Acoustic surveys are a widely used sampling tool in ecological research and monitoring.
They are used to monitor populations and ecosystems and to study various aspects of …

Conservationists are increasingly using autonomous acoustic recorders to determine the
presence/absence and the abundance of bird species. Unlike humans, these recorders can …

Vocalizations of anuran amphibians have received much attention in studies of behavioral
ecology and physiology, but also provide informative characters for identifying and …

This article presents a unifying theory of soundscape ecology, which brings the idea of the
soundscape—the collection of sounds that emanate from landscapes—into a research and …

Reliable estimation of the size or density of wild animal populations is very important for
effective wildlife management, conservation and ecology. Currently, the most widely used …

Traditionally, animal species diversity and abundance is assessed using a variety of
methods that are generally costly, limited in space and time, and most importantly, they …

Interpreting acoustic recordings of the natural environment is an increasingly important
technique for ecologists wishing to monitor terrestrial ecosystems. Technological advances …

Passive acoustic monitoring could be a powerful way to assess biodiversity across large
spatial and temporal scales. However, extracting meaningful information from recordings …

Biodiversity assessment is one of the major challenges for ecology and conservation. With
current increase of biodiversity loss during the last decades, there is an urgent need to …

Understandably, given the fast pace of biodiversity loss, there is much interest in using Earth
observation technology to track biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem services …