About the Authors
- Dominique Chabot
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* E-mail: dominique.chabot@mail.mcgill.ca
Current address: ING Robotic Aviation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Affiliations Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada, Avian Science and Conservation Centre of McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada
- Shawn R. Craik
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Affiliation Département des Sciences, Université Sainte-Anne, Pointe-de-l’Église, Nova Scotia, Canada
- David M. Bird
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Affiliation Avian Science and Conservation Centre of McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada
Competing Interests
The principal author wishes to clarify that although he is currently employed by the commercial company ING Robotic Aviation, the research described in the manuscript—including study design, data collection, data analyses and formulation of conclusions—was entirely conducted prior to his employment, as part of his PhD thesis research at McGill University (Montreal, QC, Canada) in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, under the supervision of co-author Dr. David M. Bird. ING Robotic Aviation did not provide any funds or in-kind contributions to the research, nor did it have any part in planning or conducting the research, analyzing the data, formulating the conclusions, or writing or revising the manuscript. Moreover, the principal author’s employment at ING Robotic Aviation does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DC SRC DMB. Performed the experiments: DC SRC. Analyzed the data: DC SRC. Wrote the paper: DC SRC DMB.