We are pleased to invite you to read the selected papers in Drones (ISSN: 2504-446X) from the “Drones in Ecology” Section, which are listed below:

1. “Drones for Flood Monitoring, Mapping and Detection: A Bibliometric Review”
by Umair Iqbal, Muhammad Zain Bin Riaz, Jiahong Zhao, Johan Barthelemy and Pascal Perez
Drones 2023, 7(1), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7010032
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/1/32

2. “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Marine Mammal Research: A Review of Current Applications and Challenges”
by Miguel Álvarez-González, Paula Suarez-Bregua, Graham J. Pierce and Camilo Saavedra
Drones 2023, 7(11), 667; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7110667
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/11/667

3. “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Landslide Investigation and Monitoring: A Review”
by Jianwei Sun, Guoqin Yuan, Laiyun Song and Hongwen Zhang
Drones 2024, 8(1), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8010030
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/1/30

4. “Using YOLO Object Detection to Identify Hare and Roe Deer in Thermal Aerial Video Footage—Possible Future Applications in Real-Time Automatic Drone Surveillance and Wildlife Monitoring”
by Peter Povlsen, Dan Bruhn, Petar Durdevic, Daniel Ortiz Arroyo and Cino Pertoldi
Drones 2024, 8(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8010002
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/1/2

5. “Research on Identification and Location of Mining Landslide in Mining Area Based on Improved YOLO Algorithm”
by Xugang Lian, Yu Li, Xiaobing Wang, Lifan Shi and Changhao Xue
Drones 2024, 8(4), 150; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8040150
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/4/150

6. “Insulator Extraction from UAV LiDAR Point Cloud Based on Multi-Type and Multi-Scale Feature Histogram”
by Maolin Chen, Jiyang Li, Jianping Pan, Cuicui Ji and Wei Ma
Drones 2024, 8(6), 241; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8060241
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/6/241

7. “Performance Analysis of a Wildlife Tracking CubeSat Mission Extension to Drones and Stratospheric Vehicles”
by Paolo Marzioli, Riccardo Garofalo, Lorenzo Frezza, Andrew Nyawade, Giancarlo Santilli, Munzer JahJah, Fabio Santoni and Fabrizio Piergentili
Drones 2024, 8(4), 129; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8040129
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/4/129

8. “Firefighting Drone Configuration and Scheduling for Wildfire Based on Loss Estimation and Minimization”
by Rong-Yu Wu, Xi-Cheng Xie and Yu-Jun Zheng
Drones 2024, 8(1), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8010017
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/1/17

9. “Advanced Computer Vision Methods for Tracking Wild Birds from Drone Footage”
by Dimitris Mpouziotas, Petros Karvelis and Chrysostomos Stylios
Drones 2024, 8(6), 259; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8060259
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/6/259

10. “LiDAR-Based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Offshore Wind Blade Inspection and Modeling”
by Alexandre Oliveira, André Dias, Tiago Santos, Paulo Rodrigues, Alfredo Martins and José Almeida
Drones 2024, 8(11), 617; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8110617
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/11/617