One of my models is horribly slow and was going to take about two weeks to run. Although two week isn’t really that bad, I don’t like waiting… So I decided to try NeCTAR. Running my models on a Virtual Machine sounded like an excellent solution. Just one little issue: I had absolutely no idea […]
Detecting wildlife with camera traps
I am researching how we can best use camera traps to monitor foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the mallee. I don’t know much about camera traps yet, so I decided to learn more about best practice in detecting wildlife with camera traps. Here’s what I found. Camera traps are a useful monitoring tool that has become […]
ResBaz research tools
ResBaz, or Research Bazaar, was hosted this year for the first time at the University of Melbourne and I got to attend this awesome conference (so did a couple of other QAECOlogists, check Saras Windecker’s blogpst for an impression). ResBaz is all about open science, sharing, collaborating and getting the message out there. To make […]
Monitoring mammal populations with camera traps
I am researching how we can best use camera traps to monitor foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the mallee. I don’t know much about camera traps yet, so I decided to read how others have used camera traps to monitor mammal populations. Here’s what I found. What are camera traps?Camera traps are used to take picture […]
Fox baiting for beginners
A warning sign that 1080 poison is being used, at Weddin, NSW. Image courtesy: Brian Yap via Flickr[/caption] I am researching how we can best use camera traps to monitor foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the mallee. One of the main steps in my research will involve the simulation of fox abundance under influence of different […]