Existing and emerging uses of drones in restoration ecology

JM Robinson, PA Harrison, S Mavoa… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the absence of effective and scalable human intervention, up to 95% of the world's
ecosystems will be affected by anthropogenic degradation by 2050. Therefore, immediate …

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 …

Drones for conservation

SA Wich, M Hudson, H Andrianandrasana… - Conservation …, 2021 - books.google.com
Global biodiversity has been decreasing sharply over a wide array of taxa. This trend is
predicted to continue in the future if there is no reduction in anthropogenic activities such as …

Forest restoration is more than firing seeds from a drone

J Castro, F Morales‐Rueda… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We are witnessing a rapid increase in news sending the message that drone seeding is a
promising technological solution to implement forest restoration at large spatial scales …

[图书][B] Conservation drones: mapping and monitoring biodiversity

SA Wich, LP Koh - 2018 - books.google.com
Increasing numbers of ecologists and conservation biologists have begun to explore the use
of drone technology to obtain accurate and up-to-date data on the distribution and density of …

Seeing the forest from drones: Testing the potential of lightweight drones as a tool for long-term forest monitoring

J Zhang, J Hu, J Lian, Z Fan, X Ouyang, W Ye - Biological Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
Long-term ecological monitoring has contributed substantially towards advancements in
theoretical and applied ecology. However, the costs to maintain a long-term monitoring site …

The potential for automating assisted natural regeneration of tropical forest ecosystems

S Elliott - Biotropica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Assisted (or accelerated) natural regeneration (ANR) will play an important role in meeting
the UN target to restore forest to 350 million hectares of degraded land, by 2030. However …

Location, location, location: considerations when using lightweight drones in challenging environments

JP Duffy, AM Cunliffe, L DeBell… - Remote Sensing in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lightweight drones have emerged recently as a remote sensing survey tool of choice for
ecologists, conservation practitioners and environmental scientists. In published work, there …

The future of UAVs in ecology: an insider perspective from the Silicon Valley drone industry

GM Crutsinger, J Short… - Journal of Unmanned …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
There has been growing excitement in ecology around unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),
referred to here also as “drones.” The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) designates …

The use of conservation drones in ecology and wildlife research

B Ivosevic, YG Han, Y Cho, O Kwon - Journal of Ecology and …, 2015 - koreascience.kr
Conservation drones are remote-controlled devices capable of collecting information from
difficult-to-access places while minimizing disturbance. Although drones are increasingly …