UAS imagery reveals new survey opportunities for counting hippos

• Julie Linchant ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Julie Linchant, Simon Lhoest

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: julie.linchant@gmail.com

  Affiliations TERRA Research Center, Central African Forests, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium, Forest Ressources Management, Department BIOSE, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1226-0753

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• Simon Lhoest ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Julie Linchant, Simon Lhoest

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation TERRA Research Center, Central African Forests, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

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• Samuel Quevauvillers,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation Forest Ressources Management, Department BIOSE, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

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• Philippe Lejeune,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Forest Ressources Management, Department BIOSE, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

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• Cédric Vermeulen,

  Roles Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation TERRA Research Center, Central African Forests, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

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• Jean Semeki Ngabinzeke,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Département de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, République Démocratique de Congo

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• Basile Luse Belanganayi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculté de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Département des Eaux et Forêts, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, République Démocratique du Congo

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• Willy Delvingt,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Professeur émérite, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

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• Philippe Bouché †

  † Deceased.

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Forest Ressources Management, Department BIOSE, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

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