BioSounds

BioSounds provides management and analysis of passive acoustic monitoring recordings to support ecoacoustic biodiversity assessment.

Key Features:

• Data Management: Storage and organization of soundscape recordings and associated metadata projects for large acoustic datasets.
• Re-sampling and Annotation: Support for manual annotation and re-sampling of soniferous animals and soundscape components.
• Automatic Annotation: Automatic annotation using deep-learning models tailored for all bird species and UK bat species.
• Peer Review: Annotation validation via a peer-review system to ensure consensus on identified sounds.
• Audio Analysis: Time- and frequency-domain audio analyses to extract acoustic characteristics and patterns.
• Acoustic Indices Computation: Computation of alpha acoustic indices for quantifying biodiversity and ecosystem soundscape metrics.
• Reference Libraries: Inclusion of reference sound libraries for various taxa to support identification and benchmarking.

Scientific Applications:

• Bird and Bat Community Sampling: Detection and monitoring of bird and UK bat species communities using manual and model-based annotations.
• Primate and Other Taxa Studies: Use of primate call libraries and reference taxa sounds for taxon-specific acoustic research.
• Biodiversity Assessment: Quantification of biodiversity and ecosystem health through computed alpha acoustic indices and acoustic pattern analyses.

Methodology:

Manual annotation and re-sampling; automatic annotation using deep-learning models for all bird species and UK bat species; peer-review validation of annotations; time- and frequency-domain audio analyses; computation of alpha acoustic indices; use of reference sound libraries.