Passive acoustic monitoring provides a fresh perspective on fundamental ecological questions

SRPJ Ross, DP O'Connell, JL Deichmann… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has emerged as a transformative tool for applied
ecology, conservation and biodiversity monitoring, but its potential contribution to …

Autonomous sound recording outperforms human observation for sampling birds: a systematic map and user guide

K Darras, P Batáry, BJ Furnas, I Grass… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Autonomous sound recording techniques have gained considerable traction in the last
decade, but the question remains whether they can replace human observation surveys to …

[HTML][HTML] AudioMoth: A low-cost acoustic device for monitoring biodiversity and the environment

AP Hill, P Prince, JL Snaddon, CP Doncaster, A Rogers - HardwareX, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental sound is a powerful data source for investigating ecosystem health. To
capture it, scientists commonly use ruggedized, but expensive acoustic monitoring …

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 …

Methods for wildlife monitoring in tropical forests: Comparing human observations, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors

JA Zwerts, PJ Stephenson, F Maisels… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife monitoring is essential for conservation science and data‐driven decision‐making.
Tropical forests pose a particularly challenging environment for monitoring wildlife due to the …

Automated bioacoustics: methods in ecology and conservation and their potential for animal welfare monitoring

MP Mcloughlin, R Stewart… - Journal of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Vocalizations carry emotional, physiological and individual information. This suggests that
they may serve as potentially useful indicators for inferring animal welfare. At the same time …

A roadmap for survey designs in terrestrial acoustic monitoring

LSM Sugai, C Desjonqueres… - Remote Sensing in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is increasingly popular in ecological research and
conservation programs, with high‐volume and long‐term data collection provided by …

Acoustic indices perform better when applied at ecologically meaningful time and frequency scales

OC Metcalf, J Barlow, C Devenish… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 sound of a tropical forest

Z Burivalova, ET Game, RA Butler - Science, 2019 - science.org
Conservation areas around the world aim to help conserve animal biodiversity, but it is often
difficult to measure conservation success without detailed on-the-ground surveys. High …

Bioacoustic signal denoising: a review

J Xie, JG Colonna, J Zhang - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2021 - Springer
Animal biodiversity has been experiencing rapid decline due to various reasons such as
habitat loss and degradation, invasive species, and environment pollution. Recent advances …