Un-crewed aerial vehicle population survey of three sympatrically breeding seabird species at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Dunn, M.J., Adlard, S., Taylor, A.P., Wood, A.G., Trathan, P.N., Ratcliffe, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Gentoo penguin; Polar Biology; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528185/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528185/1/Dunn2021_Article_Un-crewedAerialVehiclePopulati.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-021-02831-6

Surveying seabirds in polar latitudes can be challenging due to sparse human populations, lack of infrastructure and the risk of disturbance to wildlife or damage to habitats. Counting populations using un-crewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a promising approach to overcoming these difficulties. Howeve...