UAVs in pursuit of plant conservation - Real world experiences

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2018, Pages 2-9

  Baena, Susana ^a,b   Boyd, Doreen S ^b   Moat, Justin ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Drones; Plant sciences; UASs; UAVs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DRY FOREST; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85035135937     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.11.001     Document Type: Article

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