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

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

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

Aerial Surveys Using an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS): Comparison of Different Methods for Estimating the Surface Area of Sampling Strips

(2016) Jonathan Lisein et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

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

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

The possibility of using high resolution satellite images for detection of marine mammals

(2013) N. G. Platonov et al.   BIOLOGY BULLETIN

Eyes in the Sky: Remote Sensing Technology Development Using Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

(2013) Michael G. Wing et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

A New Approach for Pass-point Generation from Aerial Video Imagery

(2013) Benjamin E. Wilkinson et al.   PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING AND REMOTE SENSING

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

‘Structure-from-Motion’ photogrammetry: A low-cost, effective tool for geoscience applications

(2012) M.J. Westoby et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Mapping by matching: a computer vision-based approach to fast and accurate georeferencing of archaeological aerial photographs

(2012) G. Verhoeven et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

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

(2012) Julien Martin et al.   PLoS One

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

(2012) Dominique Chabot et al.   WATERBIRDS

Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Remote Sensing and Scientific Research: Classification and Considerations of Use

(2012) Adam C. Watts et al.   Remote Sensing

Development of a low-cost agricultural remote sensing system based on an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

(2011) Haitao Xiang et al.   BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

UAV-based remote sensing of the Super-Sauze landslide: Evaluation and results

(2011) U. Niethammer et al.   ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

Game over! Wildlife collapse in northern Central African Republic

(2011) Philippe Bouché et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Cost-effective accurate estimates of adult chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, abundance in a Japanese river using a radio-controlled helicopter

(2011) Hideaki Kudo et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Small-Scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Environmental Remote Sensing: Challenges and Opportunities

(2011) Perry J. Hardin et al.   GIScience & Remote Sensing

Fine-scale bird monitoring from light unmanned aircraft systems

(2011) FRANCESC SARDÀ-PALOMERA et al.   IBIS

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Low-Altitude Aerial Surveys

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

Will Elephants Soon Disappear from West African Savannahs?

(2011) Philippe Bouché et al.   PLoS One

Satellite imagery can be used to detect variation in abundance of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in Erebus Bay, Antarctica

(2011) Michelle A. LaRue et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

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

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

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

Acquisition of NIR-Green-Blue Digital Photographs from Unmanned Aircraft for Crop Monitoring

(2010) E. Raymond Hunt et al.   Remote Sensing

Evaluation of an Unmanned Airborne System for Monitoring Marine Mammals

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

Assessment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Imagery for Quantitative Monitoring of Wheat Crop in Small Plots

(2008) Camille Lelong et al.   SENSORS