Unmanned aircraft systems for studying spatial abundance of ungulates: Relevance to spatial epidemiology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Barasona, José A ^a   Mulero Pázmány, Margarita ^b   Acevedo, Pelayo ^a   Negro, Juan J ^b   Torres, María J ^c   Gortázar, Christian ^a   Vicente, Joaquín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BOVINAE; DEER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; IMAGE QUALITY; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVESTOCK; MODEL; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNGULATE; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VETERINARY;

BOS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DAMA DAMA; UNGULATA;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOST SPECIFICITY; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUS SCROFA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84920500606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115608     Document Type: Article

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