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    Hot monkey, cold reality: surveying rainforest canopy mammals using drone-mounted thermal infrared sensors

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    Issue Date
    2018
    Author
    Kays, Roland
    Sheppard, James
    Mclean, Kevin
    Welch, Charlie
    Paunescu, Cris
    Wang, Victor
    Kravit, Greg
    Crofoot, Meg
    Subject
    RAINFORESTS
    TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
    POPULATIONS
    CAMERA TRAPS
    Journal title
    International Journal of Remote Sensing
    Volume
    40
    Begin page
    407
    End page
    419
    
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    10.1080/01431161.2018.1523580
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    https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1523580
    Abstract
    Animals of the rainforest canopies are often endangered by deforestation or hunting but are difficult to survey and study because of the inaccessibility of the treetops, combined with the visual camouflage of many species. Drone-based thermal sensors have the potential to overcome these hurdles by rapidly scanning large forested areas from above, detecting and mapping wildlife based on the contrast between their warm body temperatures and the cool tree canopies....
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    Summary and promo video link, from James Sheppard: We explore the promise and pitfalls of deploying drone-mounted thermal infrared sensors to detect and monitor animals in the upper canopy of forests. Traditional methods for surveying canopy animal populations are restricted to the ground and involve trained biologists hiking forest paths with binoculars and a clipboard. Drones can cover a much larger area in a short period of time than a biologist and can survey remote areas inaccessible to people. Thermal sensors can also detect the heat signatures of warm blooded animals that can be identified based on their movement patterns and morphometry. Although drones have great potential as an exciting new conservation research tool they do have limitations that must be factored into any drone-based wildlife study, including an inability to detect animals lower in the canopy, range limitations, and the potential for wildlife disturbance. Here is a link to a short YouTube promotional video describing our findings: https://youtu.be/4PvsI_NTu2A
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/196
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    https://youtu.be/4PvsI_NTu2A
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