The problem of low agreement among automated identification programs for acoustical surveys of bats

C Lemen, PW Freeman, JA White… - Western North American …, 2015 - BioOne
We compared 4 programs designed to identify species of bats from their echolocation calls
(Bat Call ID, EchoClass, Kaleidoscope Pro, and SonoBat) using field data collected in …

An intelligent procedure for the detection and classification of chickens infected by clostridium perfringens based on their vocalization

M Sadeghi, A Banakar, M Khazaee… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
In this study, an intelligent method was implemented for the detection and classification of
chickens by infected Clostridium perfringens type A based on their vocalization. To this aim …

Integration over song classification replicates: Song variant analysis in the hihi

L Ranjard, SJ Withers, DH Brunton, HA Ross… - The Journal of the …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Human expert analyses are commonly used in bioacoustic studies and can potentially limit
the reproducibility of these results. In this paper, a machine learning method is presented to …

Advance in the bat acoustic identification systems based on the audible spectrum using nonlinear dynamics characterization

JB Alonso, A Henríquez, P Henríquez… - Expert Systems with …, 2015 - Elsevier
Frequential and time lineal parameters have shown a good performance in the recognition
of bat species and nowadays there are many works which obtain those characteristics very …

Long recording sequences: how to track the intra-individual variability of acoustic signals

T Lengagne, D Gomez, R Josserand, Y Voituron - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Recently developed acoustic technologies-like automatic recording units-allow the
recording of long sequences in natural environments. These devices are used for …

Factors affecting foraging activity of pipistrelle bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) on the Islands of Malta

CM Mifsud, A Vella - Acta Chiropterologica, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
In the mediterranean region, aquatic and riparian habitats are considered amongst the most
important for bat survival. These habitats are transient in the Maltese Islands and detailed …