bioacoustics Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Birds as monitors of ecosystem management

By Darren O’Connell|2023-10-12T10:43:36+00:0028 Sep 2023|bioacoustics, biomonitoring, bird assemblages, BOU members, BOU-funded, experiment, habitat, monitoring, upland birds|

Using soundscapes to assess the impacts of livestock grazing pressure on upland avian biodiversity and phenology

Do crossbill calls change over time?

By Ralph Martin|2023-08-07T17:41:54+00:0014 Aug 2023|acoustic monitoring, avian biology, behaviour, bioacoustics, communication, passerines, song|

Covering 58 years of crossbill recordings

Can birds count?

By Mylène Dutour|2023-06-13T23:16:17+00:0022 May 2023|behaviour, bioacoustics, bird communities, competition, early-career researcher, ECR, experiment, fieldwork, IBIS, passerines, plasticity|

Can European birds evaluate the numbers of mobbers?

The rise of passive acoustic monitoring

By Oliver Metcalf|2023-03-17T11:39:46+00:0020 Mar 2023|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, biodiversity, bird assemblages, diversity, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, habitat restoration, impact assessment, monitoring, passive acoustic monitoring, populations, recording, song, vocalisations|

Using passive acoustic monitoring for surveying birds in the UK

Singing Penguins

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-08-05T08:45:48+00:0011 Aug 2022|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, Breeding, communication, Disturbance, nest recording, passive monitoring, recording, territoriality|

Can we use penguin display songs for monitoring colonies?

Vocal differences in Acorn Woodpeckers

By José de Jesús Zazueta-Algara|2022-06-06T09:29:12+00:0023 May 2022|acoustic monitoring, adaptation, avian biology, bioacoustics, bird song, citizen science, communications, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, Neotropics, population dynamics, song, tropical birds, vocalisations, vocalizations|

Structure and divergence of vocal traits in the Acorn Woodpecker

How do territorial songbirds convey aggression?

By Sean Roach|2022-04-11T15:40:14+00:0011 Apr 2022|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, ecology, IBIS, passerines, song, sound|

An examination of overlapping, matching, and unique song forms

The changing sounds of spring

By Catriona Morrison|2021-11-15T10:32:04+00:0015 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, biodiversity, bird assemblages, bird communities, bird song, citizen science, communication, community ecology, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, passerines, sound, vocalisations|

Citizen science data reveals a decline in the quality of soundscapes across two continents.

Song variation across Neotropical gradients

By Edvaldo F. Silva-Jr|2021-11-15T10:33:02+00:0011 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, behaviour, bioacoustics, bird song, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, Neotropics, passerines|

Blue-black Grassquit song varies with latitude, climate and species richness

The nightly call of the tinamou

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-10-30T11:31:25+00:004 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, breeding biology, communication, habitat, nocturnal birds, territoriality|

Why does the Undulated Tinamou call at night?