Thermal-sensing cameras mounted on drones may offer a safer and more cost-effective way to locate nests of the elusive European nightjar in forestry work and construction areas, according to new research presented at the British Ecological Society’s annual meeting in Birmingham today. Ecologists from Cardiff University recently conducted a pilot study in Bryn, a Natural…
Using Drones To Estimate Crop Damage By Wild Boar
Growing populations of wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) are causing more and more damage to agricultural land in Europe, requiring hundreds of thousands of Euros in compensation. A new drone-based method allows estimating crop damage in a fast, standardised and objective manner. Anneleen Rutten, PhD student at the University of Antwerp and the Research Institute…