The growing interest in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from both the scientific and
industrial sectors has attracted a wave of new researchers and substantial investments in …

Environmental conditions are very changeable; fluctuations in temperature, precipitation,
illumination intensity, and other factors can decrease a plant productivity and crop. The …

Bee and non-bee insect pollinators play an integral role in the quantity and quality of
production for many food crops, yet there is growing evidence that nutritional challenges to …

Many studies have focused on the impact of nitrogen deposition on plants, but due to
technical limitations, research on the responses of forest canopy to manipulated nitrogen …

Because of land use changes, a worldwide decrease in biodiversity is underway, mostly
driven by habitat degradation and fragmentation. Increasing landscape connectivity (ie the …

Context Unoccupied aerial systems/vehicles (UAS/UAV, aka drones) have become an
increasingly popular tool for ecological research. But much of the recent research is …

Wildland conservation efforts require accurate maps of plant species distribution across
large spatial scales. High-resolution species map** is difficult in diverse, dense plant …

Virtual fencing (VF) is an emerging technology that creates virtual boundaries for livestock.
Collars equipped with positioning systems, such as GPS, emit acoustic warning signals if an …

This paper uses a binary classification to discriminate cowpea leaves from other/weed
leaves. Cowpea is one of the nutritional crops, but research on cowpea is negligible …

In this study, we examine the use of micro-Doppler signals produced by different blades (ie,
puller and lifting blades) to aid in radar-based target recognition of small drones. We …