Comparing unmanned aerial systems with conventional methodology for surveying a wild white-tailed deer population

Agriculture & Biology

• Odocoileus virginianus 100%
• deer 85%
• pellets 54%
• prediction 22%
• ungulates 22%
• methodology 21%
• population density 17%
• ecosystems 10%
• thermography 8%
• monitoring 8%
• heat 7%
• managers 6%
• wildlife 6%
• population size 6%
• demographic statistics 6%
• flight 5%
• researchers 5%
• winter 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• deer 85%
• surveying 77%
• ungulate 21%
• population density 17%
• fecal pellet 16%
• prediction 15%
• detection 10%
• creek 10%
• science 8%
• wild population 7%
• ecosystem 7%
• population size 6%
• wildlife 5%
• flight 5%
• imagery 4%
• sensor 4%
• rate 4%
• winter 3%
• monitoring 3%
• method 1%