EcologybioRxiv
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…·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.