Risks of Drone Use in Light of Literature Studies

AA Tubis, H Poturaj, K Dereń, A Żurek - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article aims to present the results of a bibliometric analysis of relevant literature and
discuss the main research streams related to the topic of risks in drone applications. The …

Biologically inspired herding of animal groups by robots

AJ King, SJ Portugal, D Strömbom… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A single sheepdog can bring together and manoeuvre hundreds of sheep from one location
to another. Engineers and ecologists are fascinated by this sheepdog herding because of …

Best practices for using drones in seabird monitoring and research

A Edney, T Hart, M Jessopp, A Banks, L Clarke… - Marine …, 2023 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Over the past decade, drones have become increasingly popular in environmental biology
and have been used to study wildlife on all continents. Drones have become of global …

Comparison of drone vs. ground survey monitoring of hatching success in the black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

F Scarton, RG Valle - Ornithology Research, 2022 - Springer
The use of drones to census nesting seabirds is well established, but far less is known about
the possibility of using them for the estimation of reproductive success. In particular, very few …

Estuary Stingray (Dasyatis fluviorum) Behaviour Does Not Change in Response to Drone Altitude

E Bourke, V Raoult, JE Williamson, TF Gaston - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of drones to study the behaviours of marine animals is increasing, yet the potential
effects of drones on natural behaviours are poorly understood. Here, we assessed if a small …

[HTML][HTML] The Behavioral Responses of Geoffroy's Spider Monkeys to Drone Flights

EJ Pinel-Ramos, F Aureli, S Wich, MF Petersen… - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Drones are increasingly used for monitoring wildlife, and it is therefore necessary to
evaluate their impact on animal behavior. According to the landscape of fear framework …

Assessment of Ground and Drone Surveys of Large Waterbird Breeding Rookeries: A Comparative Study

RJ Francis, KJ Brandis - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Assessing nesting metrics in large waterbird breeding rookeries is challenging due to their
size and accessibility. Drones offer a promising solution, but their comparability with ground …

Investigating nocturnal UAS treatments in an applied context to prevent gulls from nesting on rooftops

MB Pfeiffer, CK Pullins, SF Beckerman… - Wildlife Society …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ring‐billed (Larus delawarensis) and herring (L. argentatus) gulls are numerous and
widespread in North America. These gulls rank among the top 9 species for risk of bird …

BirdViewAR: Surroundings-aware Remote Drone Piloting Using an Augmented Third-person Perspective

M Inoue, K Takashima, K Fujita… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We propose BirdViewAR, a surroundings-aware remote drone-operation system that
provides significant spatial awareness to pilots through an augmented third-person view …

Interspecific relationships in a suboptimal habitat, an unexpected ally for the survival of the threatened Tenerife speckled lizard (Gallotia intermedia)

G Albaladejo Robles, A Escánez… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Anthropogenic-driven environmental changes are pushing species to the limits of their
habitats. More often species are restricted to relic or suboptimal habitats that present the …