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Record Nr.

UNINA9910544873603321

Autore

Farina Almo

Titolo

Methods in Ecoacoustics : The Acoustic Complexity Indices / / by Almo Farina, Peng Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

3-030-82177-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 pages)

Collana

Frontiers in Ecoacoustics, , 2730-6550 ; ; 1

Disciplina

591.1914

577

Soggetti

Applied ecology

Landscape ecology

Biodiversity

Ecology

Freshwater ecology

Marine ecology

Applied Ecology

Landscape Ecology

Terrestial Ecology

Freshwater and Marine Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. An introduction to Ecoacoustics -- Chapter 2. The Acoustic Complexity Indices (ACIs) -- Chapter 3. Introduction to the SonoScape, an open-source software application in MatLabĀ® -- Chapter 4 - Exercises -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book represents an introduction to ecoacoustics theory, to the application of the Acoustic Complexity Indices (ACIs) to acoustic survey, and to the use of an innovative software to process acoustic data. It enables readers to comprehend the main principles that guide the recent development of ecoacoustics and offers a synthesis about the role of sound in the ecological research. Readers will be introduced to the use of the ACIs by a detailed description of the main algorithms



recently formulated and on their correct application in the acoustic processing concurring to the creation of sonic information systems. Readers will also find a new dedicated software application, namely SonoScape, that is described in detail with its codes attached in the supplementary material in a completely visible format. The SonoScape is a performing software application operating in MatLabĀ® and is enriched of several options to manage single and large collection of acoustics files. It vides the feasibility to process data at different temporal scale, using different combination of parameters, and to extract novel complexity measures such as entropy and fractal dimension of ecoacoustic events. It also offers functions to visualize the results using customized 3-D plots or ternary plots, intuitively demonstrating the patterns of ACIs based on the vast number of numerical results. Finally, this book provides several examples of case studies with the aim of better understanding the potentiality of ACIs and the power of SonoScape as multitasking software to approaching the complexity of the ecoacoustic investigation. Students and scholars in ecology, land managers and technicians may find an important tool to interpret the complex relationship between humans and natural processes when sounds are adopted as proxy.