Finding and monitoring nests are key components of avian research, but they are often
expensive, time‐consuming, and inefficient operations. This is certainly true for diving ducks …

Hierarchical N‐mixture models have been suggested for abundance estimation from
spatiotemporally replicated drone‐based count surveys, since they allow modeling …

Purpose Observation of the animal world is an important component of nature surveys. It
provides a number of different information concerning aspects such as population sizes …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (hereafter drones) are rapidly replacing manned aircraft as the
preferred tool used for aerial wildlife surveys, but questions remain about which survey …

Aerial vehicles equipped with infrared thermal sensors facilitate quick density estimates of
wildlife, but detection error can arise from the thermal sensor and viewer of the infrared …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have broad applications. However, their use for wildlife
surveys in rugged mountains with dense vegetation is uncommon. Therefore, develo** …

Determining animal abundance is crucial for assessing the effectiveness of management
measures against pest animals. Meanwhile, investigating animal movements has become …

This publication is a review of the application of remote sensing methods for wildlife
population monitoring in zoology. Remote sensing methods are divided into four categories …

(1) Regular wildlife abundance surveys are a key conservation tool. Manned aircraft flying
transects often remain the best alternative for counting large ungulates. Drones have …

Recent years have seen a rapid rise in the generation of high-resolution topographic data
using custom-built or commercial-grade Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Though several …