Here's a new paper in Science by the team at Mongabay in partnership with Conservation Letters/TNC about bioacoustics:
- *Recording and analyzing forest soundscapes can be an effective way of monitoring changes in animal communities in tropical forests and human presence, researchers say in a new commentary published in Science.* - *Bioacoustics, which can be used to cover a vast range of animal groups over large landscapes, can also fill the gap between the bird’s-eye view of satellites and the finer focus of on-the-ground surveys, to give a clearer picture of animal population trends over large landscapes.* - *Moreover, bioacoustics has the potential to be an important tool in assessing what’s working and what’s not working in conservation, such as to monitor forests maintained by companies under certification or zero-deforestation commitments.* - *The researchers have called for improvements in processing and analysis of huge acoustic data sets, which at the moment are the major bottlenecks in soundscape research.* Full story: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/eavesdrop-on-forest-sounds-to-effectively-monitor-biodiversity-researchers-say/ Please share! Erik -- www.erikhoffner.com
