Assessing the potential of BirdNET to infer European bird communities from large-scale ecoacoustic data
Ecological Indicators,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
164, С. 112146 - 112146
Опубликована: Май 20, 2024
Passive
acoustic
monitoring
has
become
increasingly
popular
as
a
practical
and
cost-effective
way
of
obtaining
highly
reliable
data
in
ecological
research
projects.
Increased
ease
collecting
these
means
that,
currently,
the
main
bottleneck
ecoacoustic
projects
is
often
time
required
for
manual
analysis
passively
collected
recordings.
In
this
study
we
evaluate
potential
current
limitations
BirdNET-Analyzer
v2.4,
most
advanced
generic
deep
learning
algorithm
bird
recognition
to
date,
tool
assess
community
composition
through
automated
large-scale
data.
To
end,
3
datasets
comprising
total
629
environmental
soundscapes
194
different
sites
spread
across
19°
latitude
span
Europe.
We
analyze
using
both
BirdNET
listening
by
local
expert
birders,
then
compare
results
obtained
two
methods
performance
at
level
each
single
vocalization
entire
recording
sequences
(1,
5
or
10
min).
Since
provides
confidence
score
identification,
minimum
thresholds
can
be
used
filter
out
identifications
with
low
scores,
thus
retaining
only
ones.
The
volume
did
not
allow
us
estimate
species-specific
taxa,
so
instead
evaluated
global
selected
optimized
when
consistently
applied
all
species.
Our
analyses
reveal
that
if
sufficiently
high
threshold
used.
However,
inevitable
trade-off
between
precision
recall
does
obtain
satisfactory
metrics
same
time.
found
F1-scores
remain
moderate
(<0.5)
studied,
extended
duration
seem
currently
necessary
provide
minimally
comprehensive
picture
target
community.
estimate,
however,
usage
species-
context-specific
would
substantially
improve
benchmarks
study.
conclude
judicious
use
AI-based
provided
represent
powerful
method
assist
assessment
data,
especially
duration.
Язык: Английский
Avian vocalizations in Huangmaohai sea-crossing channel: Automatic birdsong recognition and ecological impact analysis based on deep learning
Biological Conservation,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
305, С. 111101 - 111101
Опубликована: Март 25, 2025
Язык: Английский
A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic
Scientific Data,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
11(1)
Опубликована: Авг. 27, 2024
Political
responses
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic
led
changes
in
city
soundscapes
around
globe.
From
March
October
2020,
a
consortium
of
261
contributors
from
35
countries
brought
together
by
Silent
Cities
project
built
unique
soundscape
recordings
collection
report
on
local
acoustic
urban
areas.
We
present
this
here,
along
with
metadata
including
observational
descriptions
areas
contributors,
open-source
environmental
data,
confinement
levels
and
calculation
descriptors.
performed
technical
validation
dataset
using
statistical
models
run
subset
manually
annotated
soundscapes.
Results
confirmed
large-scale
usability
ecoacoustic
indices
automatic
sound
event
recognition
collection.
expect
be
useful
for
research
multidisciplinary
field
sciences.
Язык: Английский
Assessing the potential of BirdNET to infer European bird communities from large-scale ecoacoustic data
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 12, 2023
Abstract
Passive
acoustic
monitoring
has
become
increasingly
popular
as
a
practical
and
cost-effective
way
of
obtaining
highly
reliable
data
in
ecological
research
projects.
Increased
ease
collecting
these
means
that,
currently,
the
main
bottleneck
ecoacoustic
projects
is
often
time
required
for
manual
analysis
passively
collected
recordings.
In
this
study
we
evaluate
potential
current
limitations
BirdNET-Analyzer
v2.4,
most
advanced
generic
deep
learning
algorithm
bird
recognition
to
date,
tool
assess
community
composition
through
automated
large-scale
data.
To
end,
3
datasets
comprising
total
629
environmental
soundscapes
194
different
sites
spread
across
19°
latitude
span
Europe.
We
analyze
recordings
both
with
BirdNET
by
listening
local
expert
birders,
then
compare
results
obtained
two
methods
performance
at
level
each
single
vocalization
entire
recording
sequences
(1,
5
or
10
min).
Our
analyses
reveal
that
identifications
can
be
if
sufficiently
high
minimum
confidence
threshold
used.
However,
recall
markedly
low
when
adjusted
ensure
levels
precision.
Thus,
found
F1-scores
remain
moderate
(<0.5)
all
thresholds
studied.
therefore
estimate
extended
duration
are
currently
necessary
provide
minimally
comprehensive
picture
target
community.
also
suggest
not
significantly
influenced
type
recorder
used
habitat
recorded
but
modulated
volume
species-specific
available
online.
conclude
judicious
use
AI-based
IDs
provided
represent
novel
powerful
method
assist
assessment
Finally,
best
recommendations
optimal
from
communities.
Язык: Английский
Assessing the Potential of Birdnet to Infer European Bird Communities from Large-Scale Ecoacoustic Data
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023
1.
Passive
acoustic
monitoring
has
become
increasingly
popular
as
a
practical
and
cost-effective
way
of
obtaining
highly
reliable
data
in
ecological
research
projects.
Increased
ease
collecting
these
means
that,
currently,
the
main
bottleneck
ecoacoustic
projects
is
often
time
required
for
manual
analysis
passively
collected
recordings.
In
this
study
we
evaluate
potential
current
limitations
BirdNET-Analyzer
v2.4,
most
advanced
generic
deep
learning
algorithm
bird
recognition
to
date,
tool
assess
community
composition
through
automated
large-scale
data.
2.
To
end,
3
datasets
comprising
total
629
environmental
soundscapes
194
different
sites
spread
across
19°
latitude
span
Europe.
We
analyze
recordings
both
with
BirdNET
by
listening
local
expert
birders,
then
compare
results
obtained
two
methods
performance
at
level
each
single
vocalization
entire
recording
sequences
(1,
5
or
10
min).
3.
Our
analyses
reveal
that
identifications
can
be
if
sufficiently
high
minimum
confidence
threshold
used.
However,
recall
markedly
low
when
adjusted
ensure
levels
precision.
Thus,
found
F1-scores
remain
moderate
(<0.5)
all
thresholds
studied.
therefore
estimate
extended
duration
are
currently
necessary
provide
minimally
comprehensive
picture
target
community.
also
suggest
not
significantly
influenced
type
recorder
used
habitat
recorded
but
modulated
volume
species-specific
available
online.
4.
conclude
judicious
use
AI-based
IDs
provided
represent
novel
powerful
method
assist
assessment
Finally,
best
recommendations
optimal
from
communities.
Язык: Английский