Remote ecological monitoring with smartphones and tasker
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Abstract
Researchers have increasingly used autonomous monitoring units to record animal sounds, track phenology with timed photographs, and snap images when triggered by motion. We piloted the use of smartphones to monitor wildlife in the Riverside East Solar Energy Zone (California) and at Indiana Dunes National Park (Indiana). For both efforts, we established remote autonomous monitoring stations in which we housed an Android smartphone in a weather-proof box mounted to a pole and powered by solar panels. We connected each smartphone to a Google account, and the smartphone received its recording/photo schedule daily via a Google Calendar connection when in data transmission mode. Phones were automated by Tasker, an Android application for automating cell phone tasks. We describe a simple approach that could be adopted by others who wish to use nonproprietary methods of data collection and analysis.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Remote ecological monitoring with smartphones and tasker |
| Series title | Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management |
| DOI | 10.3996/JFWM-20-071 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Contributing office(s) | Coop Res Unit Leetown |
| Description | 11 p. |
| First page | 163 |
| Last page | 173 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California, Indiana |
| Other Geospatial | Indiana Dunes National Park, Riverside East Solar Energy Zone |
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