Applying bioacoustic methods for long-term monitoring of a nocturnal wetland bird

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 4-12

  Frommolt, Karl Heinz ^a   Tauchert, Klaus Henry ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b BfUL/Sächsische Vogelschutzwarte Neschwitz Park 2/D 02699 Neschwitz ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic pattern recognition; Bioacoustic monitoring; Hyperbolic localization; Population size

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; BOTAURUS STELLARIS; CARDIOIDEA;

EID: 84899974864     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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