Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is quickly gaining ground in ecological research,
following global trends toward automated data collection and big data. Using unattended …

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 …

Many organisms depend on sound for communication, predator/prey detection and
navigation. The acoustic environment can therefore play an important role in ecosystem …

Bioacoustics is historically a discipline that essentially focuses on individual behaviour in
relation to population and species evolutionary levels but rarely in connection with higher …

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 …

All questions in ecology and problems in conservation play out in space. This simple fact
has generated a long-standing interest from scientists and practitioners, and it is now well …

Habitat change and fragmentation are the primary causes of biodiversity loss worldwide.
Recent decades have seen a surge of funding, published papers and citations in the field as …

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 …

Autonomous acoustic recorders are an increasingly popular method for low‐disturbance,
large‐scale monitoring of sound‐producing animals, such as birds, anurans, bats, and other …

Autonomous acoustic recorders are widely available and can provide a highly efficient
method of species monitoring, especially when coupled with software to automate data …