Visual animal biometrics is an emerging research discipline in computer vision, pattern
recognition and cognitive science. It is a promising research field that encourages new …

Lataste's viper (Vipera latastei) is a venomous European viper endemic to the Iberian
Peninsula, recognised as medically important by the World Health Organization. To date, no …

An increasing number of ecological monitoring programmes rely on photographic capture–
recapture of individuals to study distribution, demography and abundance of species. Photo …

Photographic capture–recapture is a valuable tool for obtaining demographic information on
wildlife populations due to its noninvasive nature and cost‐effectiveness. Recently, several …

Fisheries‐dependent data underpin essential scientific and management applications.
Electronic monitoring (EM) systems are increasingly being used to supplement human …

Visual re-identification of individual animals that bear unique natural body markings is an
essential task in wildlife conservation. The photo databases of animal markings grow with …

Camera‐trap** is widespread in wildlife studies, especially for species with individually
unique markings to which capture–recapture analytical techniques can be applied. The …

The measurement of animal density may take advantage of recent technological
achievements in wildlife video recording. Fostering the theoretical links between the patterns …

Small vertebrates on islands are expected to attain a larger body size, and a greater survival
than their mainland counterparts. Comparative studies have questioned whether lizards …

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 …