Passive Acoustic Sampling Enhances Traditional Herpetofauna Sampling Techniques in Urban Environments DOI Creative Commons

Isabelle L. Barnes,

John E. Quinn

Sensors, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(23), P. 9322 - 9322

Published: Nov. 22, 2023

Data are needed to assess the relationships between urbanization and biodiversity establish conservation priorities. However, many of these difficult fully using traditional research methods. To address this gap evaluate new acoustic sensors associated data, we conducted a multimethod analysis in rapidly urbanizing county: Greenville, South Carolina, USA. We audio recordings at 25 points along development gradient. At same locations, used refugia tubes, visual assessments, an online database. Analysis focused on species identification both data each point trail determine herpetofauna indices (as proxies for biodiversity) environmental gradient land use cover. Our suggests multitude different sampling methods be conducive completion more comprehensive occupancy measure. Moving forward, protocol can potentially useful establishment effective wildlife move toward future policies efforts concerning urbanization, forest fragmentation, natural, particularly forested, ecosystems.

Language: Английский

Quantifying the Soundscape: How filters change acoustic indices DOI Creative Commons
Emilia Hyland,

Annie Schulz,

John E. Quinn

et al.

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 148, P. 110061 - 110061

Published: March 6, 2023

Monitoring biodiversity can be time consuming and costly. Automated recording units (ARUs) have rapidly emerged as an efficient cost-effective tool for measuring biodiversity. Acoustic indices are one output from recordings ARUs that quantified to serve ecological indicator However, there is a lack of guidance on what acoustic filters apply these when. To address this gap, we collected data study locations spanning temperate tropical forests, agricultural grasslands croplands, peri-urban development. We applied 80, 500, 1000, 2000 Hz when calculating the different indices. In addition, considered effect landscape context, road noise, season, elevation seven most commonly used with frequency filters. found two indices, Diversity Index (ADI) Evenness (AEI), were sensitive filtering, changing significantly between 80 1000 filter across covariates. Complexity (ACI), however, remained consistent These results suggest using should cognizant context location season period ADI AEI. ACI more generously since it not filtering. effective biodiversity, but ensure proper reporting ability compare studies, guidelines appropriate filtering developed.

Language: Английский

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Investigating the drivers of temporal and spatial dynamics in urban forest bird acoustic patterns DOI
Yang Yun-feng,

Zhewen Ye,

Zhiying Zhang

et al.

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 376, P. 124554 - 124554

Published: Feb. 16, 2025

Language: Английский

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Road disturbance drives a more simplified soundscape in temperate forests revealed by deep learning and acoustics indices DOI
Shizheng Wang,

Yuxuan Duan,

Ranxing Cao

et al.

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 306, P. 111115 - 111115

Published: March 30, 2025

Language: Английский

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From valleys to peaks: characterizing soundscapes in the Northern European Limestone Alps DOI Creative Commons
Manuel Ebner, Ulrike Tappeiner, Uta Schirpke

et al.

Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40(5)

Published: April 29, 2025

Language: Английский

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Research Foundation and Hotspot Analysis of Urban Road Ecology—A Bibliometric Study Based on CiteSpace DOI Open Access
Xiaofan Yang, Qingfu Liu

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(12), P. 5135 - 5135

Published: June 17, 2024

Urban road ecology focuses on the reciprocal interactions between urban construction and ecological environment, aiming to provide valuable insights into sustainable construction. The study of has established a comprehensive research framework since early 20th century, with emerging as its sub-discipline that emphasizes strategic planning roads internal dynamics within ecosystems. In order demonstrate broader focus development prospects ecology, well explore distinguishing features compared traditional this conducted bibliometric analysis using CiteSpace software version 6.2.R7 based Web Science (WOS) database for literature in last 30 years. reflected current state field across three dimensions: collaborative analysis, co-citation keyword analysis. results revealed scarcity key terms publications 1993 2010, followed by an exponential surge activities after 2010. However, both analyses indicate lack long-term, in-depth area, highlighting absence unified system. On basis, paper presents expectations future briefly discusses limitations study.

Language: Английский

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Research on spatiotemporal variation characteristics of soundscapes in a newly established suburban forest park DOI

Qi Bian,

Cheng Wang, Zhenkai Sun

et al.

