Publications, Resource links, and more!

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Journal Publications

  • A Framework to Identify Priority Wetland Habitats and Movement Corridors for Urban Amphibian Conservation (2022).
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  • Advancing Amphibian Conservation through Citizen Science in Urban Municipalities (2021).
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  • Effects of Ambient Noise on Detectability and Localization of Avian Songs and Tones by Observers in Grasslands (2015).
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  • Pre‑breeding Energetic Management in a Mixed‑strategy Breeder (2014).
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  • Vocal Signals Predict Attack During Aggressive Interactions in Black-capped Chickadees (2012).
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Technical Communications

  • Running the Tech Treadmill on a Budget: Testing Relative Performance and Providing Considerations for Using Low-cost or Old Autonomous Recording Units
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Talks and Conference Presentations

  • How Far Can we Hear with Bioacoustics? (2018). ASPB
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  • Do you only get what you pay for? Comparing low-cost recording units to the field standard (2020). ACTWS
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  • Earth, Wind, & Fire – Amphibian Response to Wildfires, Windfarms and more.
VIDEO
  • Small & Mighty: Silence is the Alarm in Water Health
VIDEO

Open Source Data

  • Field-based Testing of Sound Reception By Autonomous Recording Units- AudioMoth, SongMeter4, and SoundCache (2018).
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Our Github

  • Find us at github under AVianEco for repositories with open-source R-scripts and other tools.
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Resources updated periodically. Last Update 03APR2024

Audio and Spectrogram References

Multi-Taxa Amphibians
Macaulay Library AVAMP- Amphibian ID
Acoustic Atlas BC Frogs and Toads
Xeno Canto California Herps
Yellowstone Sound Library Call of the Wetland
  Naturewatch- Frogwatch
Birds USGS Patuxent- Frog Quizzes
Dendroica  
All About Birds Insects
  Singing Insects of North America
Bats Orthoptera Species File Online
Wyoming ANABAT Call Key  
Montana Bat Call ID Training Fish
Sonobat Eastern Bat Call Characteristics FishSounds
Sonobat Western Bat Call Characteristics  
   
   

Remote Detection Hardware

Acoustic Monitoring Equipment Remote Camera Equipment
Avisoft Browning
Cornell SwiftOne Reconyx
Frontier Labs  
Open Acoustic Devices Focal Recording
Peersonic Marantz
Titley Scientific Tascam Recorders
Wildlife Acoustics Seinheiser
  Zoom Recorders
Headphones and Speakers  
AudioTechnica Hardware Reviews
Bose rtings.com
FoxPro  
Razer Opus Learn about Hardware
  SD Cards
  GUANO metadata notation
   

Remote Detection Software

Audio Analysis Software Photo Analysis Software
Audacity
Timelapse
Anabat Insight EcoAssist
Bat Call ID BuckView
Faber Acoustics – SoundMeterX  
Kaleidoscope ML Models
Raven MegaDetector
SASLab Pro BirdNET
Sonobat NABat Acoustic ML
   
Online Processing Platforms R Packages
WildTrax (audio, video, and photos) GUANO-R
ArbimonII (DIY CNN tools) soundecology
  WarbleR
Physics Calculators WildCo Labs FaceBlur
Sound Propagation Calculator  
Sound Attenuation Calculator  
   

Large Dataset Tools

R Learn R
Download R CodeAcademy’s Free R Course
Editor – R Studio R for Ecology YouTube
  Getting Started- R Studio
Python  
Download Python Learn Python
Editor – Spyder freeCodeCamp
  Data Camp
Sharing Code Automate the Boring Stuff
GitHub  
Learn- GitHub Skills Learn AI and ML
  DeepLearning.AI
Sharing Data  
Lila BC – Camera Trap Datasets Learn about FFT
Silent Cities Interactive Guide to the Fast Fourier Transformation
Zenodo  
   

 

Publicly-available Acoustic Monitoring Protocols

Provincial International
AB Handbook for Bats and Appendix 5 NABat Collect Data Site
BC RISC Standard for Bats (2022) UK-BCT Bat Good Practice Guide
QB- Inventaires acoustiques de chauves-souris US-FWS Indiana and Northern Long-eared Bat Survey Guide
   
Non-Profit Academia
ABMI Bioacoustic Unit Protocols Spotted and Barred Owl – Duchac et al. 2020
  AI and manual ID methods – Ware et al. 2023

 

More?

  • A/Vian Eco created data management tools can be found on our github under “Publications”.
  • See “Fun” for Citizen/Community Science Resources.
  • Resources are a work-in progress that are updated periodically. Last Update 25OCT2024

Citizen and Community Science

Broad Reach Alberta Local
Bumble Bee Watch AB Amphibian Monitoring Program
Christmas Bird Count AB Community Bat Program
eBird ALMS Lakewatch
Eclipse Soundscapes Project Miistakis Institute Websites (CitSci + More)
iNaturalist Nature Alberta CitSci Project List
Project Feederwatch Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
Zooniverse  
   
Government Portals Techy!
Canada Portal Birdweather – AI-powered bird detector and cit-sci platform
AB Advancing CitSci Seek by iNaturalist – ML species ID suggestions on your phone.
AB Community of Practice Purple Air – community air quality monitoring. Get hyperlocal air quality measures.

 

Free Colouring Pages

A/Vian Eco’s Duck of the Month Club  
ACBP’s Alberta Bat Activity and Colouring Book  

 

Other Fun Apps and Tools

Audubon Bird App Sibley Birds
BirdNET Sky Guide- Star ID app
Collin’s Bird Guide- Europe US FWS – Feather ID Tool
Merlin Bird ID  

 

Climate Resources

Climate Atlas Firesmoke Forecast
   

Playing Safe Around Wildlife

Government of Alberta Government of BC
Kananaskis – Be Cougar and Elk Alert BC Parks – Wildlife Safety
The Bearsmart Guide  -printable bear safety guide

City of Calgary

Calgary’s Wildlife

 Living in Bear Country – guides for activities like outdoor recreation, home safety, industry, and agriculture.

Government of Canada

Safe Travel in Bear Country – includes bear spray informational resources.

Wildlife-human Conflict – includes guides for many species including cougar.  
   
   
   

 

Resources updated periodically. Last update 17OCT2024.