Unmanned Aircraft Systems complement biologging in spatial ecology studies.

ABSTRACT: The knowledge about the spatial ecology and distribution of organisms is important for both basic and applied science. Biologging is one of the most popular methods for obtaining information about spatial distribution of animals, but requires capturing the animals and is often limited by costs and data retrieval. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have proven their efficacy for wildlife surveillance and habitat monitoring, but their potential contribution to the prediction of animal distribution patterns and abundance has not been thoroughly evaluated. In this study, we assess the usefulness of UAS overflights to (1) get data to model the distribution of free-ranging cattle for a comparison with results obtained from biologged (GPS-GSM collared) cattle and (2) predict species densities for a

SUBMITTER: Mulero-Pazmany M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4662332 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature