Gettysburg College https://refractor.io/tag/gettysburg-college/ Gettysburg College en-AU Tue, 21 Feb 2017 02:19:11 GMT Drones provide birdsong researchers with flying ears https://refractor.io/biology/drones-provide-birdsong-researchers-with-flying-ears/ The mourning dove had its low-frequency song drowned out by the sound of the drone

Bioacoustic recording devices – technology that records the sounds of living creatures –can help fill in some of the gaps for ecologists surveying bird populations, particularly when it comes to species that like to stay hidden. Better yet might be bioacoustic recording devices that dangle from drones, according to a new study designed to test the feasibility of this creative approach to conservation.

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