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

J Linchant, J Lisein, J Semeki, P Lejeune… - Mammal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Regular monitoring of animal populations must be established to ensure wildlife protection,
especially when pressure on animals is high. The recent development of drones or …

A review on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and imaging sensors for monitoring and assessing plant stresses

JGA Barbedo - Drones, 2019 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming a valuable tool to collect data in a variety of
contexts. Their use in agriculture is particularly suitable, as those areas are often vast …

Overview and current status of remote sensing applications based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

G Pajares - Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) is presently in continuous development at a rapid pace.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or more extensively Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) …

Drones count wildlife more accurately and precisely than humans

JC Hodgson, R Mott, SM Baylis… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Knowing how many individuals are in a wildlife population allows informed management
decisions to be made. Ecologists are increasingly using technologies, such as remotely …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and artificial intelligence revolutionizing wildlife monitoring and conservation

LF Gonzalez, GA Montes, E Puig, S Johnson… - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
Surveying threatened and invasive species to obtain accurate population estimates is an
important but challenging task that requires a considerable investment in time and …

Drones for conservation in protected areas: Present and future

J Jiménez López, M Mulero-Pázmány - Drones, 2019 - mdpi.com
Park managers call for cost-effective and innovative solutions to handle a wide variety of
environmental problems that threaten biodiversity in protected areas. Recently, drones have …

Design challenges of multi-UAV systems in cyber-physical applications: A comprehensive survey and future directions

R Shakeri, MA Al-Garadi, A Badawy… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently rapidly grown to facilitate a wide range of
innovative applications that can fundamentally change the way cyber-physical systems …

Unmanned aircraft systems as a new source of disturbance for wildlife: A systematic review

M Mulero-Pázmány, S Jenni-Eiermann, N Strebel… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The use of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS; also known as “drones”) for professional
and personal-leisure use is increasing enormously. UAS operate at low altitudes (< 500 m) …

Animal welfare implications of digital tools for monitoring and management of cattle and sheep on pasture

A Herlin, E Brunberg, J Hultgren, N Högberg… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Monitoring the welfare of cattle and sheep in large pastures can be time-
consuming, especially if the animals are scattered over large areas in semi-natural pastures …

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

KS Christie, SL Gilbert, CL Brown… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)–also called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV s) or drones–
are an emerging tool that may provide a safer, more cost‐effective, and quieter alternative to …