Evaluation of an Innovative Rosette Flight Plan Design for Wildlife Aerial Surveys with UAS

Artificial intelligence for automated detection of large mammals creates path to upscale drone surveys

(2023) Javier Lenzi et al.   Scientific Reports

From crowd to herd counting: How to precisely detect and count African mammals using aerial imagery and deep learning?

(2023) Alexandre Delplanque et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

Evaluating the Use of Drones Equipped with Thermal Sensors as an Effective Method for Estimating Wildlife

(2020) Jared T. Beaver et al.   WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN

Surveying Wild Animals from Satellites, Manned Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs): A Review

(2019) Dongliang Wang et al.   Remote Sensing

Improving the precision and accuracy of animal population estimates with aerial image object detection

(2019) Jasper A. J. Eikelboom et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Development perspectives for the application of autonomous, unmanned aerial systems (UASs) in wildlife conservation

(2019) Pascal Fust et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Unoccupied Aircraft Systems in Marine Science and Conservation

(2018) David W. Johnston   Annual Review of Marine Science

Detecting mammals in UAV images: Best practices to address a substantially imbalanced dataset with deep learning

(2018) Benjamin Kellenberger et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Drones count wildlife more accurately and precisely than humans

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

Recording animal vocalizations from a UAV: bat echolocation during roost re-entry

(2018) Laura N. Kloepper et al.   Scientific Reports

Application of UAV Remote Sensing for a Population Census of Large Wild Herbivores—Taking the Headwater Region of the Yellow River as an Example

(2018) Xingjian Guo et al.   Remote Sensing

The potential of unmanned aerial systems for sea turtle research and conservation: a review and future directions

(2018) AF Rees et al.   Endangered Species Research

UAS imagery reveals new survey opportunities for counting hippos

(2018) Julie Linchant et al.   PLoS One

The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Marine Mammal Research

(2017) Lorenzo Fiori et al.   Remote Sensing

Optimizing the Processing of UAV-Based Thermal Imagery

(2017) Wouter Maes et al.   Remote Sensing

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

(2016) Katherine S Christie et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Precision wildlife monitoring using unmanned aerial vehicles

(2016) Jarrod C. Hodgson et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

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

(2015) Julie Linchant et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

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

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

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

Trends in populations of elephant and other large herbivores in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, as revealed by sample aerial surveys

(2012) Kevin M. Dunham   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2012) Dominique Chabot et al.   WATERBIRDS

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Low-Altitude Aerial Surveys

(2011) ADAM C. WATTS et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Understanding Animal Group-Size Distributions

(2011) Michael Griesser et al.   PLoS One

Aerial Survey Intensity as a Determinant of Estimates of African Elephant Population Sizes and Trends

(2010) Sam M. Ferreira et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH