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Using drones for conservation work with Eben Broadbent

Author(s): Eben Broadbent1, Megan Seifert2

1. University of Florida 2. Headwaters Science Institute

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Eben N. Broadbent, PhD, is an assistant professor of forest ecology & geomatics in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida, with a PhD in Biology (Ecology & Evolution) from Stanford University. He talks to us…

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Eben N. Broadbent, PhD, is an assistant professor of forest ecology & geomatics in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida, with a PhD in Biology (Ecology & Evolution) from Stanford University. He talks to us about the challenges and opportunities for ecological mapping using drones, including how planet microsatellites are imaging the planet daily.

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Version 1.0 - published on 01 Jul 2022 doi:10.25334/RT1J-JE89 - cite this

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Eben N. Broadbent, PhD, is an assistant professor of forest ecology & geomatics in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida, with a PhD in Biology (Ecology & Evolution) from Stanford University. He is the co-founder of the Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab (SEPC) at the University of Florida, where his focus is on using Gator Eye, a drone that’s also an unmanned flying laboratory, to further conservation efforts.

Learn more about spatial ecology: Check out the Univervsity of Florida’s Spatial Ecology and Conservation (SPEC) lab co-founded by Eben

Data set: these data sets were collected by Eben Broadbant and his wife Almeyda Zambrano. They can be used for students looking to create a research project, learn data analysis, or used as scripts in R for spatial analyses.

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