Opportunities and risks in the use of drones for studying animal behaviour

L Schad, J Fischer - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, drones have become an affordable technology offering highly mobile
aerial platforms that can carry a range of sensory equipment into hitherto uncharted areas …

Integrating UAV technology in an ecological monitoring system for community wildlife management areas in Tanzania

LJ Mangewa, PA Ndakidemi, LK Munishi - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have recently emerged as a new remote sensing aerial
platform, and they are seemingly advancing real-time data generation. Nonetheless …

Data and society: A critical introduction

A Beaulieu, S Leonelli - 2021 - torrossa.com
Let us start with an everyday story common to the world of internet users. It is April 2021 in
the United Kingdom. Thirty-year-old Lara is a healthy and active individual. In the evening …

Machine learning to detect marine animals in UAV imagery: effect of morphology, spacing, behaviour and habitat

AM Dujon, D Ierodiaconou, JJ Geeson… - Remote Sensing in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Machine learning algorithms are being increasingly used to process large volumes
of wildlife imagery data from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); however, suitable algorithms …

A standardized protocol for reporting methods when using drones for wildlife research

AF Barnas, D Chabot, AJ Hodgson… - Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Drones are increasingly popular tools for wildlife research, but it is important that the use of
these tools does not overshadow reporting of methodological details required for evaluation …

Thermal infrared imaging from drones offers a major advance for spider monkey surveys

D Spaan, C Burke, O McAree, F Aureli… - Drones, 2019 - mdpi.com
Accurate and precise population estimates form the basis of conservation action but are
lacking for many arboreal species due to the high costs and difficulty in surveying these …

Comparative assessment of UAV and sentinel-2 NDVI and GNDVI for preliminary diagnosis of habitat conditions in Burunge wildlife management area, Tanzania

LJ Mangewa, PA Ndakidemi, RD Alward, HK Kija… - Earth, 2022 - mdpi.com
Habitat condition is a vital ecological attribute in wildlife conservation and management in
protected areas, including the Burunge wildlife management areas in Tanzania. Traditional …

Unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and control of vectors of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

F Mechan, Z Bartonicek, D Malone, RS Lees - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has expanded rapidly in ecological
conservation and agriculture, with a growing literature describing their potential applications …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal infrared imaging from drones can detect individuals and nocturnal behavior of the world's rarest primate

H Zhang, C Wang, ST Turvey, Z Sun, Z Tan… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Escalating anthropogenic pressures now threaten~ 60% of primate species across the world
with extinction. Developing effective evidence-based conservation for threatened primate …

Noninvasive technologies for primate conservation in the 21st century

AK Piel, A Crunchant, IE Knot, C Chalmers… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Observing and quantifying primate behavior in the wild is challenging. Human presence
affects primate behavior and habituation of new, especially terrestrial, individuals is a time …