Resources and Publications
Here is a list of resources and publication related to foundation
Trapper (Original Publications)
Bubnicki, J. W., Churski, M. and Kuijper, D. P. (2016), TRAPPER: an open source web‐based application to manage camera trapping projects. Methods Ecol Evol, 7: 1209-1216. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12571
Frauendorf, M., Bubnicki, J.W., Ånöstam, F., Tynecki, P., Wałejko, Ł., Cromsigt, J.P., Widemo, F. and Hofmeester, T.R., 2025. Trapper Citizen Science: an open-source camera trap platform for citizen science in wildlife research and management. Preprint available at ecoevorxiv.org, https://doi.org/10.32942/X2G35W
TRAPPER documentation
Publications where Trapper was applied as a software (incomplete)
Peters, A., Smith, A.F., Henrich, M., Dormann, C.F. and Heurich, M., 2025. Temporal displacement of the mammal community in a protected area due to hunting and recreational activities. Ecological Applications, 35(7), p.e70118. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70118
Peters, A., Ferry, N., Dormann, C.F. and Heurich, M., 2025. Hunting shapes wildlife behavioural responses to non-lethal recreational activities in a protected area. Global Ecology and Conservation, p.e03994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03994
Henrich, M., Fiderer, C., Klamm, A., Schneider, A., Ballmann, A., Stein, J., Kratzer, R., Reiner, R., Greiner, S., Twietmeyer, S. and Rönitz, T., 2025. Camera traps and deep learning enable efficient large‐scale density estimation of wildlife in temperate forest ecosystems. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70030
Broughton, R.K., Cholewa, M., Czeszczewik, D., Fuller, R.J., Jaroszewicz, B., Kuijper, D.P., Maziarz, M., Mikusiński, G. and Neubauer, G., 2025. The Białowieża Forest as an example of the resilience of long-term studies in a changing world. Biological Conservation, 304, p.111045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111045
Stępniak, K.M., Diserens, T.A., Szewczyk, M., Mysłajek, R.W. and Kuijper, D.P., 2025. Domestic Dog Scent Marks Trigger a Behavioural Response in Wild Wolves. Ecology and Evolution, 15(7), p.e71364. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71364
Grella, N., Pedersen, K., Blüthgen, N., Busse, A., Donoso, D.A., Falconí‐López, A., Fiderer, C., Heurich, M., de la Hoz, M., Kriegel, P. and Newell, F.L., 2025. Vertebrate diversity and biomass along a recovery gradient in a lowland tropical forest. Biotropica, 57(1), p.e13417. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13417
Fredriksson, E., Cromsigt, J.P. and Hofmeester, T.R., 2025. Wildfire influences species assemblage and habitat utilisation of boreal wildlife after more than a decade in northern Sweden. Wildlife Biology, 2025(3), p.e01296. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01296
Churski, M., Kuijper, D.P., Semmelmayer, K., Bond, W.J., Cromsigt, J.P., Wang, Y. and Charles‐Dominique, T., 2024. Tree growth‐forms reveal dominant browsers shaping the vegetation. Functional Ecology, 38(9), pp.2027-2040. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14623
Wierer, A., von Hoermann, C., Benbow, M.E., Büchner, C., Feldhaar, H., Fiderer, C., Mitesser, O., Rietz, J., Schlüter, J., Zeitzler, J. and Lackner, T., 2024. Mechanisms determining the multi-diversity of carrion visiting species along a gradient of carrion body mass. Oecologia, 206(1), pp.115-126. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-024-05611-1
Otte, P.J., Cromsigt, J.P., Smit, C. and Hofmeester, T.R., 2024. Snow cover‐related camouflage mismatch increases detection by predators. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 341(4), pp.327-337. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2784
Bubnicki, J.W.B., 2024. Poprawa stanu łączności ekologicznej w Karkonoskim Parku Narodowym i jego Otulinie – raport z wykonanych analiz środowiskowych i łączności krajobrazowej na bazie zebranego materiału fotopułapkowego. Report (in Polish). Open Science Conservation Fund and Mammal Research Institute PAS, Białowieża. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18107323
Mustafić, S., Dachs, D., Prüller, R., Schöggl, F. and Perko, R., 2024. Improving Wildlife Management with AI: Species Detection and Classification from Camera Trap Data. 4th International Workshop on Camera Traps, AI, and Ecology, September 5 – 6, 2024, Hagenberg, Austria. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3786/paper2.pdf
Fabri, N.D., Hofmeester, T.R., Ecke, F., Sprong, H., Timmermans, J., Heesterbeek, H. and Cromsigt, J.P. 2024. Ixodes ricinus tick presence is associated with abiotic but not biotic factors. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases, 6, p.100206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2024.100206
Rietz, J., Ischebeck, S., Conraths, F.J., Probst, C., Zedrosser, A., Fiderer, C., Reckel, F., von Hoermann, C., Müller, J. and Heurich, M. 2024. Scavenger-induced scattering of wild boar carcasses over large distances and its implications for disease management. Journal of Environmental Management, 365, p.121554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121554
Hofmeester, T.R., Erath, N., Mos, J. and Thurfjell, H., 2024. Mustelid mugshots: photographing facial masks of European polecats (Mustela putorius) for individual recognition and density estimation using camera traps. Mammal Research, 69(3), pp.435-443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-024-00751-4
Smith, A.F., Kasper, K., Lazzeri, L., Schulte, M., Kudrenko, S., Say-Sallaz, E., Churski, M., Shamovich, D., Obrizan, S., Domashevsky, S. and Korepanova, K. 2024. Reduced human disturbance increases diurnal activity in wolves, but not Eurasian lynx. Global Ecology and Conservation, 53, p.e02985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02985
Chibowski, P., Zegarek, M., Zarzycka, A. and Suska-Malawska, M., 2024. Observations on the ecological role of burrow-dwelling mammals in a cold, hyperarid mountain habitat. Mammal Study, 49(2), pp.151-157. https://doi.org/10.3106/ms2023-0053
Camtrap DP - standard
Bubnicki, J. W., Norton, B., Baskauf, S. J., Bruce, T., Cagnacci, F., Casaer, J., Churski, M., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Dal Farra, S., Fiderer, C., Forrester, T. D., Hendry, H., Heurich, M., Hofmeester, T. R., Jansen, P. A., Kays, R., Kuijper, D. P. J., Liefting, Y., Linnell, J. D. C., Luskin, M. S., Mann, C., Milotic, T., Newman, P., Niedballa, J., Oldoni, D., Ossi, F., Robertson, T., Rovero, F., Rowcliffe, M., Seidenari, L., Stachowicz, I., Stowell, D., Tobler, M. W., Wieczorek, J., Zimmermann, F., & Desmet, P. (2023). Camtrap DP: an open standard for the FAIR exchange and archiving of camera trap data. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.374
Camera Trap Data Package (Camtrap DP) is a community-developed data exchange format for camera trap data. A Camtrap DP is a Frictionless Data Package: https://camtrap-dp.tdwg.org/