Passive acoustic monitoring provides a fresh perspective on fundamental ecological questions
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University · Trinity College Dublin · +16 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has emerged as a transformative tool for applied ecology, conservation and biodiversity monitoring, but its potential contribution to fundamental ecology is less often discussed, and fundamental PAM studies tend to be descriptive, rather than mechanistic. Here, we chart the most promising directions for ecologists wishing to use the suite of currently available acoustic methods to address long‐standing fundamental questions in ecology and explore new avenues of research. In both terrestrial and aquatic habitats, PAM provides an opportunity to ask questions across multiple spatial scales and at fine temporal resolution, and to capture phenomena or species that are…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 52.43
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 186
Authors
9- SRSamuel R. P.‐J. RossCorresponding
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Trinity College Dublin
- DPDarren P. O’Connell
University College Dublin
- JLJessica L. Deichmann
Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Smithsonian Libraries
- CDCamille Desjonquères
University of St Andrews, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- AGAmandine Gasc
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Topics & keywords
- Ecology
- Biology
- Conservation biology
- Biodiversity
- Climate change
- Temporal scales
- Environmental resource management
- Data science