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ReviewNature communications2022

Perspectives in machine learning for wildlife conservation.

Devis Tuia, Benjamin Kellenberger, Sara Beery, Blair R Costelloe, Silvia Zuffi, Benjamin Risse, Alexander Mathis, Mackenzie W Mathis, Frank van Langevelde, Tilo Burghardt and 8 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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129citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. From data to decisions: The role of machine learning in precision ecological restoration.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2026
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  13. An Automated Population Monitoring Framework forSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  19. RCAF-Net: Wildlife Target Detection in Complex Forest Scenarios.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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69 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Devis Tuia *School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland. devis.tuia@epfl.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-0374-2459
Benjamin Kellenberger *School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sara Beery *Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA.
Blair R Costelloe *Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5291-788X
Silvia ZuffiInstitute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies, IMATI-CNR, Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1358-0828
Benjamin RisseComputer Science Department, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5691-4029
Alexander MathisSchool of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3777-2202
Mackenzie W MathisSchool of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7368-4456
Frank van LangeveldeEnvironmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8870-0797
Tilo BurghardtComputer Science Department, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Roland KaysDepartment of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2947-6665
Holger KlinckCornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Martin WikelskiMax Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9790-7025
Iain D CouzinMax Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8556-4558
Grant van HornCornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Margaret C CrofootMax Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.
Charles V StewartDepartment of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
Tanya Berger-WolfTranslational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7610-1412

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inexpensive and accessible sensors are accelerating data acquisition in animal ecology. These technologies hold great potential for large-scale ecological understanding, but are limited by current processing approaches which inefficiently distill data into relevant information. We argue that animal ecologists can capitalize on large datasets generated by modern sensors by combining machine learning approaches with domain knowledge. Incorporating machine learning into ecological workflows could improve inputs for ecological models and lead to integrated hybrid modeling tools. This approach will require close interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure the quality of novel approaches and train a new generation of data scientists in ecology and conservation.

Indexed as

Animals, WildConservation of Natural ResourcesEcologyMachine LearningAnimalsAutomationEcosystemKnowledgeModels, Theoretical

Identifiers

PMID35140206
PMCPMC8828720

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