structure, natural densities, home range size) to estimate density guidance future trap sampling analysis.