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

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Rogers, R. M. & Buler, J. & Clancy, T. & Campbell, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Aerial counts are the primary means of monitoring waterbird populations. A valid population assessment requires a significant proportion of the popula...

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Evaluation of aerial surveys of ptarmigan Lagopus species.

Published online: 06 Apr 1999

Authors: Pelletier, L. & Krebs, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study was conducted during 1990-96 to evaluate the reliability of aerial surveys to monitor trends in the breeding population density of ptarmigan L...

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Hybrid mark-resight approaches account for heterogeneous detection Bias in aerial surveys.

Published online: 06 May 2024

Authors: Curtis, K. M. & Jennings, M. K. & Laake, J. & Botta, R. & Colby, J. & Tomaszewski, E. M. & Lewison, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Population abundance estimation is a critical yet challenging task for wildlife management decision-making. For aerial surveys of terrestrial mammals ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1280 - Inshore Wintering Waterfowl in Moray Firth Special Protection Area - 2019/20 digital aerial surveys and comparative analyses of aerial and shore-based surveys.

Published online: 17 Nov 2024

Published by: NatureScot

Authors: Scott, M. S. & Humphries, G. & Irvin, C. & Peters-Grundy, R. & Vilela, R. & Southward, B. & Thompson, K.

Content type: Reports

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Digital video aerial surveys of marine birds and mammals at Solway Firth SPA: February 2021.

Published online: 23 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pavat, D. & Harker, J.

Content type: Reports

NatureScot and Natural England commissioned HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) to undertake a high-resolution digital video aerial survey for mari...

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Inferring habitat suitability and spread patterns from large-scale distributions of an exotic invasive pasture grass in north Australia.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Petty, A. M. & Setterfield, S. A. & Ferdinands, K. B. & Barrow, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The understanding of large-scale patterns in expanding populations of alien invasive plants can be used to infer the environmental limiting factors, h...

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NatureScot Research Report 1281 - Approaches to monitoring wintering waterfowl in Marine Protected Areas - Moray Firth pilot study winter 2019/20.

Published online: 13 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Graham, J. & Thompson, K.

Content type: Reports

This report summarizes a program aimed at investigating methods for monitoring inshore wintering waterfowl in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), using the...

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Surveys of Falmouth Bay to St Austell Bay SPA Winter 2020/21.

Published online: 23 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rogerson, K. & Williams, A. J. & McGovern, S.

Content type: Reports

This report summarises the findings of surveys conducted in winter 2020/21 to determine the distribution and numbers of the qualifying features of the...

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NatureScot Research Report 1256 - Aerial surveys of seals in Scotland during the harbour seal moult, 2016-2019.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Morris, C. D. & Duck, C. D. & Thompson, D.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the latest results of the survey on the population size and distribution harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)around Scotland in context...

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Leveraging the strengths of citizen science and structured surveys to achieve scalable inference on population size.

Published online: 05 Mar 2024

Authors: Stillman, A. N. & Howell, P. E. & Zimmerman, G. S. & Bjerre, E. R. & Millsap, B. A. & Robinson, O. J. & Fink, D. & Stuber, E. F. & Ruiz-Gutierrez, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population size is a key metric for management and policy decisions, yet wildlife monitoring programmes are often limited by the spatial and temporal ...

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