Buzzfindr: Automating the detection of feeding buzzes in bat echolocation recordings.

ABSTRACT: Quantification of bat communities and habitat heavily rely on non-invasive acoustic bat surveys the scope of which has greatly amplified with advances in remote monitoring technologies. Despite the unprecedented amount of acoustic data being collected, analysis of these data is often limited to simple species classification which provides little information on habitat function. Feeding buzzes, the rapid sequences of echolocation pulses emitted by bats during the terminal phase of prey capture, have historically been used to evaluate foraging habitat quality. Automated identification of feeding buzzes in recordings could benefit conservation by helping identify critical foraging habitat. I tested if detection of feeding buzzes in recordings could be automated with bat recordings from Ontari

SUBMITTER: Jameson JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11335113 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature