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View article: New frontiers in artificial intelligence for biodiversity research and conservation with multimodal language models
New frontiers in artificial intelligence for biodiversity research and conservation with multimodal language models Open
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into biodiversity research and conservation is growing rapidly, demonstrating great potential in reducing the intensive human labour required for data preprocessing, thereby, facilitating lar…
View article: Recent observations on green turtle Chelonia mydas movements and nesting in the Egyptian Red Sea
Recent observations on green turtle Chelonia mydas movements and nesting in the Egyptian Red Sea Open
Conservation of sea turtles requires identifying vital habitats such as nesting beaches and feeding grounds. Through a citizen science programme that records flipper tags and takes ID photos, we identified a new green turtle migration path…
View article: Change in matrilineal structure over time in an isolated population of sperm whales
Change in matrilineal structure over time in an isolated population of sperm whales Open
Sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus resident in the Gulf of Mexico are geographically isolated from other populations, making them vulnerable to the impacts of oil and gas exploration prevalent in the region. Despite long-standing research…
View article: Adapting the Re‐ID Challenge for Static Sensors
Adapting the Re‐ID Challenge for Static Sensors Open
The Grévy's zebra, an endangered species native to Kenya and southern Ethiopia, has been the target of sustained conservation efforts in recent years. Accurately monitoring Grévy's zebra populations is essential for ecologists to evaluate …
View article: Multispecies Animal Re-ID Using a Large Community-Curated Dataset
Multispecies Animal Re-ID Using a Large Community-Curated Dataset Open
Recent work has established the ecological importance of developing algorithms for identifying animals individually from images. Typically, a separate algorithm is trained for each species, a natural step but one that creates significant b…
View article: Adapting the re-ID challenge for static sensors
Adapting the re-ID challenge for static sensors Open
In both 2016 and 2018, a census of the highly-endangered Grevy's zebra population was enabled by the Great Grevy's Rally (GGR), a citizen science event that produces population estimates via expert and algorithmic curation of volunteer-cap…
View article: New frontiers in AI for biodiversity research and conservation with multimodal language models
New frontiers in AI for biodiversity research and conservation with multimodal language models Open
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into biodiversity research and conservation is growing rapidly, demonstrating great potential in reducing the intensive human labor required for data preprocessing, thereby, facilitating larg…
View article: Understanding the Impact of Training Set Size on Animal Re-identification
Understanding the Impact of Training Set Size on Animal Re-identification Open
Recent advancements in the automatic re-identification of animal individuals from images have opened up new possibilities for studying wildlife through camera traps and citizen science projects. Existing methods leverage distinct and perma…
View article: Community science informs movement and reproductive ecology of sand tigers Carcharias taurus off North Carolina, United States of America
Community science informs movement and reproductive ecology of sand tigers Carcharias taurus off North Carolina, United States of America Open
Sand tigers are frequently observed at shipwrecks and other artificial reef habitats off North Carolina (USA), but data about occupancy, movement ecology, and site fidelity are lacking. Spot A Shark USA researchers used Wildbook © photoide…
View article: Comparison of two individual identification algorithms for snow leopards (Panthera uncia) after automated detection
Comparison of two individual identification algorithms for snow leopards (Panthera uncia) after automated detection Open
Photo-identification of individual snow leopards (Panthera uncia) is the primary data source for density estimation via capture-recapture statistical methods. To identify individual snow leopards in camera trap imagery, it is necessary to …
View article: Corrigendum: Rise of the machines: Best practices and experimental evaluation of computer-assisted dorsal fin image matching systems for bottlenose dolphins
Corrigendum: Rise of the machines: Best practices and experimental evaluation of computer-assisted dorsal fin image matching systems for bottlenose dolphins Open
CORRECTION article Front. Mar. Sci., 21 September 2022Sec. Marine Megafauna https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.998145
View article: Improving sightings-derived residency estimation for whale shark aggregations: A novel metric applied to a global data set
Improving sightings-derived residency estimation for whale shark aggregations: A novel metric applied to a global data set Open
The world’s largest extant fish, the whale shark Rhincodon typus , is one of the most-studied species of sharks globally. The discovery of predictable aggregation sites where these animals gather seasonally or are sighted year-round – most…
