The acoustic communities : definition, description and ecological role

Farina, A and James, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9079-3953 2016, 'The acoustic communities : definition, description and ecological role' , BioSystems, 147 , pp. 11-20.

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Abstract

An acoustic community is defined as an aggregation of species that produces sound by using internal or extra-body sound-producing tools. Such communities occur in aquatic (freshwater and marine) and terrestrial environments. An acoustic community is the biophonic component of a soundtope and is characterized by its acoustic signature, which results from the distribution of sonic information associated with signal amplitude and frequency. Distinct acoustic communities can be described according to habitat, the frequency range of the acoustic signals, and the time of day or the season. Near and far fields can be identified empirically, thus the acoustic community can be used as a proxy for biodiversity richness. The importance of ecoacoustic research is rapidly growing due to the increasing awareness of the intrusion of anthropogenic sounds (technophonies) into natural and human-modified ecosystems and the urgent need to adopt more efficient predictive tools to compensate for the effects of climate change. The concept of an acoustic community provides an operational scale for a non-intrusive biodiversity survey and analysis that can be carried out using new passive audio recording technology, coupled with methods of vast data processing and storage.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > School of Environment and Life Sciences > Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre
Journal or Publication Title:	BioSystems
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0303-2647
Funders:	Non funded research
Depositing User:	Professor Philip James
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2016 11:57
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2022 09:36
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/39080

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