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 …

Passive acoustic monitoring as a potential tool to survey animal and ecosystem processes in freshwater environments

C Desjonquères, T Gifford, S Linke - Freshwater Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity in freshwater habitats is decreasing faster than in any other type of environment,
mostly as a result of human activities. Monitoring these losses can help guide mitigation …

The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice

J Koehler, M Jansen, A Rodriguez, PJR Kok, LF Toledo… - Zootaxa, 2017 - biotaxa.org
Vocalizations of anuran amphibians have received much attention in studies of behavioral
ecology and physiology, but also provide informative characters for identifying and …

Connecting soundscape to landscape: Which acoustic index best describes landscape configuration?

S Fuller, AC Axel, D Tucker, SH Gage - Ecological indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
Soundscape assessment has been proposed as a remote ecological monitoring tool for
measuring biodiversity, but few studies have examined how soundscape patterns vary with …

The use of acoustic indices to determine avian species richness in audio-recordings of the environment

M Towsey, J Wimmer, I Williamson, P Roe - Ecological Informatics, 2014 - Elsevier
Interpreting acoustic recordings of the natural environment is an increasingly important
technique for ecologists wishing to monitor terrestrial ecosystems. Technological advances …

[HTML][HTML] Biases of acoustic indices measuring biodiversity in urban areas

AJ Fairbrass, P Rennert, C Williams, H Titheridge… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure, GI (eg, parks, gardens, green roofs) are potentially important
biodiversity habitats, however their full ecological capacity is poorly understood, in part due …

[KNJIGA][B] Sound analysis and synthesis with R

J Sueur - 2018 - Springer
Sound is virtually always around us, everywhere, all the time. This morning, my day started
on a rather unpleasant one: that of the repeated buzzing of my alarm clock. The night had …

[HTML][HTML] Listening to a changing landscape: Acoustic indices reflect bird species richness and plot-scale vegetation structure across different land-use types in north …

S Dröge, DA Martin, R Andriafanomezantsoa… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
New technologies like ecoacoustic surveys promise time and cost efficiency for biodiversity
assessments, serve as a basis for effective conservation policies, and are particularly …

Acoustic indices for biodiversity assessments: Analyses of bias based on simulated bird assemblages and recommendations for field surveys

A Gasc, S Pavoine, L Lellouch, P Grandcolas… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Rapid acoustic surveys aim to estimate biodiversity based on the diversity of sounds
produced by animal communities, and interest in this approach among conservation …

It's time to listen: there is much to be learned from the sounds of tropical ecosystems

JL Deichmann, O Acevedo‐Charry, L Barclay… - Biotropica, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge that can be gained from acoustic data collection in tropical ecosystems
is low‐hanging fruit. There is every reason to record and with every day, there are fewer …