The use of automated identification of bat echolocation calls in acoustic monitoring: A cautionary note for a sound analysis

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 598-602

  Russo, Danilo ^a,b   Voigt, Christian C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosonar; Call library; Ecological consultants; Environmental impact assessment; Misclassification; Windfarms

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SONAR; SURVEYS; WIND POWER;

ACOUSTIC CLASSIFICATION; AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION; AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION; BIOSONAR; ECOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION; WIND FARM;

COMPUTER VISION;

AUTOMATION; BAT; BIOACOUSTICS; BIOMONITORING; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION; ECHOLOCATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOFTWARE; SONAR; WIND FARM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84959288648     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.036     Document Type: Article

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