Listening to tropical forest soils DOI Creative Commons
Oliver C. Metcalf, Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro, Jos Barlow

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 22, 2023

Abstract PAM has proven to be an effective tool for monitoring biotic soundscapes in the marine, terrestrial, and aquatic realms. Recently it been suggested that could also method soil fauna, but so far used only four studies temperate polar regions. We present first study of tropical forests, using a novel analytical pipeline allowing use in-situ recording with minimal disturbance. found significant differences between burnt unburnt forests indications diel cycle soundscapes. These promising results methodological advances highlight potential large-scale long-term biodiversity. discuss research priorities, including relating biophony biodiversity, community structure ecosystem functioning, appropriate hardware techniques.

Language: Английский

Sounds of the underground reflect soil biodiversity dynamics across a grassy woodland restoration chronosequence DOI Creative Commons
Jake M. Robinson, Alex Taylor, Nicole W. Fickling

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 29, 2024

Abstract Fifty-nine percent of the world’s species inhabit soil. However, soils are degrading at unprecedented rates, necessitating efficient, cost-effective, and minimally intrusive biodiversity monitoring methods to aid in their restoration. Ecoacoustics is emerging as a promising tool for detecting soil biodiversity, recently proving effective temperate forest restoration context. understanding efficacy ecoacoustics other ecosystems bioregions essential. Here, we applied tools indices (Acoustic Complexity Index, Bioacoustic Normalised Difference Soundscape Index) measure an Australian grassy woodland chronosequence. We collected 240 acoustic samples from two cleared plots (continuously through active management), (revegetated 14-15 years ago), remnant vegetation over 5 days Mount Bold, South Australia. used below-ground sampling device sound attenuation chamber record invertebrate communities, which were also manually counted. show that complexity diversity significantly higher revegetated than plots, both in-situ chambers. Acoustic strongly positively associated with abundance richness, each chronosequence age class supported distinct communities. Our results provide support can effectively contexts. This technology holds promise addressing global need protecting our planet’s most diverse ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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The Musical Turn in Biosemiotics DOI Creative Commons
Matthew Slayton, Yogi Hale Hendlin

Biosemiotics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 221 - 237

Published: April 13, 2023

Abstract Human music and language are two systems of communication expression that, while historically considered to overlap, have become increasingly divergent in their approach study. Music almost certainly co-evolved emerged from the same semiotic field, this relationship as well co-origin actively researched debated. For sake evaluating content zoomusicology, we investigate a ‘bottom-up’ biosemiotic functionalist account considering iconic, indexical, symbolic forms meaning not hierarchy but according effects on agents. Such an avoids overintellectualizing representational aspects music, instead inverts, it were, traditional categories produce illocutionary effects. Understanding aesthetics action priori separate rather fundamentally co-arising elements events. The focus musicality again returns interpretation how semiosis precipitates expression.

Language: Английский

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Leveraging time-based acoustic patterns for ecosystem analysis DOI Creative Commons
Andrés Eduardo Castro-Ospina, Paula Andrea Rodríguez Marín, José David López

et al.

Neural Computing and Applications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36(32), P. 20513 - 20526

Published: Aug. 13, 2024

Abstract Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is an effective, non-intrusive method for studying ecosystems, but obtaining meaningful ecological information from its large number of audio files challenging. In this study, we take advantage the expected animal behavior at different times day (e.g., higher activity dawn) and develop a novel approach to use these time-based patterns. We organize PAM data into 24-hour temporal blocks formed with sound features pretrained VGGish network. These feed 1D convolutional neural network class activation mapping technique that gives interpretability outcomes. As result, diel-cycle offer more accurate robust hour-by-hour than using traditional indices as features, effectively recognizing key ecosystem

Language: Английский

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Earthworm Ecology in Northern European Forests DOI
Frank Ashwood, Justine Lejoly, Aidan M. Keith

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Listening to tropical forest soils DOI Creative Commons
Oliver C. Metcalf, Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro, Jos Barlow

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 22, 2023

Abstract PAM has proven to be an effective tool for monitoring biotic soundscapes in the marine, terrestrial, and aquatic realms. Recently it been suggested that could also method soil fauna, but so far used only four studies temperate polar regions. We present first study of tropical forests, using a novel analytical pipeline allowing use in-situ recording with minimal disturbance. found significant differences between burnt unburnt forests indications diel cycle soundscapes. These promising results methodological advances highlight potential large-scale long-term biodiversity. discuss research priorities, including relating biophony biodiversity, community structure ecosystem functioning, appropriate hardware techniques.

Language: Английский

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