Camera Traps in Animal Ecology: Methods and Analyses

Edited by O'Connell, Nichols, and Karanth, this book was the first comprehensive volume devoted to camera-trap methodology, bringing together leading practitioners to cover study design, individual identification, capture-recapture and spatially explicit density estimation, occupancy modeling, and applications to species inventories and population monitoring. It synthesized a decade of rapid methodological progress into a coherent reference that trained a generation of camera-trap researchers. Chapters address both statistical foundations and practical fieldcraft, making it valuable to students, managers, and scientists alike. As the foundational textbook of the field, it consolidated best practices and remains a frequently cited starting point for anyone learning camera-trap methods. Its influence helped standardize rigorous approaches to estimating abundance, density, and distribution of wildlife.