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  title info:
    title: Conservation drones
    sub title: mapping and monitoring biodiversity
  name:
    name part: Wich, Serge A.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Koh, Lian Pin
    name part: 1976-
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xi, 118 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
  abstract: This book aims to further build capacity in the conservation community to use drones for conservation and inspire others to adapt emerging technologies for conservation.
  table of contents: Cover; Conservation Drones: Mapping and Monitoring Biodiversity; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1. Deciding to use a drone; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 Alternative technologies to acquireaerial data; 1.1.1 Manned planes and helicopters; 1.1.2 Satellites; 1.1.3 Kites; 1.1.4 Balloons and blimps; 1.2 To drone or not to drone; 1.2.1 Terrain; 1.2.2 Weather; 1.2.3 High altitude flying; 1.2.4 Landing area; 1.2.5 Regulations; Chapter 2. Typology and anatomy of drones; 2.1 Multirotor; 2.2 Fixed wing aircraft; 2.3 Hybrid VTOL; 2.4 Features of multirotor vs fixed wing vs VTOL drones
  table of contents: 2.5 Essential components2.5.1 Power source; 2.5.2 Flight controller; 2.5.3 Ground control station; 2.6 Summary; Chapter 3. Sensors; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 Sensor types; 3.1.1 Visible spectrum sensors (RGB); 3.1.2 Multispectral cameras Modified RGB cameras; 3.1.3 Hyperspectral cameras; 3.1.4 Thermal imaging cameras; 3.1.5 Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR); 3.1.6 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); 3.1.7 Telemetry; 3.1.8 Miscellaneous sensors; 3.1.9 Live transmission; 3.2 Applications of sensor types; 3.2.1 Animal studies; 3.2.2 Locating radio-tagged animals; 3.2.3 Land-cover classification
  table of contents: 3.2.4 Land-cover change detection3.2.5 Land-cover features; 3.2.6 Water content/stress; 3.2.7 Leaf area index; 3.2.8 Fires; 3.2.9 Miscellaneous applications; Chapter 4. Surveillance; 4.1 Terrestrial; 4.2 Marine; 4.3 Key issues; 4.3.2 Ethics and privacy; 4.3.3 Regulations; 4.3.1 Technical challenges; Chapter 5. Mapping; 5.1 Land-cover mapping; 5.2 Monitoring of vegetation condition; 5.3 Biomass estimation; 5.4 Key considerations; 5.4.1 Mission planning; 5.4.2 Data processing software; 5.4.3 Environmental factors; Chapter 6. Animal detection; 6.1 Animal distribution and densitydata collection
  table of contents: 6.1.1 Alternative methods6.2 Drone usage for animal distribution and density; 6.2.1 Comparing traditional surveys to drone surveys; 6.2.2 Estimating density and population size; 6.3 Anti-poaching efforts; 6.4 Disturbance; Chapter 7. Data post processing; 7.0 Introduction; 7.1 Photogrammetry basics; 7.2 Basic process; 7.3 Photogrammetry software packages; 7.4 Analyses; 7.4.1 General; 7.4.2 Three-dimensional quantification of landscape and vegetation using photogrammetry; 7.4.3 Analyses based on orthomosaics: land-cover and feature classification; 7.4.4 Combining drone and satellite data
  table of contents: 7.4.5 Automated analyses to detect and identify plant species7.4.6 Automated animal detection, identification, and tracking; Chapter 8. Future casting; 8.1 Power systems; 8.2 Autonomous systems; 8.3 Platform integration; References; Index
  note: Serge A. Wich, Lian Pin Koh.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-113) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Environmental impact analysis
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversity
    topic: Monitoring
    topic: Technological innovations
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversity conservation
    topic: Evaluation
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversity conservation
    topic: Technological innovations
  subject:
    topic: Drone aircraft
    topic: Scientific applications
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversity
    topic: Remote sensing
  subject:
    topic: Conservation of Natural Resources
    topic: methods
  subject:
    topic: Environnement
    topic: Études d'impact
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversité
    topic: Surveillance
    topic: Innovations
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversité
    topic: Conservation
    topic: Évaluation
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversité
    topic: Conservation
    topic: Innovations
  subject:
    topic: Drones
    topic: Applications scientifiques
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversité
    topic: Télédétection
  subject:
    topic: environmental impact statements
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
    topic: Real Estate
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversity
    topic: Remote sensing
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversity
  subject:
    topic: Biodiversity conservation
    topic: Evaluation
  subject:
    topic: Drone aircraft
  subject:
    topic: Environmental impact analysis
  classification: TD194.6 .W535 2018eb
  classification: 333.95160284
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      edition: First edition.
    identifier: (DLC) 2018933616
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  record info:
    record content source: EBLCP
    record creation date: 180602
    record change date: 20260319175607.1
    record identifier: in00005716045
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng