Thermal Imaging for Wildlife Applications

AvKayleigh Fawcett Williams

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Thermal imaging is exciting technology that can act as a powerful tool in a growing number of wildlife research, ecology and management applications. It allows us to see things difficult or even impossible to detect using conventional methods, opening a window onto the worlds of cryptic, nocturnal, secretive and otherwise challenging species. This can offer a range of benefits such as increased accuracy, reduced costs, better efficiency and improvements to health and safety conditions. Yet the relevant information is often largely inaccessible to most wildlife professionals.Thermal Imaging for Wildlife Applications brings together key findings from academic research and applied field protocols, along with the author’s wealth of practical experience, to inform and guide the reader in an approachable and understandable format. This comprehensive handbook includes chapters covering the fundamentals of the technology, methods, equipment and detailed discussion of application types, as well as specific sections that focus on terrestrial mammals, bats, marine mammals and birds.The final chapter explores some of the many potential future uses of thermal imaging, before a thorough literature overview and a list of resources ensure that this will be the standard work on the subject for years to come.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-24
Mått:170 x 244 x 12 mm
Vikt:460 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Data in the Wild
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Pelagic Publishing
ISBN:9781784274160

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Kayleigh Fawcett Williams is a wildlife ecologist and thermographer with a PhD in bat bioacoustics. She has worked in academic, consulting and volunteer sectors, and her career with wildlife has brought her into contact with a diverse range of species around the world. She now shares her expertise through training, consulting and support work at Wildlifetek.

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I found the book delightful, engaging, informative, and an overall wonderful reference. It would be of interest to anyone who is either considering, or ready to begin using thermal imaging technology. It's not only a unique resource on the subject, but an impressive technical reference, which one can come back to again, and again.

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ContentsList of Figures Preface Acknowledgements1. Introduction1.1 How it works1.2 History of thermal imaging for wildlife applications1.3 Advantages of using thermal imaging1.4 Challenges and limitations of thermal imaging2. Foundations2.1 Setting the thermal scene2.2 Detectability3. Methods3.1 Operations workflow3.2 Levels of use3.3 Deployment methods3.4 Combining techniques3.5 Expertise requirements4. Equipment4.1 Important specifications for device selection4.2 Accessories4.3 Calibration5. Application Types5.1 Detection, classification and counting5.2 Human–wildlife interactions5.3 Behavioural studies5.4 Health and rehabilitation5.5 Thermoregulation, thermal biology and thermal ecology5.6 Communication, education and awareness6. Wildlife Applications6.1 Mammals6.2 Birds6.3 Bats6.4 Marine mammals7. Future Possibilities7.1 Further development of thermal-imaging technologies7.2 Automation7.3 Data storage and handling7.4 SustainabilityAppendixTablesResources Supplier DirectoryReferences Index