It is challenging to reveal the real-time spatio-temporal change of diversity and abundance of animals in natural systems by using traditional methods.The rapid advancement of new technologies such as the Internet of ...It is challenging to reveal the real-time spatio-temporal change of diversity and abundance of animals in natural systems by using traditional methods.The rapid advancement of new technologies such as the Internet of Things,artificial intelligence,and big-data processing,provide opportunities for developing novel technologies for moni-toring biodiversity and population abundance of animals with high efficacy and accuracy.In this study,by using a recently developed Intelligent Animal Monitoring System,named“Vector Intelligent Monitoring System(VIMS)”,we investigated the real-time diversity and abundance of small mammals in the Banruosi forest,Dujiangyan region,southwest China.To make a comparison of the VIMS with traditional methods,we also surveyed the diversity and abundance of small mammals using wired live traps.Compared to live traps,the VIMS has several advantages such as automatic data collection,intelligent identification of species,data visualization,whole-day and all-weather op-eration,little disturbance to animals,real-time monitoring,and is capable of revealing more small mammal species.However,the VIMS also has several disadvantages over live traps such as lower trapping efficiency and being more expensive than live traps.Our results suggest that the VIMS can be a complementary method to traditional ones in monitoring the real-time spatio-temporal change of diversity and abundance of small mammals(especially rare species).In addition,the VIMS is useful in monitoring other small animals like small carnivores,birds,amphibians,and reptiles.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC0503802)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32001123).
文摘It is challenging to reveal the real-time spatio-temporal change of diversity and abundance of animals in natural systems by using traditional methods.The rapid advancement of new technologies such as the Internet of Things,artificial intelligence,and big-data processing,provide opportunities for developing novel technologies for moni-toring biodiversity and population abundance of animals with high efficacy and accuracy.In this study,by using a recently developed Intelligent Animal Monitoring System,named“Vector Intelligent Monitoring System(VIMS)”,we investigated the real-time diversity and abundance of small mammals in the Banruosi forest,Dujiangyan region,southwest China.To make a comparison of the VIMS with traditional methods,we also surveyed the diversity and abundance of small mammals using wired live traps.Compared to live traps,the VIMS has several advantages such as automatic data collection,intelligent identification of species,data visualization,whole-day and all-weather op-eration,little disturbance to animals,real-time monitoring,and is capable of revealing more small mammal species.However,the VIMS also has several disadvantages over live traps such as lower trapping efficiency and being more expensive than live traps.Our results suggest that the VIMS can be a complementary method to traditional ones in monitoring the real-time spatio-temporal change of diversity and abundance of small mammals(especially rare species).In addition,the VIMS is useful in monitoring other small animals like small carnivores,birds,amphibians,and reptiles.
