A low cost way for assessing bird risk hazards in power lines: Fixed-wing small unmanned aircraft systems

Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-15

  Mulero Pázmány, Margarita ^a   Negro, Juan José ^a   Ferrer, Miguel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird electrocution; Drones; Environmental impact of infrastructures; Fixed wing sUAS; Power lines; Remotely piloted aircraft

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; COSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FIXED WINGS; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

AVIAN MORTALITIES; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION PROJECTS; CORRECTIVE MEASURES; SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; TIME-CONSUMING TASKS; WILDLIFE MONITORING;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84946486618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22913467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/juvs-2013-0012     Document Type: Article

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