%0 Journal Article
%A Arandjelovic, Milica
%A Stephens, Colleen R.
%A Dieguez, Paula
%A Maldonado, Nuria
%A Bocksberger, Gaëlle
%A Després‐Einspenner, Marie‐Lyne
%A Debetencourt, Benjamin
%A Estienne, Vittoria Luisa
%A Kalan, Ammie K.
%A McCarthy, Maureen
%A Granjon, Anne-Céline
%A Städele, Veronika
%A Harder, Briana
%A Hacker, Lucia
%A Landsmann, Anja
%A Lynn, Laura K.
%A Pfund, Heidi
%A Ročkaiová, Zuzana
%A Sigler, Kristeena
%A Widness, Jane
%A Wilken, Heike
%A Buzharevski, Antonio
%A Goffe, Adeelia S.
%A Havercamp, Kristin
%A Luncz, Lydia V.
%A Sirianni, Giulia
%A Wessling, Erin G.
%A Wittig, Roman M.
%A Boesch, Christophe
%A Kühl, Hjalmar S.
%+ Department of Primate Behavior and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Chimpanzees, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Great Ape Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Gorillas, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Lise Meitner Group Technological Primates, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Chimpanzees, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Human Behavior Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Chimpanzees, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Great Ape Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Chimpanzees, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Highly precise community science annotations of video camera‐trapped fauna in challenging environments (advance online) : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000F-7F19-8
%R 10.1002/rse2.402
%7 2024-06-24
%D 2024
%8 24.06.2024
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X As camera trapping grows in popularity and application, some analytical limitations persist including processing time and accuracy of data annotation. Typically images are recorded by camera traps although videos are becoming increasingly collected even though they require much more time for annotation. To overcome limitations with image annotation, camera trap studies are increasingly linked to community science (CS) platforms. Here, we extend previous work on CS image annotations to camera trap videos from a challenging environment; a dense tropical forest with low visibility and high occlusion due to thick canopy cover and bushy undergrowth at the camera level. Using the CS platform Chimp&See, established for classification of 599 956 video clips from tropical Africa, we assess annotation precision and accuracy by comparing classification of 13 531 1-min video clips by a professional ecologist (PE) with output from 1744 registered, as well as unregistered, Chimp&See community scientists. We considered 29 classification categories, including 17 species and 12 higher-level categories, in which phenotypically similar species were grouped. Overall, annotation precision was 95.4%, which increased to 98.2% when aggregating similar species groups together. Our findings demonstrate the competence of community scientists working with camera trap videos from even challenging environments and hold great promise for future studies on animal behaviour, species interaction dynamics and population monitoring. © 2024 The Author(s). Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Zoological Society of London.
%K Camera trap; citizen science; community science; video; wildlife monitoring
%J Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
%@ 2056-34852056-3485