Using acoustic indices in ecology: Guidance on study design, analyses and interpretation

T Bradfer‐Lawrence, C Desjonqueres… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rise of passive acoustic monitoring and the rapid growth in large audio datasets is
driving the development of analysis methods that allow ecological inferences to be drawn …

A wave-confining metasphere beamforming acoustic sensor for superior human-machine voice interaction

K Ma, H Chen, Z Wu, X Hao, G Yan, W Li, L Shao… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Highly sensitive, source-tracking acoustic sensing is essential for effective and natural
human-machine interaction based on voice. It is a known challenge to omnidirectionally …

Drivers of bat activity at wind turbines advocate for mitigating bat exposure using multicriteria algorithm-based curtailment

K Barré, JSP Froidevaux, A Sotillo, C Roemer… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind turbine development is growing exponentially and faster than other sources of
renewable energy worldwide. While multi-turbine facilities have small physical footprint, they …

Individual identification in acoustic recordings

E Knight, T Rhinehart, DR de Zwaan, MJ Weldy… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Recent advances in bioacoustics combined with acoustic individual identification (AIID)
could open frontiers for ecological and evolutionary research because traditional methods of …

[HTML][HTML] Hearing to the unseen: AudioMoth and BirdNET as a cheap and easy method for monitoring cryptic bird species

G Bota, R Manzano-Rubio, L Catalán… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The efficient analyses of sound recordings obtained through passive acoustic monitoring
(PAM) might be challenging owing to the vast amount of data collected using such …

Effective ecological monitoring using passive acoustic sensors: Recommendations for conservation practitioners

D Teixeira, P Roe, BJ van Rensburg… - … Science and Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Passive acoustic recorders have emerged as powerful tools for ecological monitoring.
However, effective monitoring is not simply an act of recording sounds. To have meaning for …

[HTML][HTML] Classification of animal sounds in a hyperdiverse rainforest using convolutional neural networks with data augmentation

Y Sun, TM Maeda, C Solís-Lemus… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
To protect tropical forest biodiversity, we need to be able to detect it reliably, cheaply, and at
scale. Automated detection of sound producing animals from passively recorded …

Software performance for the automated identification of bird vocalisations: the case of two closely related species

J Marchal, F Fabianek, Y Aubry - Bioacoustics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Autonomous recording units now facilitate the large collection of audio recordings. However,
the analysis of large amounts of acoustic data remains a challenge. The time required for …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and limitations: A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research

D Jäckel, KG Mortega, U Sturm, U Brockmeyer… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years.
Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world …

[HTML][HTML] Automated detection and detection range of primate duets: a case study of the red titi monkey (Plecturocebus discolor) using passive acoustic monitoring

SM van Kuijk, S O'Brien, DJ Clink, JG Blake… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM)–an approach that uses autonomous acoustic recording
units (ARUs)–can provide insights into the behavior of cryptic or endangered species that …