Trialling a real-time drone detection and validation protocol for the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

faunaRA FAUNA Member News, Saving Koalas November 2, 2020November 5, 2020

FAUNA Research Alliance members developed a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS), or drone, method for surveying the cryptic koala. Read more via Australian Mammalogy!

Authors: Chad Beranek, Dr. Adam Roff, Bob Denholm, Lachlan Howell, Dr. Ryan Witt

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