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Daily abundance of Dall’s sheep peaks during late summer in a seasonal habitat of high‐management interest

open access: yesEcosphere, 2022
Informing conservation and management decisions for habitats frequented by species of high management interest often face the challenge of limited resources for conducting wildlife surveys.
Cody E. Deane   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repurposing open‐source data from weather radars to reduce the costs of aerial waterbird surveys

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, 2022
Aerial counts are the primary means of monitoring waterbird populations. A valid population assessment requires a significant proportion of the population to be surveyed.
Rebecca M. Rogers   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of aerial surveys and pellet‐based distance sampling methods for estimating deer density

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2012
Wildlife biologists require density estimates for white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to facilitate management. Aerial surveys are often used to obtain density estimates, but are subject to problems necessitating the consideration of novel ...
Rachael E. Urbanek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimation of the populations status and habitat conditions of Anseriformes in the State Nature Reserve «Gydansky» (Russia) using ultralight aviation

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2018
The Gydan Peninsula is one of the least explored and inaccessible Arctic regions in both the Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug and Russia as a whole. In 2016–2017 we conducted a survey of the Gydansky State Nature Reserve and adjacent areas, counted and ...
Sofia B. Rozenfeld   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unmanned Aerial Survey of Elephants

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
The use of a UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) was tested to survey large mammals in the Nazinga Game Ranch in the south of Burkina Faso. The Gatewing ×100™ equipped with a Ricoh GR III camera was used to test animal reaction as the UAS passed, and visibility on the images. No reaction was recorded as the UAS passed at a height of 100 m.
Vermeulen, Cédric   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Spatial ecology of long‐tailed ducks and white‐winged scoters wintering on Nantucket Shoals

open access: yesEcosphere, 2020
We examine the long‐term co‐occurrence of long‐tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis) and white‐winged scoters (Melanitta fusca) wintering at the Nantucket Shoals off Massachusetts, USA, and ask: (1) What oceanographic features attract these aggregations?
Timothy P. White, Richard R. Veit
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring of sex and age ratios in ungulate populations of the Kruger National Park by ground survey

open access: yesKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1990
Objectives, techniques and problems of monitoring ungulate population structure and trends using standardised ground surveys as an adjunct to aerial counts are described and discussed in the light of experience gained over the past seven years.
D.R. Mason
doaj   +1 more source

2002 Aerial Surveys of Grey Seals in the Northeastern United States

open access: yesNAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2007
In the past 20 years, grey seals have become established in coastal waters of the Northeastern United States. There are 3 sites where pupping and breeding occurs in January and February, 2 in Maine and 1 in Massachusetts. In 2002 we recorded a minimum of
Stephanie A Wood   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating moose population parameters from aerial surveys [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
Successful moose management depends on knowledge of population dynamics. The principal parameters required are size, rate of change, recruitment, sex composition, and mortality.
DuBois, Stephen D.   +3 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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