Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis

I Alcocer, H Lima, LSM Sugai, D Llusia - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As biodiversity decreases worldwide, the development of effective techniques to track
changes in ecological communities becomes an urgent challenge. Together with other …

Broad‐scale applications of the Raspberry Pi: A review and guide for biologists

JW Jolles - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The field of biology has seen tremendous technological progress in recent years, fuelled by
the exponential growth in processing power and high‐level computing, and the rise of global …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Perceived biodiversity, sound, naturalness and safety enhance the restorative quality and wellbeing benefits of green and blue space in a neotropical city

JC Fisher, KN Irvine, JE Bicknell, WM Hayes… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban land cover expansion and human population growth are accelerating worldwide. This
is resulting in the loss and degradation of green and blue spaces (eg parks, waterways …

Characterizing soundscapes across diverse ecosystems using a universal acoustic feature set

SS Sethi, NS Jones, BD Fulcher… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Natural habitats are being impacted by human pressures at an alarming rate. Monitoring
these ecosystem-level changes often requires labor-intensive surveys that are unable to …

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 …

Soundscapes and deep learning enable tracking biodiversity recovery in tropical forests

J Müller, O Mitesser, HM Schaefer, S Seibold… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tropical forest recovery is fundamental to addressing the intertwined climate and
biodiversity loss crises. While regenerating trees sequester carbon relatively quickly, the …

The Australian acoustic observatory

P Roe, P Eichinski, RA Fuller… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fauna surveys are traditionally manual, and hence limited in scale, expensive and labour‐
intensive. Low‐cost hardware and storage mean that acoustic recording now has the …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices

T Bradfer-Lawrence, N Bunnefeld, N Gardner… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accelerating global shifts in climate and land use change are altering natural habitats and
species assemblages, making management interventions crucial to halt the biodiversity …

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 …