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Integrating UAV Technology in an Ecological Monitoring System for Community Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania

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dc.creator Mangewa, Lazaro
dc.creator Ndakidemi, Patrick
dc.creator Munishi, Linus
dc.date 2020-02-20T07:11:15Z
dc.date 2020-02-20T07:11:15Z
dc.date 2019-11-03
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T09:20:44Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T09:20:44Z
dc.identifier doi:10.3390/su11216116
dc.identifier http://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/123456789/565
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95199
dc.description This research article published by MDPI, 2019
dc.description Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have recently emerged as a new remote sensing aerial platform, and they are seemingly advancing real-time data generation. Nonetheless, considerable uncertainties remain in the extent to which wildlife managers can integrate UAVs into ecological monitoring systems for wildlife and their habitats. In this review, we discuss the recent progress and gaps in UAV use in wildlife conservation and management. The review notes that there is scanty information on UAV use in ecological monitoring of medium-to-large mammals found in groups in heterogeneous habitats. We also explore the need and extent to which the technology can be integrated into ecological monitoring systems for mammals in heterogeneous habitats and in topographically-challenging community wildlife-management areas, as a complementary platform to the traditional techniques. Based on its ability to provide high-resolution images in real-time, further experiments on its wider use in the ecological monitoring of wildlife on a spatiotemporal scale are important. The experimentation outputs will make the UAV a very reliable remote sensing platform that addresses the challenges facing conventional techniques.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.subject Conventional ecological monitoring techniques
dc.subject Remote sensing
dc.subject Medium-to-large mammals
dc.subject UAV-based habitat assessment
dc.title Integrating UAV Technology in an Ecological Monitoring System for Community Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania
dc.type Article


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