Snapshot Global
Snapshot Global is a catalog of large scale collaborative wildlife monitoring projects using camera traps. Select one of the projects below or add your own by emailing RooneyBR@si.edu.
- Snapshot USA
- Snapshot Europe
- Snapshot Japan
Snapshot USA
Snapshot USA project is a huge collaborative effort to sample mammal populations with camera traps across all of the United States. The study is designed to sample sites in all 50 states stratified across habitats and development zones (suburban/rural/wild/urban) with an objective of at least 400 trap-nights in site.
Snapshot Europe
Snapshot EU is a collaborative and volunteer-based project aiming to monitor mammals across the whole of Europe through a coordinated and standardized camera trap effort. The study is designed to sample sites in all countries stratified across all habitat types and development zones (suburban/rural/wild/urban). Collaborating camera trappers provide their own cameras and monitor 10-50 sites of each year.
Snapshot Japan
Snapshot Japan is a collaborative camera trap survey to collect data on terrestrial animals across Japan. The initiative is in partnership with Snapshot Global.