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In the last two decades, unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) have experienced an exponential development. Originally conceived for military use, technological advances and a dramatic reduction of prices are leading to widespread use of UASs in environmental disciplines including remote sensing, ecology, wildlife management or environmental monitoring (Chabot and Bird 2015; Linchant et al. 2015; Christie et al. 2016).
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Canal, D., Negro, J.J. (2018). Use of Drones for Research and Conservation of Birds of Prey. In: Sarasola, J., Grande, J., Negro, J. (eds) Birds of Prey. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73745-4_14
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