Comparing fine-grained and coarse-grained object detection for ecology

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.00018v1
• Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 04:50:55 GMT
• Title: Comparing fine-grained and coarse-grained object detection for ecology
• Authors: Jess Tam, Justin Kay,
• Abstract summary: We investigated how model results were affected by combining multiple species in single classes. We found that species that benefited the most from merging into a single class were mainly species that look alike morphologically. We suggest that practitioners could classify morphologically similar species together as a functional group or higher taxonomic group to draw ecological inferences.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Computer vision applications are increasingly popular for wildlife monitoring tasks. While some studies focus on the monitoring of a single species, such as a particular endangered species, others monitor larger functional groups, such as predators. In our study, we used camera trap images collected in north-western New South Wales, Australia, to investigate how model results were affected by combining multiple species in single classes, and whether the addition of negative samples can improve model performance. We found that species that benefited the most from merging into a single class were mainly species that look alike morphologically, i.e. macropods. Whereas species that looked distinctively different gave mixed results when merged, e.g. merging pigs and goats together as non-native large mammals. We also found that adding negative samples improved model performance marginally in most instances, and recommend conducting a more comprehensive study to explore whether the marginal gains were random or consistent. We suggest that practitioners could classify morphologically similar species together as a functional group or higher taxonomic group to draw ecological inferences. Nevertheless, whether to merge classes or not will depend on the ecological question to be explored.

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