An assessment of small unmanned aerial vehicles for wildlife research

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 750-758

  Jones IV, George Pierce ^a,c   Pearlstine, Leonard G ^b   Percival, H Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial land cover survey; Aerial vertebrate survey; Image processing; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Videography

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSCAPE; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VIDEOGRAPHY; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; AVES; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751241740     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[750:AAOSUA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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