Novel frontier in wildlife monitoring: identification of small rodent species from faecal pellets using Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS)
M. W. Tuomi, F. J. A. Murguzur, K. S. Hoset, E. M. Soininen, E. J. Vesterinen, T. A. Utsi, S. Kaino, K. A. Brathen
This paper develops a method using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy to identify small rodent species from fecal pellets, showing it is accurate and robust for taxonomic determination.
bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2022Ecology