Declining Planetary Health as a Driver of Camera Trap Studies: Insights from the Web of Science Database

Planetary health is crucial to human well-being, ecosystem sustainability, and biodiversity. The camera trap (CT) is an effective sampling tool used to monitor biodiversity through remote sensing. This study examines the potential drivers of CT research growth using a logistic model based on specific variables, including global gross domestic product (GDP), temperature growth, the declined living planet index (LPI), and human population growth (Pop), by referencing Web of Science (WoS) indexed publications. LPI was identified as a statistically significant driver (p-value < 0.01), suggesting that the concept of “understanding the creatures we share the planet with” influences CT studies. In addition, this study examines CT research trends using the bibliometric insights of 2,377 extracted WoS-indexed publications. We examined and visualized the network of co-occurrence of authors and authors’ countries, keywords, and keywords plus documents. Overall, this study assesses ecological and conservation informatics and provides a reference to scholars, policymakers, and decision-makers.

行星健康（Planetary health）对于人类福祉、生态系统可持续性与生物多样性均至关重要。相机陷阱（camera trap, CT）是一类通过遥感技术监测生物多样性的高效采样工具。本研究以Web of Science（WoS）收录的文献为数据源，选取全球国内生产总值（GDP）、温度增幅、生存行星指数（LPI）下降以及人口增长（Pop）等特定变量，基于逻辑斯蒂模型探究相机陷阱研究增长的潜在驱动因素。研究结果显示，生存行星指数为具有统计学显著性的驱动因素（p值<0.01），这表明“认识我们与地球共享的生物”这一理念对相机陷阱研究产生了显著影响。此外，本研究通过分析2377篇提取自WoS的收录文献的文献计量学特征，探究了相机陷阱领域的研究趋势；我们对作者、作者所属国家、关键词以及关键词扩展（keywords plus）的共现网络进行了分析与可视化处理。总体而言，本研究对生态与保护信息学领域进行了评估，并为学者、政策制定者与决策者提供了参考依据。