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Peer-reviewed scientific papers
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Colombelli-Négrel D, Sach IZ, Hough I, Hodgson JC, Daniels CB & Kleindorfer S. 2023. Koalas showed limited behavioural response and no physiological response to drones. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 264, 105963. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2023.105963
Anderson K, Shabaga BM, Wich S, Fink G, Marczyk M, Hodgson JC & Chabot D. 2023. New topic horizons for drone systems and applications. Drone Systems and Applications, 11, 1-7. DOI: 10.1139/dsa-2023-0019
Chabot D, Hodgson AJ, Hodgson JC & Anderson K. 2022. ‘Drone’: technically correct, popularly accepted, socially acceptable: Different fields use different terms, but by changing its title, this journal is advocating for the discontinuation of ‘unmanned’ and recognition of ‘drone’ as an umbrella term for all robotic vehicles. Drone Systems and Applications, 10(1), 399-405. DOI: 10.1139/dsa-2022-0041
Mott R, Hodgson JC, Herrod A & Clarke RH. 2020. Nest-site fidelity in Red-tailed Tropicbirds informs costing a localised ant baiting strategy at Ashmore Reef. Emu – Austral Ornithology. DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2020.1787847
Hodgson JC, Holman D, Terauds A, Koh LP & Goldsworthy SD. 2020. Rapid condition monitoring of an endangered marine vertebrate using precise, non-invasive morphometrics. Biological Conservation, 242, 108402. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108402
Lada H, Yen JDL, Cunningham SC, Selwood KE, Falcke P, Hodgson JC & Mac Nally R. 2019. Influence of climate on individual tree growth and carbon sequestration in native-tree plantings. Austral Ecology, 44, 859-870. DOI: 10.1111/aec.12756
Hodgson JC, Mott R, Baylis SM, Pham TT, Wotherspoon S, Kilpatrick AD, Raja Segaran R, Reid I, Terauds A & Koh LP. 2018. Drones count wildlife more accurately and precisely than humans. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 1160-1167. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12974 (open access)
Baker CM, Hodgson JC, Tartaglia E & Clarke RH. 2017. Modelling tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata) dynamics and detection to inform an eradication project. Biological Invasions, 19(10), 2959-2970.
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1499-9
Hodgson JC & Koh LP. 2016. Best practice for minimising unmanned aerial vehicle disturbance to wildlife in biological field research. Current Biology, 26(10), R404-R405.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.001
Hodgson JC, Baylis SM, Mott R, Herrod A & Clarke RH. 2016. Precision wildlife monitoring using unmanned aerial vehicles. Scientific Reports, 6, 22574.
DOI: 10.1038/srep22574 (open access)
Mott R, Herrod A, Hodgson JC & Clarke RH. 2015. An evaluation of the use of predicted harness spans for correctly fitting leg‑loop harnesses in seabird research. Waterbirds, 38(4), 420-424.
DOI: 10.1675/063.038.0406
Lavers JL, Hodgson JC & Clarke RH. 2013. Prevalence and composition of marine debris in Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) nests at Ashmore Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 77, 320-324.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.09.026
Select reports
Hodgson JC, Abbott KL & Clarke RH. 2014. Eradication plan ‐ Tropical Fire Ant Solenopsis geminata at Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve. Monash University.
Hodgson JC & Clarke RH. 2014. A review of the Tropical Fire Ant Solenopsis geminata pilot control program at Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve. Monash University, School of Biological Sciences.
Science communication
2020: The Conversation, “Australian sea lions are declining. Using drones to check their health can help us understand why”
2018: The Conversation, “‘Epic Duck Challenge’ shows drones can outdo people at surveying wildlife”
2016: The Conversation, “A guide to using drones to study wildlife: first, do no harm”
Select media
2018: CNN, “Drones are helping scientists fight wildlife extinction”
2018: Audubon, “Ecologists bested by drone in a competition to count birds”
2018: Earther, “This study with plastic birds and drones is science at its best”
2018: Mongabay, “Drones enable fast, accurate wildlife counts, study shows”
2018: Wired, “The fake ducks prove it: drones beat humans at counting birds”
2018: Newsweek, “Thousands of rubber ducks prove drones and computers can successfully count wild animals”
2017: New Scientist, “Fake duck test shows drones and AI beat humans at bird census”
2017: Mashable, “Tech in the wild: Drones are up-ending animal research”
2016: Quartz, “Flying fieldwork: Modified drones are keeping an eye on the world’s wildlife”
2016: Daily Planet, Discovery Channel (Fall 2017)
2016: SA Life, “Young Einsteins” (July 2016)
2016: Cosmos Magazine, “Send in the drones” (#69 June-July 2016)
2016: Mashable, “A new code of conduct to protect animals from drones”
2016: ABC Online, “Animals need protection from drones via code of practice, researcher says”
2016: Australia Geographic, “Eye in the sky” (#132 May-June 2016)
2016: ABC Science, “Drones ‘more precise’ than ground counts for monitoring seabirds”
2015: New Scientist, “Flying high: Drones keep tabs on wildlife from above”
2014: The Guardian, “Drones striking a high-tech blow for conservation and the environment“