Rapid Systematic Literature Review: Camera Trap Sampling in Ecological Studies - Considerations of Wildlife Welfare

However, there is some evidence that some species alter their behaviour when exposed to this technology. The primary aim of this study was to address whether researchers working with this technology in the ecology and forestry fields are making considerations for the possible impacts of cameras on animal behaviour.

A secondary aim was to investigate how the use of this technology is framed in recent publications. In this rapid systematic literature review, we conducted a search on Web of Science and we identified 271 papers published in the last five years, in the fields of ecology and forestry, that met our inclusion criteria. We screened the studies for mentions of the impact of camera traps on the welfare of wildlife.