This course is intended to give an introduction to acoustic methods for ecology and conservation, giving a primer to the overlapping fields of bioacoustics and ecoacoustics. It consists of seven main units, as outlined below:
10.00-11.00 Session 1 – Introduction to bioacoustics - uses, data and metadata
- Lecture - introduction to bioacoustics
11.00-12.00 Session 2 – Introduction to hardware, software and surveys
- Lecture - hardware, software and surveys
13:00-15:00 Session 3 – Analysing bat data using Kaleidoscope Pro
- Lecture - bat calls and Kaleidoscope Pro
- Kaleidoscope Pro workshop
10.00-12.00 Session 4 – Analysing sound using Audacity and R
- Lecture - sound parameters and spectrogram 'shapes'
- Audacity sound workshop
- R sound workshop
13:00-15:00 Session 5 – Interpreting bioacoustic data
- R data workshop
10.00-12.00 Session 6 – Acoustic Indices using R and Kaleidoscope
- Lecture - Acoustic Indices
- Acoustic Indices with Kaleidoscope
- Acoustic Indices with R
13:00-14:30 Session 7 – Spatial acoustic data
- R spatial workshop
14:30-15:00 Course roundup and finish
Important note: You'll need to download data folders during the course from GitHub. An easy way to do this is using https://download-directory.github.io/. Simply enter the URL for the GitHub folder on this webpage, and it will create a zip file for you.