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Table 3 Raw observed outcomes of animals passing within 10 m of camera traps. These observations were used to estimate the components of detectability described in Table 3. Camera outcomes are reported as the average proportion of camera visits that result in identifiable animal photographs, empty or unidentifiable photographs, or no photographs (no camera trigger). These movement paths are from a 10-day subset of data for deer due to a high volume of detections but we used the full dataset for the other three species

From: Empirical evaluation of the spatial scale and detection process of camera trap surveys

Species

Proportion of Photo Outcomes

Sample Sizes

Identifiable

Empty or Unclear

No Photos

Camera passes

Paths

Deer

0.86

0.05

0.09

123

21

Raccoon

0.47

0.13

0.39

76

18

Coyote

0.57

0.15

0.28

47

14

Gray Fox

0.29

0.12

0.58

24

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