Approaching birds with drones: first experiments and ethical guidelines

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Biology Letters

• Publication date

  2015-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0754PMID 25652220PMCID PMC4360097
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