Wildlife monitoring with unmanned aerial vehicles: Quantifying distance to auditory detection

ABSTRACT There is growing application of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for detecting, enumerating, and monitoring wildlife. However, little is known about how the sound from UAVs may be affecting wildlife being studied. We quantified sound levels of 2 UAVs to determine minimum altitudes they...

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Published in:Wildlife Society Bulletin
Main Authors: Corey A. Scobie, Chris H. Hugenholtz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.700