Seabird species vary in behavioural response to drone census
Abstract Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide an opportunity to rapidly census wildlife in remote areas while removing some of the hazards. However, wildlife may respond negatively to the UAVs, thereby skewing counts. We surveyed four species of Arctic cliff-nesting seabirds (glaucous gull Larus...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::666401c400a424ac9e890da8b8d034ba 2023-05-15T15:07:21+02:00 Seabird species vary in behavioural response to drone census David F. Bird Richard B. Sherley Chantelle M. Burke David A. Fifield Paul Pace Émile Brisson-Curadeau Kyle H. Elliott 2017-12-20 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18202-3.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18202-3.pdf https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/10871/32526/1/Brisson-Curadeau_et_al-2017-Scientific_Reports.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18202-3 https://doaj.org/article/07d7ebd1a9f8488e8b2c7c5abe792aaf http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5738335 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18202-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29263372 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017NatSR.717884B/abstract https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/32526 https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-017-18202-3 https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2771950763 undefined unknown Springer Science and Business Media LLC http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18202-3.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18202-3.pdf https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/10871/32526/1/Brisson-Curadeau_et_al-2017-Scientific_Reports.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18202-3 https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18202-3 https://doaj.org/article/07d7ebd1a9f8488e8b2c7c5abe792aaf http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5738335 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18202-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29263372 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017NatSR.717884B/abstract https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/32526 https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-017-18202-3 https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2771950763 lic_creative-commons 10.1038/s41598-017-18202-3 29263372 oai:doaj.org/article:07d7ebd1a9f8488e8b2c7c5abe792aaf oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5738335 18202 2771950763 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|openaire____::55045bd2a65019fd8e6741a755395c8c 10|opendoar____::8b6dd7db9af49e67306feb59a8bdc52c 10|driver______::bee53aa31dc2cbb538c10c2b65fa5824 10|doajarticles::70703810b20723fe33cba6ffd7128212 10|opendoar____::eda80a3d5b344bc40f3bc04f65b7a357 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a 10|openaire____::806360c771262b4d6770e7cdf04b5c5a Article Multidisciplinary envir manag Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2017 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18202-3 2023-01-22T16:59:20Z Abstract Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide an opportunity to rapidly census wildlife in remote areas while removing some of the hazards. However, wildlife may respond negatively to the UAVs, thereby skewing counts. We surveyed four species of Arctic cliff-nesting seabirds (glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus, Iceland gull Larus glaucoides, common murre Uria aalge and thick-billed murre Uria lomvia) using a UAV and compared censusing techniques to ground photography. An average of 8.5% of murres flew off in response to the UAV, but >99% of those birds were non-breeders. We were unable to detect any impact of the UAV on breeding success of murres, except at a site where aerial predators were abundant and several birds lost their eggs to predators following UAV flights. Furthermore, we found little evidence for habituation by murres to the UAV. Most gulls flew off in response to the UAV, but returned to the nest within five minutes. Counts of gull nests and adults were similar between UAV and ground photography, however the UAV detected up to 52.4% more chicks because chicks were camouflaged and invisible to ground observers. UAVs provide a less hazardous and potentially more accurate method for surveying wildlife. We provide some simple recommendations for their use. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Common Murre Glaucous Gull Iceland Larus hyperboreus thick-billed murre Uria aalge Uria lomvia uria Unknown Arctic Scientific Reports 7 1 |
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Abstract Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide an opportunity to rapidly census wildlife in remote areas while removing some of the hazards. However, wildlife may respond negatively to the UAVs, thereby skewing counts. We surveyed four species of Arctic cliff-nesting seabirds (glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus, Iceland gull Larus glaucoides, common murre Uria aalge and thick-billed murre Uria lomvia) using a UAV and compared censusing techniques to ground photography. An average of 8.5% of murres flew off in response to the UAV, but >99% of those birds were non-breeders. We were unable to detect any impact of the UAV on breeding success of murres, except at a site where aerial predators were abundant and several birds lost their eggs to predators following UAV flights. Furthermore, we found little evidence for habituation by murres to the UAV. Most gulls flew off in response to the UAV, but returned to the nest within five minutes. Counts of gull nests and adults were similar between UAV and ground photography, however the UAV detected up to 52.4% more chicks because chicks were camouflaged and invisible to ground observers. UAVs provide a less hazardous and potentially more accurate method for surveying wildlife. We provide some simple recommendations for their use. |
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David F. Bird Richard B. Sherley Chantelle M. Burke David A. Fifield Paul Pace Émile Brisson-Curadeau Kyle H. Elliott |
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David F. Bird Richard B. Sherley Chantelle M. Burke David A. Fifield Paul Pace Émile Brisson-Curadeau Kyle H. Elliott |
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Seabird species vary in behavioural response to drone census |
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Seabird species vary in behavioural response to drone census |
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Seabird species vary in behavioural response to drone census |
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Seabird species vary in behavioural response to drone census |
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Seabird species vary in behavioural response to drone census |
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seabird species vary in behavioural response to drone census |
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http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18202-3.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18202-3.pdf https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/10871/32526/1/Brisson-Curadeau_et_al-2017-Scientific_Reports.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18202-3 https://doaj.org/article/07d7ebd1a9f8488e8b2c7c5abe792aaf http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5738335 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18202-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29263372 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017NatSR.717884B/abstract https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/32526 https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-017-18202-3 https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2771950763 |
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