Camera Trap Detection Rate

AUS-TGP-LVG-CTR General Moderate confidence

Benchmark Value

1 Detections per 100 trap-nights
Thresholds: Lower: 1, Upper: —
Direction: Lower is desirable ↓
Form: MinimumOnly

Scoring Curve

This curve shows how a field measurement for this indicator would score across all available benchmark forms in this context. The scoring engine uses 3 benchmarks together — the OptimalRange form drives the primary score, while 2 guard(s) constrain the result.

Contributing Benchmarks

OptimalRange Primary MinimumOnly Guard MaximumOnly Guard

Evidence & Context

For the Camera Trap Detection Rate of native, non-pest fauna in Temperate Grassy Woodlands, this threshold is proposed at < 1.0 Detections per 100 trap-nights.

Metric Definition:

Camera Trap Detection Rate (CTR), expressed as detections per 100 trap-nights, representing the activity rate of native ground-dwelling fauna.

Benchmark Definition:

A Camera Trap Detection Rate below 1 detection per 100 trap-nights indicates severe habitat degradation and a compromised capacity to support biodiversity in Temperate Grassy Woodlands under livestock grazing.

Justification:

This threshold is linked to the well-documented ecological signature of a degraded landscape resulting from long-term, intensive overgrazing.

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Elucidating Patterns in the Occurrence of Threatened Ground-Dwelling Marsupials Using Camera-Traps

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Context

  • Region Australia
  • Biome Temperate Grassy Woodlands & Plains
  • Land Use Livestock Grazing & Pasture
  • Assessment Agricultural Biodiversity Target
  • Vegetation Woodland
  • Evidence Type DegradationThreshold

Lifecycle

  • Status Active
  • Version 1
  • Effective From 15 Mar 2026

Notes

A CTR below this level indicates a habitat that has lost its fundamental structural complexity and signals a system that has crossed a threshold into a dysfunctional state.

Related Benchmarks

Other benchmarks in the AUS-TGP-LVG-CTR family.

— Detections per 100 trap-nights Moderate
Livestock Grazing & Pasture · Agricultural Biodiversity Target · Woodland
OptimalRange Active v1
15 Detections per 100 trap-nights Moderate
Livestock Grazing & Pasture · Agricultural Biodiversity Target · Woodland
MaximumOnly Active v1