Use of Automated Behaviour Response System

As documented by Suraci et al. (2016), most of the modern camera traps are capable to record both audio and video at the same time, though a small subset of the camera traps studies have made use of the capability to record the behavioural responses of the animals in real-time (Rowcliffe et al. 2012; Weinstein 2015). Justin Suraci and their research team provided ABR (Automated behavioural response system) which can be used as an acoustic cue to design the LOF study. Using the ABR, they successfully tested the responses of species ranging from elephants (5250 kg) to squirrels (0.2 kg). Since 2016, playbacks experiments have been used to test the behavioural responses of species with an impressive acoustic range, including the vocalizations of the other species (Blumstein 2014; King 2015), and anthropogenic noises (Francis & Barber 2013). Through this study we can integrate recent models of LOF to real-time conservation practices (Berger-Tal et al. 2011)