Facts:
Name: Tim R. Hofmeester
Department: Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies (VFM)
Faculty: Faculty of Forest Science (S)
Contact: tim.hofmeester@slu.se
Wildlife in the city
Last changed: 14 June 2019
We will set-up a citizen science project in Umeå kommun. Participants will get a short course in how to use a camera trap (a camera with a motion-detection sensor) to see which animals live in their surroundings. They will then deploy these camera traps in the direct surroundings of their home.
The aims of the project are to:
- Determine which animals live in and around Umeå
- Find out which landscape characteristics determine the presence/absence of certain species
- Quantify how the participants perceive these animals before the project and how that perception changes during the project
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Camera trap picture of a mountain hare near Nordmaling, Sweden (© Beyond Moose, VFM, SLU)
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Camera trap picture of a moose near Nordmaling, Sweden (© Beyond Moose, VFM, SLU)
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Camera trap picture of a roe deer near Nordmaling, Sweden (© Beyond Moose, VFM, SLU)
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