Existing and emerging uses of drones in restoration ecology

Airborne environmental DNA for terrestrial vertebrate community monitoring

(2022) Christina Lynggaard et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Estimating Forest Structure from UAV-Mounted LiDAR Point Cloud Using Machine Learning

(2021) Romain Neuville et al.   Remote Sensing

Automated detection of wildlife using drones: Synthesis, opportunities and constraints

(2021) Evangeline Corcoran et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A more precise way to localize animals using drones

(2021) Nathan T. Hui et al.   Journal of Field Robotics

Monitoring the Structure of Regenerating Vegetation Using Drone-Based Digital Aerial Photogrammetry

(2021) Rik J. G. Nuijten et al.   Remote Sensing

Using drones to reduce human disturbance while monitoring breeding status of an endangered raptor

(2021) Diego Gallego et al.   Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Drones That Deliver: Pheromone-Based Mating Disruption Deployed via Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles in U.S. Cranberries

(2021) Brian D Luck et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Comparison of UAV and fixed‐wing aerial application for alfalfa insect pest control: evaluating efficacy, residues, and spray quality

(2021) Xuan Li et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Determination of optimal flight altitude to minimise acoustic drone disturbance to wildlife using species audiograms

(2021) Isla Duporge et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Intermediate ice scour disturbance is key to maintaining a peak in biodiversity within the shallows of the Western Antarctic Peninsula

(2021) B. J. O. Robinson et al.   Scientific Reports

Feasibility Analyses of Real-Time Detection of Wildlife Using UAV-Derived Thermal and RGB Images

(2021) Seunghyeon Lee et al.   Remote Sensing

UAV-Supported Forest Regeneration: Current Trends, Challenges and Implications

(2021) Midhun Mohan et al.   Remote Sensing

Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts

(2021) Nancy Shackelford et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Developing UAV Monitoring of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’ Iconic Land-Based Marine Predators

(2021) John Dickens et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Monitoring restored tropical forest diversity and structure through UAV-borne hyperspectral and lidar fusion

(2021) Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

A decade of restoring a temperate woodland: Lessons learned and future directions

(2021) Peter A. Harrison et al.   ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

From communities to individuals: Using remote sensing to inform and monitor woodland restoration

(2021) Peter A. Harrison et al.   ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

Emerging Tick-Borne Diseases

(2020) Susan Madison-Antenucci et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

‘Deathly silent’: Ecologist describes Australian wildfires’ devastating aftermath

(2020) Dyani Lewis   NATURE

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) survey of the Antarctic shag (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis) breeding colony at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands

(2020) W. Chris Oosthuizen et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Fine scale plant community assessment in coastal meadows using UAV based multispectral data

(2020) M. Villoslada et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

UAV-mounted hyperspectral mapping of intertidal macroalgae

(2020) Thomas Rossiter et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Shallow coral reef community mapping and update on its ecological units using aerial images at Isla Arena, Colombian Caribbean

(2020) Silvia L. Sierra-Escrigas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Counting Mixed Breeding Aggregations of Animal Species Using Drones: Lessons from Waterbirds on Semi-Automation

(2020) Roxane J. Francis et al.   Remote Sensing

Measuring Individual Tree Diameter and Height Using GatorEye High-Density UAV-Lidar in an Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forest System

(2020) Ana Paula Dalla Corte et al.   Remote Sensing

Ecosystem Restoration: A Public Health Intervention

(2020) Martin F. Breed et al.   EcoHealth

Evaluating techniques for mapping island vegetation from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images: Pixel classification, visual interpretation and machine learning approaches

(2020) S.M. Hamylton et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Evaluation of an unmanned aerial vehicle as a new method of pesticide application for almond crop protection

(2020) Xuan Li et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Loess Plateau: from degradation to restoration

(2020) Yang Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

From Drones to Phenotype: Using UAV-LiDAR to Detect Species and Provenance Variation in Tree Productivity and Structure

(2020) Nicolò Camarretta et al.   Remote Sensing

Long‐term biodiversity trajectories for pest‐managed ecological restorations: eradication vs. suppression

(2020) Rachelle N. Binny et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Damage Assessment of Rice Crop after Toluene Exposure Based on the Vegetation Index (VI) and UAV Multispectral Imagery

(2020) Hyewon Kim et al.   Remote Sensing

The effectiveness of drones in measuring particulate matter

(2020) Hayden A. Hedworth et al.   JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE

Accurate Measurement of Tropical Forest Canopy Heights and Aboveground Carbon Using Structure From Motion

(2019) Tom Swinfield et al.   Remote Sensing

Methodological Ambiguity and Inconsistency Constrain Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as A Silver Bullet for Monitoring Ecological Restoration

(2019) Buters et al.   Remote Sensing

The potential of genomics for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity

(2019) Martin F. Breed et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Self-organising swarms of firefighting drones: Harnessing the power of collective intelligence in decentralised multi-robot systems

(2019) Mauro S. Innocente et al.   Journal of Computational Science

International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration. Second edition

(2019) George D. Gann et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Assessing the Efficacy of Seedling Planting as a Forest Restoration Technique in Temperate Hardwood Forests Impacted by Invasive Species

(2019) Michaela J. Woods et al.   Forests

Estimation of aboveground biomass of Robinia pseudoacacia forest in the Yellow River Delta based on UAV and Backpack LiDAR point clouds

(2019) Jinbo Lu et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Postfire Vegetation Survey Campaigns through Large and Heterogeneous Areas: Opportunities and Challenges

(2018) José Fernández-Guisuraga et al.   SENSORS

How do you find the green sheep? A critical review of the use of remotely sensed imagery to detect and count animals

(2018) Tracey Hollings et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Drones count wildlife more accurately and precisely than humans

(2018) Jarrod C. Hodgson et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Wildfires managed for restoration enhance ecological resilience

(2018) Ana M. G. Barros et al.   Ecosphere

A Distributed Control Framework of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Dynamic Wildfire Tracking

(2018) Huy Xuan Pham et al.   IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems

Understanding ecological contexts for active reforestation following wildfires

(2018) Angela M. White et al.   NEW FORESTS

Sensitivity of Adélie and Gentoo penguins to various flight activities of a micro UAV

(2018) Marie-Charlott Rümmler et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Unmanned aircraft systems as a new source of disturbance for wildlife: A systematic review

(2017) Margarita Mulero-Pázmány et al.   PLoS One

Identifying species from the air: UAVs and the very high resolution challenge for plant conservation

(2017) Susana Baena et al.   PLoS One

Applying an animal-centric approach to improve ecological restoration

(2016) Menna E. Jones et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Airborne Optical and Thermal Remote Sensing for Wildfire Detection and Monitoring

(2016) Robert Allison et al.   SENSORS

Assessment of Forest Structure Using Two UAV Techniques: A Comparison of Airborne Laser Scanning and Structure from Motion (SfM) Point Clouds

(2016) Luke Wallace et al.   Forests

Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Micro-Uavs, Drones) in Plant Ecology

(2016) Mitchell B. Cruzan et al.   Applications in Plant Sciences

Using lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor tropical forest recovery

(2015) Rakan A. Zahawi et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Approaching birds with drones: first experiments and ethical guidelines

(2015) E. Vas et al.   Biology Letters

An Assessment of the Repeatability of Automatic Forest Inventory Metrics Derived From UAV-Borne Laser Scanning Data

(2014) Luke Wallace et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

The application of eDNA for monitoring of the Great Crested Newt in the UK

(2014) Helen C. Rees et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A low-cost multi-sensoral mobile mapping system and its feasibility for tree measurements

(2010) Anttoni Jaakkola et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING