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Scientific Activities Increase Knowledge Deductive / Inductive Reasoning

Human needs Theories Design Application

Technologic Activities

Drones / UAVs / UASs & AU

Source : http://skywatch.dk





Plant & Animal Nursing

- Rasmus Nyholm Jørgensen’s presentation






Archeology / Historic Buildings






Infrastructure Surveillance






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coverage control access noninvasive

Bioscience & Ecology

“Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecology” - ANDERSON, K. & GASTON, K. J. 2013, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 11, 138-146.

Geoscience / Env.Sci.

(wildlife) ecology is already ”tech-nerd heaven” : - Camera traps - Radio frequency / GPS / satellite comms. animal tracking - Acoustic ecology - 24/7 video Internet streaming from nests, etc. - ... all the BBC / Animal Planet uses of gadgets

COUNTING & MAPPING

Wildlife Counting : - Already widely used for aerial surveys of wildlife

• the more ”easy-to-see” varieties, e.g. water & wetland birds, marine mammals • mostly for one-off studies, e.g. specific bird colonies • less so (so far) for strategic monitoring of wildlife

... Related to current flying capabilities of most drones? ... Need for coherence / comparability with data from past (continuing) methods





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Wildlife Counting : - Drones for marine wind power site EIA bird surveys ? Would require larger craft: - coverage - flight duration - harsh weather condition - payload : e.g. high spec. metric cameras, INS, etc. Operating team > survey plane crew : mid – longer term possibility





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Wildlife Counting : • Triggered use of drones? • Surveillance-mode use of drones?

e.g. along roads

Quick! Quick! ... We have a 30 second window until the

ecologist’s drone comes around again!





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COUNTING & MAPPING

Mapping : Habitat types & condition Vegetation species composition Crop type / condition & Agriculture activities – René Larsen all the aspects of other forms of remote sensing based mapping Accessibility Control : repeatability for monitoring purposes Control : for differential details

Drone = Imaging ? YES But imaging is not an aim or an end in itself ... • Preprocessing (rectifications, formating, storage, ...) • Analytical processing (enhancements, transformations, ...) • Image Data Information Extraction

• Manual • Automated : pixel-based, object-based, ...





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Drone = Imaging ? NO Drones for non-imaging activities : • Specimen retrieval • Environmental measurements • Sample collection, e.g.

• Vegetation clippings • Air sampling • Lake water sampling

Drones can also swim ... • Oceanographic submersibles • Marine / fish / coastal ecology drones ??





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Vegetation structure, flowering and insect polliation processes : Peter Borgen Sørensen





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(Animal) Movement Ecology – Mark Desholm - e.g. Why and how do animals migrate where and when they do?

Big Challenge: what do animals do at night? ... Use infrared ? radar ? (but drone use during darkness is difficult / prohibited)





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Wildlife Management

Wildlife Management : “EcoDrones” e.g. against game poaching, against illegal fishing, etc.

Wildlife & Farming : Harvester “by-catch” reduction – Ole Terkildsen & Engineering Dept.

● Many, particularly in U.S., believe drones = loss of privacy

● Many in the U.S. like to own and use a gun

A final wildlife ecology thought : “Drones = reduced hunting pressure”

DRONE new sporting opportunities country past-times





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