
This bear appeared ready for its close-up as it wandered in front of a trail camera, one of several deployed across southeastern 易胜博官网 by , assistant professor of natural resources and the environment.
Moll, his Ph.D. student Andrew Butler, and research partners from 易胜博官网 Fish and Game are harnessing the increased quality of trail cameras and improved models for analyzing the images to develop an efficient, accurate program to like fox, bobcat, coyote and fisher.
鈥淲ildlife cameras also provide a unique view into the secret lives of animals, which will help us learn about their behavior, interactions and how they are responding to landscape change, such as urban development,鈥 Moll says. Another bonus: The cameras capture species not in the study, such as white-tailed deer or black bears like this one near Deerfield.

In addition to N.H. Fish and Game, this study received funding from the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station at 易胜博官网.
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