PhenoCams on the roof of the world: community-maintained timelapse trail cameras for monitoring vegetation dynamics at high altitude (proof-of-concept)

Ruolin Leng, Naomi Gatis, Stephan Harrison, Mahesh Magar, Rai Dilip, Sherpa Kanchha, Karen Anderson, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste, University of Exeter, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Himalayan Research Limited, Riverside Lodge, Peaceful Lodge

Progress in Physical Geography: An International Review of Geographical Work in the Natural and Environmental Sciences

Published online on February 22, 2026

Abstract

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 418-434, June 2026.
PhenoCam networks are useful for unattended monitoring of ecological dynamics at daily time-steps. Despite extensive networks of PhenoCams in many regions of the world, especially in North America and Europe, there are none in High Mountain Asia (HMA). ...