Human interference with wildlife surveys 805
gaps in wildlife surveys conducted in areas where the chance of theft of equipment is high.
Author contributions Study design: all authors; fieldwork: EF, HB; data analysis: EF; writing: EF, AW.
Acknowledgements We thank the Mazar Family Charitable Foundation Trust, the International Conservation Fund of Canada and Bobolink Foundation for their support; the Osa Camera-Trap Network members for collecting region-wide data on the wildlife community; and the volunteers of Osa Conservation who assisted in fieldwork and data sorting.
Conflicts of interest None.
Ethical standards This research abided by the Oryx guidelines on ethical standards. Although we collected data on people, this was not intentional.We conducted this study in a socially responsible manner that did not violate privacy or cause other unnecessary harm, and we deleted all photographs of people.
Data availability Raw and extracted data are available from the corresponding author upon request.
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