Environmental Reviews and Case Studies: Applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Waterbird Surveys

Environmental Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 201-210

  Dulava, Sharon ^a   Bean, William T ^a   Richmond, Orien M W ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGERY; SENSOR; SURVEY DESIGN; UNMANNED VEHICLE; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 84944036976     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046615000186     Document Type: Review

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