The eye in the sky: combined use of unmanned aerial systems and GPS data loggers for ecological research and conservation of small birds.

Technological advances for wildlife monitoring have expanded our ability to study behavior and space use of many species. But biotelemetry is limited by size, weight, data memory and battery power of the attached devices, especially in animals with light body masses, such as the majority of bird spe...

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Main Authors: Airam Rodríguez, Juan J Negro, Mara Mulero, Carlos Rodríguez, Jesús Hernández-Pliego, Javier Bustamante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3519840?pdf=render