Metamaterials are the major type of artificially engineered materials which exhibit naturally
unobtainable properties according to how their microarchitectures are engineered. Owing to …

There is a growing recognition that animal behavior can affect wildlife conservation, but
there have been few direct studies of animal behavior in conservation programs. However, a …

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 …

Acoustic indices are increasingly employed in the analysis of soundscapes to ascertain
biodiversity value. However, conflicting results and lack of consensus on best practices for …

The bird dawn chorus has fascinated humans since ancient times, but still today numerous
questions remain unclear. This chapter will explore this puzzling phenomenon, a communal …

Human‐caused noise pollution dominates the soundscape of modern ecosystems, from
urban centres to national parks. Although wildlife can generally alter their communication to …

With the continued adoption of passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for rapid and high-
resolution ecosystem monitoring, ecologists are increasingly making use of a suite of …

Ecologists have many ways to measure and monitor ecosystems, each of which can reveal
details about the processes unfolding therein. Acoustic recording combined with machine …

Acoustic energy harvesting has the potential to power small-scale electronic applications
and attracts wide attention. This paper presents a two-dimensional local resonant …

Whether listening in a forest or on an open plain, by the side of a river or in the ocean, at the
outskirts of suburbia or right downtown, the Earth abounds with sounds. The use of the term …