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 …

The development of advanced technologies to enhance conservation science often
outpaces the abilities of wildlife managers to assess and ensure such new tools are safely …

The role that oil palm plays in the Lower Kinabatangan region of Eastern Sabah is of
considerable scientific and conservation interest, providing a model habitat for many tropical …

We estimated the abundance of Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) through
a large-scale project conducted in 2010 in north-eastern Brazil and evaluated the efficacy of …

Coastal marshes of Louisiana provide nesting habitat for Alligator mississippiensis
(American Alligator). Helicopters are typically used to locate Alligator nests in remote interior …

We used a multi-rotor (Phantom 2 Vision+, DJI) and a fixed-wing (eBee, senseFly)
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to acquire high-spatial-resolution composite photos of an …

Some level of uncertainty is unavoidable in acquiring the mass, geometry parameters and
stability derivatives of an aerial vehicle. In certain instances tiny perturbations of these could …

The distributional range of a species is determined by factors that operate with different
intensities and at diverse scales (Gaston 2003). A species is currently found where abiotic …

The various elements of a modern target tracking framework are covered. Background
theory on pre-processing, modelling and estimation is presented as well as some novel …

Recent earthquakes in the Kaikoura region have devastated the East coast of New Zealand,
causing landslides and sea bed rise which has completely altered the landscape of the …