TERN publishes open archive of bioacoustic sensor data

Australia’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (TERN) has publicly released their archive of bioacoustic sensor data — almost 45,000 files of acoustic data recorded at 21 monitoring sites around Australia. 

From their announcement: 

‘Bioacoustic sensors do much more than simply capturing the beautiful, calming soundscapes of our natural environment. They also provide an effective and efficient means for monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem change across large areas over long time periods.

Remotely controlled bioacoustic sensors provide a unique 24-hour-a-day monitoring capability for vocal animals such as birds and frogs, and capture insights into animal occurrence and behaviour.  And, by coupling bioacoustic data with TERN-delivered data on soil, vegetation, meteorology, water quality and long-term observations of gas and water exchanges, they can even act as an early warning system, alerting us to changes in the environment.’

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