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Study of sound relating to biology
Bioacoustics is a cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics. Usually, it refers to the investigation of sound production, dispersion and reception in animals. This involves neurophysiological and anatomical basis of sound production and detection, and relation of acoustic signals to the medium they disperse through. The findings provide clues about the evolution of acoustic mechanisms, and from that, the evolution of animals that employ them. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BioacousticsA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: OpenSoundscape: An open‐source bioacoustics analysis package for PythonInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Computational BioacousticsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practiceCited 551 times
- Go sideways: Autonomous recording unitA closely related topic
- Go sideways: AcousticsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics, investigating for instance the mechanisms of sound production and detection.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice
Computational bioacoustics with deep learning: a review and roadmap
An overview of fish bioacoustics and the impacts of anthropogenic sounds on fishes
Real-time bioacoustics monitoring and automated species identification
Urban bioacoustics: it's not just noise
MULTI‐TROPHIC INVASION RESISTANCE IN HAWAII: BIOACOUSTICS, FIELD SURVEYS, AND AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING
The emerging significance of bioacoustics in animal species conservation
Towards understanding plant bioacoustics
🆕 Influential since 2022
OpenSoundscape: An open‐source bioacoustics analysis package for Python
A scoping review of the use of bioacoustics to assess various components of farm animal welfare
From buzzes to bytes: A systematic review of automated bioacoustics models used to detect, classify and monitor insects
Birds, bats and beyond: evaluating generalization in bioacoustics models
A Review of Automated Bioacoustics and General Acoustics Classification Research
📚 Books worth reading
Computational BioacousticsTodor Ganchev · 2015
Otoacoustic emissionsSumitrajit Dhar · 2010
Secrets of SoundApril Pulley Sayre · 2002
Acoustic systems in biologyNeville H. Fletcher · 1992- 📕Neural Code of Pitch and HarmonyGerald Langner, Christina Benson · 2008
Vertebrate Sound Production and Acoustic CommunicationRoderick A. Suthers, W. Tecumseh Fitch · 2016- 📕EcoacousticsAlmo Farina, Stuart H. Gage · 2017
Soundscape EcologyAlmo Farina · 2013
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