More than 100 experts, researchers and scientific in the field of UAS, met from late november to early december in Seville. In the I international Red UAS conference about research, development and education in unmanned aerial systems.
We submitted this poster to the conference:
The Montagu´s Harrier (Circus pygarus) is a migratory raptor that breeds in colonies in cereal crops. Since 1950 the species has declined dramatically. Tha main cause of mortality in spain is the crushing of eggs and chicks by harvesters, they have been estimated in some areas of being up to 90%.
Actually, nests are located by technicians on foot and farmers are informed of their locations to avoid its destruction. This takes much time,effort and can guide predator to the nests.
We researched the use of small UAS to locate nest while avoiding these problems. The results where: is possible to locate nests with flights 70m above ground levels. Also, the animals show no adverse reactions to the plane and results can be obtained in much less time.
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