Detecting bat calls: An analysis of automated methods

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-203

  Skowronski, Mark D ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated detection; Chiroptera; Links detector; Synthetic recording environment

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM; BAT; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HARDWARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REAL TIME;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 68149165531     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811009X465811     Document Type: Article

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