Camera-traps work best for surveying wildlife when site-level covariates are considered. Owain Barton led our study showing more cameras reduce error, longer deployments help only if occupancy varies, & ignoring key covariates can skews results
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New paper out today led by Amy Gresham exploring fallow deer diet using metabarcoding. Results were very different to what we expected!

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