Perspectives on the use of unmanned aerial systems to monitor cattle

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 214-222

  Barbedo, Jayme Garcia Arnal ^a   Koenigkan, Luciano Vieira ^a  

^a EMBRAPA INFORMÁTICA AGROPECUÁRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

counting; drones; image processing; Livestock; UAS; UAV

Indexed keywords

EID: 85049679371     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: 20436866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0030727018781876     Document Type: Article

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