'Epic Duck Challenge' shows drones can outdo people at surveying wildlife
- Written by: Jarrod Hodgson, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide
A drone image of a breeding colony of Greater Crested Terns. Researchers used plastic bird decoys to replicate this species in an experiment that compared different ways of counting wildlife.Jarrod Hodgson, CC BY-ND
Ecologists are increasingly using drones to gather data. Scientists have used remotely piloted aircraft to estimate the health of fragi...
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