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 78, P. 127766 - 127766

Published: Oct. 25, 2022

Language: Английский

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COVID-19 shutdown revealed higher acoustic diversity and vocal activity of flagship birds in old-growth than in production forests DOI Creative Commons
Luc Barbaro, Jérémy S. P. Froidevaux, Elena Valdés‐Correcher

et al.

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 901, P. 166328 - 166328

Published: Aug. 21, 2023

Language: Английский

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The impact of vehicular noise on acoustic indices within simulated bird assemblage soundscapes DOI

Rebecca L. Ducay,

Brent S. Pease

Bioacoustics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 33(2), P. 203 - 220

Published: March 3, 2024

Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is a sampling technique that has gained increasing popularity in the field of wildlife and research since it allows for non-invasive cost-effective collection information. Retrieving biological information from PAM recordings can often involve time-consuming sound annotation methodologies, but advent indices help expedite this process. While correlations between species richness have been observed variety ecological contexts, these relationships faulter environments with increased vehicular noise. Here, we assessed direct impact noise on nine through controlled manipulation within computer-generated bird assemblage soundscapes. Our results demonstrate recording distance roadsides number passing cars per minute notable persistent impacts index values, magnitude effect varies across indices. Four demonstrated greater resilience to interference may therefore be better suited developed areas: Bioacoustic Index, Acoustic Complexity Diversity Evenness Index. By contributing collective understanding behaviours under anthropogenic pollution, hope inform their application human-developed contexts.

Language: Английский

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A meta-analysis of the effects in alpha acoustic indices DOI Open Access

Yanyi Wang,

Yimei Zhang, Canwei Xia

et al.

Biodiversity Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 31(1), P. 22369 - 22369

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Background: Many animals such as mammals, birds, amphibians, fishes and arthropods, produce sounds when moving, communicating or sensing their environment.Building upon the rich legacies of bioacoustics animal communication, acoustic properties from soundscape are used to monitor assess changes in communities related environments.During past decade, many indices have been developed can be divided into two categories, namely alpha beta indices.Alpha reflect information recording while focus on comparison differences between different recordings.There far more empirical studies application than indices.However, patterns contradictory.Before applied widely, it is necessary understand better how well they environments monitored.Aims: To make general inferences mixed evidence, associations animaldiversity, habitat quality, activity were quantitatively reviewed based meta-analytic approach.Methods: Both key word searches cross-reference conducted, 2,845 pairs data other variables collected 136 references.For which 50 times, direction was tested by sign test.Then, maximum likelihood method employed estimate probability density function summary effect (i.e., correlation coefficient index variable).Lastly, coefficients calculated function. Results & Conclusion:Eight commonly involved study, complexity (ACI), entropy (H) (including closely indices: temporal spectral index), bioacoustic (BI), normalized difference (NDSI), diversity (ADI), evenness (AEI), richness (AR), number peaks (NP).Among these indices, ACI most frequently positively with diversity, activity.The highest association appeared at relationship terrestrial activity, mean size 0.53.Besides, always trivial, sizes generally less 0.30.The only significantly negative occurred AEI -0.18.The robustness main results thoroughly analyzed, strengths weaknesses monitoring through also discussed.This study expected provide a guideline for selection future research.

Language: Английский

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Snowmobile noise alters bird vocalization patterns during winter and pre‐breeding season DOI Creative Commons
Benjamin Cretois,

Ian Avery Bick,

Cathleen Balantic

et al.

Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 61(2), P. 340 - 350

Published: Dec. 14, 2023

Abstract Noise pollution poses a significant threat to ecosystems worldwide, disrupting animal communication and causing cascading effects on biodiversity. In this study, we focus the impact of snowmobile noise avian vocalizations during non‐breeding winter season, less‐studied area in soundscape ecology. We developed pipeline relying deep learning methods detect applied it large acoustic monitoring dataset collected Yellowstone National Park. Our results demonstrate effectiveness detection model identifying reveal an association between passage changes vocalization patterns. Snowmobile led decrease frequency bird mornings evenings, potentially affecting pre‐breeding behaviours such as foraging, predator avoidance successfully finding mate. However, observed recovery after snowmobiles afternoons, indicating some resilience sporadic events. Synthesis applications : findings emphasize need consider impacts season provide valuable insights for natural resource managers minimize disturbance protect critical habitats. The approach presented study offers efficient accurate means analysing large‐scale data contributes comprehensive understanding cumulative multiple stressors communities.

Language: Английский

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