Foreword to the Special Issue on ‘The rapidly expanding role of drones as a tool for wildlife research’

Effects of environmental factors on the detection of subsurface green turtles in aerial drone surveys

(2022) Michael N. Odzer et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Radio-tracking wildlife with drones: a viewshed analysis quantifying survey coverage across diverse landscapes

(2022) Debbie Saunders et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Improving Landsat predictions of rangeland fractional cover with multitask learning and uncertainty

(2021) Brady W. Allred et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

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

A nested drone-satellite approach to monitoring the ecological conditions of wetlands

(2021) Saheba Bhatnagar et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

Decreasing body lengths in North Atlantic right whales

(2021) Joshua D. Stewart et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Review of methods for animal videography using camera systems that automatically move to follow the animal

(2021) Andrew D Straw   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Survival of the fattest: linking body condition to prey availability and survivorship of killer whales

(2021) Joshua D. Stewart et al.   Ecosphere

Drone thermal imaging technology provides a cost-effective tool for landscape-scale monitoring of a cryptic forest-dwelling species across all population densities

(2021) Lachlan G. Howell et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Comparing unmanned aerial systems with conventional methodology for surveying a wild white-tailed deer population

(2021) Michael C. McMahon et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Quantifying Western U.S. Rangelands as Fractional Components with Multi-Resolution Remote Sensing and In Situ Data

(2020) Matthew Rigge et al.   Remote Sensing

Insight into the kinematics of blue whale surface foraging through drone observations and prey data

(2020) Leigh G. Torres et al.   PeerJ

Observing the unwatchable: Integrating automated sensing, naturalistic observations and animal social network analysis in the age of big data

(2020) Jennifer E. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Drone-Based Tracking of the Fine-Scale Movement of a Coastal Stingray (Bathytoshia brevicaudata)

(2020) Semonn Oleksyn et al.   Remote Sensing

Quantifying plant-soil-nutrient dynamics in rangelands: Fusion of UAV hyperspectral-LiDAR, UAV multispectral-photogrammetry, and ground-based LiDAR-digital photography in a shrub-encroached desert grassland

(2020) Joel B. Sankey et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

UAV data as alternative to field sampling to map woody invasive species based on combined Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data

(2019) Teja Kattenborn et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Drones and convolutional neural networks facilitate automated and accurate cetacean species identification and photogrammetry

(2019) Patrick C. Gray et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

(2019) Dongliang Wang et al.   Remote Sensing

Data and resolution requirements in mapping vegetation in spatially heterogeneous landscapes

(2019) Aleksi Räsänen et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

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

(2019) Pascal Fust et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys and image analysis in the study of large surface-associated marine species: a case study on reef sharks Carcharhinus melanopterus shoaling behaviour

(2018) G. Rieucau et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Principles and practice of acquiring drone-based image data in marine environments

(2018) K. E. Joyce et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Quantifying Boreal Forest Structure and Composition Using UAV Structure from Motion

(2018) Michael Alonzo et al.   Forests

Assessing agricultural damage by wild boar using drones

(2018) Anneleen Rutten et al.   WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN

The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Marine Mammal Research

(2017) Lorenzo Fiori 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

Citizen Science: New Research Challenges for Human–Computer Interaction

(2016) Jennifer Preece   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

High-resolution habitat modeling with airborne LiDAR for red tree voles

(2016) Aaron N. Johnston et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

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

(2015) Julie Linchant et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW