Acoustic monitoring in terrestrial environments using microphone arrays: Applications, technological considerations and prospectus

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 758-767

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a   Mennill, Daniel J ^b   Clemins, Patrick ^c   Girod, Lewis ^d   Yao, Kung ^a   Patricelli, Gail ^e   Deppe, Jill L ^f   Krakauer, Alan H ^e   Clark, Christopher ^g   Cortopassi, Kathryn A ^g   Hanser, Sean F ^e   Mccowan, Brenda ^e,h   Ali, Andreas M ^a   Kirschel, Alexander N G ^a,i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c AAAS   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^g Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Bioacoustics; Biodiversity monitoring; Non invasive sampling; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; ALGORITHM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOACOUSTICS; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NOISE; PHENOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955961451     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01993.x     Document Type: Review

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