Fewer bat passes are detected during small, commercial drone flights

Abstract Advances in technological capabilities, operational simplicity and cost efficiency have promoted the rapid integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into ecological research, providing access to study taxa that are otherwise difficult to survey, such as bats. Many bat species are curre...

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Main Authors: Gabrielle Ednie, David M. Bird, Kyle H. Elliott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90905-0