As biodiversity decreases worldwide, the development of effective techniques to track
changes in ecological communities becomes an urgent challenge. Together with other …

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 …

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

Ecoacoustics, the study of environmental sound, is a growing field with great potential for
biodiversity monitoring. Audio recordings could provide a rapid, cost‐effective monitoring …

Rapid changes of the biosphere observed in recent years are caused by both small and
large scale drivers, like shifts in temperature, transformations in land-use, or changes in the …

Soundscape assessment has been proposed as a remote ecological monitoring tool for
measuring biodiversity, but few studies have examined how soundscape patterns vary with …

Ecosystems and the communities they support are changing at alarmingly rapid rates.
Tracking species diversity is vital to managing these stressed habitats. Yet, quantifying and …

Autonomous sound recording techniques have gained considerable traction in the last
decade, but the question remains whether they can replace human observation surveys to …

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

Bats are a species-rich order of mammals providing key ecosystem services. Because bats
are threatened by human action and also serve as important bioindicators, monitoring their …