A colonial-nesting seabird shows no heart-rate response to drone-based population surveys

Abstract Aerial drones are increasingly being used as tools for ecological research and wildlife monitoring in hard-to-access study systems, such as in studies of colonial-nesting birds. Despite their many advantages over traditional survey methods, there remains concerns about possible disturbance...

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Main Authors: Erica A. Geldart, Andrew F. Barnas, Christina A. D. Semeniuk, H. Grant Gilchrist, Christopher M. Harris, Oliver P. Love
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22492-7