View article: Rise of the Machines: Best Practices and Experimental Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Dorsal Fin Image Matching Systems for Bottlenose Dolphins
Rise of the Machines: Best Practices and Experimental Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Dorsal Fin Image Matching Systems for Bottlenose Dolphins Open
Photographic-identification (photo-ID) of bottlenose dolphins using individually distinctive features on the dorsal fin is a well-established and useful tool for tracking individuals; however, this method can be labor-intensive, especially…
View article: Comparison of Two Individual Identification Algorithms for Snow Leopards after Automated Detection
Comparison of Two Individual Identification Algorithms for Snow Leopards after Automated Detection Open
1. Photo-identification of individual snow leopards ( Panthera uncia ) is the primary technique for density estimation for the species. A high volume of images from multiple projects, combined with pre-existing historical catalogs, has mad…
View article: Comparison of Three Individual Identification Algorithms for Sperm Whales (<i>Physeter macrocephalus</i>) after Automated Detection
Comparison of Three Individual Identification Algorithms for Sperm Whales (<i>Physeter macrocephalus</i>) after Automated Detection Open
Photo-identification of individual sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus ) is the primary technique for mark-recapture-based population analyses for the species The visual appearance of the fluke — with its distinct nicks and notches — oft…
View article: The Animal ID Problem: Continual Curation
The Animal ID Problem: Continual Curation Open
Hoping to stimulate new research in individual animal identification from images, we propose to formulate the problem as the human-machine Continual Curation of images and animal identities. This is an open world recognition problem, where…
View article: Public Comment on Draft NOAA Citizen Science Strategy
Public Comment on Draft NOAA Citizen Science Strategy Open
This guest editorial briefly describes a history of activities related to engaging the U.S. federal government in citizen science, and presents the recent public comments that we submitted to the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric A…
View article: Citizen science provides evidence that a large coastal shark species returns to the same or nearby shipwrecks
Citizen science provides evidence that a large coastal shark species returns to the same or nearby shipwrecks Open
Paxton et al. demonstrate that an iconic, imperiled shark species, the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), returns to the same or nearby shipwrecks over time. These shipwrecks are located off North Carolina, USA, in an area known as the …
View article: Undersea Constellations: The Global Biology of an Endangered Marine Megavertebrate Further Informed through Citizen Science
Undersea Constellations: The Global Biology of an Endangered Marine Megavertebrate Further Informed through Citizen Science Open
The whale shark is an ideal flagship species for citizen science projects because of its charismatic nature, its size, and the associated ecotourism ventures focusing on the species at numerous coastal aggregation sites. An online database…
View article: Wildbook: Crowdsourcing, computer vision, and data science for conservation
Wildbook: Crowdsourcing, computer vision, and data science for conservation Open
Photographs, taken by field scientists, tourists, automated cameras, and incidental photographers, are the most abundant source of data on wildlife today. Wildbook is an autonomous computational system that starts from massive collections …
View article: Integral Curvature Representation and Matching Algorithms for Identification of Dolphins and Whales
Integral Curvature Representation and Matching Algorithms for Identification of Dolphins and Whales Open
We address the problem of identifying individual cetaceans from images showing the trailing edge of their fins. Given the trailing edge from an unknown individual, we produce a ranking of known individuals from a database. The nicks and no…
View article: Integral Curvature Representation and Matching Algorithms for\n Identification of Dolphins and Whales
Integral Curvature Representation and Matching Algorithms for\n Identification of Dolphins and Whales Open
We address the problem of identifying individual cetaceans from images\nshowing the trailing edge of their fins. Given the trailing edge from an\nunknown individual, we produce a ranking of known individuals from a database.\nThe nicks and…
View article: Long-term assessment of whale shark population demography and connectivity using photo-identification in the Western Atlantic Ocean
Long-term assessment of whale shark population demography and connectivity using photo-identification in the Western Atlantic Ocean Open
The predictable occurrence of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, has been well documented in several areas. However, information relating to their migratory patterns, residency times and connectivity across broad spatial scales is limited. In …