Bird surveys conducted using aerial images can be more accurate than those using airborne
observers, but can also be more time‐consuming if images must be analyzed manually …

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for ecological research has grown rapidly in
recent years, but few studies have assessed the disturbance impacts of these tools on focal …

Recent advances in drone technology have rapidly led to their use for monitoring and
managing wildlife populations but a broad and generalised framework for their application to …

Although drones are becoming very common in the skies, most concerns about their use are
not focused on their possible impact on wildlife. We used the information available from the …

Tidal energy is a rapidly develo** area of the marine renewable energy sector that
requires converters to be placed within areas of fast current speeds to be commercially …

Background: Open Access Editor's Choice Article Demystifying the Differences between
Structure-from-MotionSoftware Packages for Pre-Processing Drone Data by Taleatha Pell …

Over the past decade, drones have become increasingly popular in environmental biology
and have been used to study wildlife on all continents. Drones have become of global …

Plant phenological processes produce temporal variation in the height and cover of
vegetation. Key aspects of animal life cycles, such as reproduction, often coincide with the …

Drones are becoming a common method for surveying wildlife as they offer an aerial
perspective of the landscape. For waterbirds in particular, drones can overcome challenges …

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are relatively new technologies gaining popularity among
wildlife biologists. As with any new tool in wildlife science, operating protocols must be …