Camera Trap Detection Rate

AUS-AMR-CON-CTR General Moderate confidence

Benchmark Value

74.1 Detections per 100 trap-nights
Thresholds: Lower: —, Upper: 74.1
Direction: Lower is desirable ↓
Form: MaximumOnly

Scoring Curve

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The scoring engine could not generate a curve for this benchmark context. The primary form is CompositeFramework, but the benchmark data may be missing required fields (e.g., optimal range bounds for an OptimalRange benchmark). This is typically a data quality issue in the benchmark pipeline.

Contributing Benchmarks

CompositeFramework Primary Point Guard Point Guard Point Guard MaximumOnly Guard Point Guard OptimalRange Guard

Evidence & Context

An excessively high aggregate CTR of ~74.1 detections / 100 trap-nights, driven overwhelmingly by invasive rabbits and mice, is not a value to aspire to.

Metric Definition:

Camera Trap Detection Rate (CTR), expressed as the number of independent detection events per 100 trap-nights.

Benchmark Definition:

This benchmark represents an upper limit of camera trap detections indicating a severely degraded ecological state due to invasive species irruption in arid mountain conservation areas.

Justification:

This value represents a severely degraded state characterized by invasive species irruption, resource competition, and likely hyper-predation.

Sources (1)

Preview of Use of European rabbit warrens by sympatric vertebrates in semi-arid Australia (Read et al. 2023)
Use of European rabbit warrens by sympatric vertebrates in semi-arid Australia (Read et al. 2023) Journal

Use of European rabbit warrens by sympatric vertebrates in semi-arid Australia (Read et al. 2023)

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Supporting Sources (1)

Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.

Preview of Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park Co-management Board Annual Report 2015-16
Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park Co-management Board Annual Report 2015-16
Contextual Support Journal

A potential monitoring tool for a cryptic species... (Seidlitz et al. 2022)

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Context

  • Region Australia
  • Biome Arid Mountain Ranges & Uplands
  • Land Use Conservation / Protected Natural Areas
  • Assessment Conservation Target
  • Evidence Type DegradationThreshold

Lifecycle

  • Status Active
  • Version 2
  • Effective From 22 Mar 2026

Notes

This is an anti-benchmark indicating poor ecological health.

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