Unmanned aircraft systems in wildlife research: current and future applications of a transformative technology

Dawn of Drone Ecology: Low-Cost Autonomous Aerial Vehicles for Conservation

(2016) Lian Pin Koh et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

Locating chimpanzee nests and identifying fruiting trees with an unmanned aerial vehicle

(2015) Alexander C. van Andel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Approaching birds with drones: first experiments and ethical guidelines

(2015) E. Vas et al.   Biology Letters

Bears Show a Physiological but Limited Behavioral Response to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

(2015) Mark A. Ditmer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Barriers to adding UAVs to the ecologist's toolbox

(2015) John B Vincent et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Low-budget ready-to-fly unmanned aerial vehicles: an effective tool for evaluating the nesting status of canopy-breeding bird species

(2015) M. H. Weissensteiner et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Are unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) the future of wildlife monitoring? A review of accomplishments and challenges

(2015) Julie Linchant et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

A small unmanned aerial system for estimating abundance and size of Antarctic predators

(2015) Michael E. Goebel et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Studying Spatial Abundance of Ungulates: Relevance to Spatial Epidemiology

(2015) José A. Barasona et al.   PLoS One

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems as a Rhinoceros Anti-Poaching Tool in Africa

(2014) Margarita Mulero-Pázmány et al.   PLoS One

Monitoring the Invasion ofSpartina alternifloraUsing Very High Resolution Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery in Beihai, Guangxi (China)

(2014) Huawei Wan et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecology

(2013) Karen Anderson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Unmanned Aerial Survey of Elephants

(2013) Cédric Vermeulen et al.   PLoS One

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Surveying Marine Fauna: A Dugong Case Study

(2013) Amanda Hodgson et al.   PLoS One

Removing non-ground points from automated photo-based DEM and evaluation of its accuracy with LiDAR DEM

(2012) Abdolhamid Dehvari et al.   COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES

Multiscale assessment of green leaf cover in a semi-arid rangeland with a small unmanned aerial vehicle

(2012) Kenneth C. McGwire et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Estimating Distribution of Hidden Objects with Drones: From Tennis Balls to Manatees

(2012) Julien Martin et al.   PLoS One

The Eye in the Sky: Combined Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems and GPS Data Loggers for Ecological Research and Conservation of Small Birds

(2012) Airam Rodríguez et al.   PLoS One

Potential population-level effects of increased haulout-related mortality of Pacific walrus calves

(2012) Mark S. Udevitz et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Evaluation of an off-the-shelf Unmanned Aircraft System for Surveying Flocks of Geese

(2012) Dominique Chabot et al.   WATERBIRDS

Fine-scale bird monitoring from light unmanned aircraft systems

(2011) FRANCESC SARDÀ-PALOMERA et al.   IBIS

Using object-based analysis of image data to count birds: mapping of Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam, Northern Cape, South Africa

(2011) Geoff Groom et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Comparison of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Platforms for Assessing Vegetation Cover in Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems

(2011) Robert P. Breckenridge et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

A technique to estimate white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus density using vertical-looking infrared imagery

(2011) Robert E. Kissell et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Assessing biodiversity in forests using very high-resolution images and unmanned aerial vehicles

(2011) Stephan Getzin et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Low-Altitude Aerial Surveys

(2010) Adam C. Watts et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

UAS remote sensing missions for rangeland applications

(2010) Andrea S. Laliberte et al.   Geocarto International

Size and long-term growth trends of Endangered fish-eating killer whales

(2010) H Fearnbach et al.   Endangered Species Research

Thermal and Narrowband Multispectral Remote Sensing for Vegetation Monitoring From an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

(2009) J. Berni et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

Potential and constraints of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology for the characterization of Mediterranean riparian forest

(2009) R. Dunford et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Evaluation of an Unmanned Airborne System for Monitoring Marine Mammals

(2009) William R. Koski et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS