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Carlos Abrahams Bioacoustics and Ecoacoustics training course materials

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Bioacoustic Training Course

Carlos Abrahams

Introduction

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:

Day 1

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

Day 2

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

Day 3

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.