The Kinabalu Recorder, a new passive acoustic and environmental monitoring recorder

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Low-cost open-source recorders and ready-to-use machine learning approaches provide effective monitoring of threatened species

“…However, in the last few years, several low-cost ARUs for long-term acoustic monitoring have been launched (e.g. Hill et al, 2018;Karlsson et al, 2021), although few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of such recorders for bird monitoring. Recordings can be listened to or visually processed, but such a process can be challenging when the total recording time is several hundreds or thousands of hours (Towsey et al, 2018, but see Cameron et al, 2020).…”

Acoustic methods in physical geography: Applications and future development

“…There has been only limited use of sound in geomorphology and related fields, whilst in contrast, acoustic monitoring of landscapes and ecosystems has become a widespread and important tool in ecology (Gibb et al, 2019; Ross et al, 2018; Sugai et al, 2018), where animal calls can be used to assess and quantify the biodiversity of a location, or indicate the presence (or absence) of key species of interest by the detection of their vocalisations, without direct visual identification (Wimmer et al, 2013a; Bradfer-Lawrence et al, 2020). As a result, economical audio recording devices have become readily available (Hill et al, 2019, 2019; Karlsson et al, 2021), and designs for some have been made available in the public domain, to support acoustic research. Reviews of methodology, including signal and data processing and archiving, have also been generated (Blumstein et al, 2011; Merchant et al, 2015; Wall et al, 2021, Wimmer et al 2013b).…”

“…Beddowes and Mallon, 2018, Girard e al. 2021, Karlsson et al, 2021), as a way of facilitating the growth of acoustic methods. Such devices include some designed for infrasound monitoring (Anderson et al, 2017).…”