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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, K
dc.contributor.authorGaston, Kevin J.
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-16T15:31:02Z
dc.date.issued2013-03-18
dc.description.abstractEcologists require spatially explicit data to relate structure to function. To date, heavy reliance has been placed on obtaining such data from remote-sensing instruments mounted on spacecraft or manned aircraft, although the spatial and temporal resolutions of the data are often not suited to local-scale ecological investigations. Recent technological innovations have led to an upsurge in the availability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - aircraft remotely operated from the ground - and there are now many lightweight UAVs on offer at reasonable costs. Flying low and slow, UAVs offer ecologists new opportunities for scale-appropriate measurements of ecological phenomena. Equipped with capable sensors, UAVs can deliver fine spatial resolution data at temporal resolutions defined by the end user. Recent innovations in UAV platform design have been accompanied by improvements in navigation and the miniaturization of measurement technologies, allowing the study of individual organisms and their spatiotemporal dynamics at close range. © The Ecological Society of America.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Research Councilen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 11, pp. 138 - 146en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1890/120150
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/16852
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherEcological Society of Americaen_GB
dc.titleLightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecologyen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2015-04-16T15:31:02Z
dc.identifier.issn1540-9295
dc.descriptionCopyright by the Ecological Society of Americaen_GB
dc.descriptionThis article was downloaded from Frontiers e-View, a service that publishes fully edited and formatted manuscripts before they appear in print in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Readers are strongly advised to check the final print version in case any changes have been made. Definitive version available: Karen Anderson and Kevin J Gaston 2013. Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11: 138–146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/120150en_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1540-9309
dc.identifier.journalFrontiers in Ecology and the Environmenten_GB


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