OOS 42 - All Ears In: Advancing Ecology and Conservation with Bioacoustics

Organizer(s)

• KB

  Kristin Brunk

  Postdoc
  K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, United States

Co-Organizer(s)

• MG

  Marissa Garcia

  PhD Student
  K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, United States
• LS

  Larissa Sugai

  K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, United States

Bioacoustics is a rapidly developing, cross-disciplinary field that is allowing researchers to sample wildlife in situ at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions, while simultaneously reducing disturbances to study organisms and ecosystems. The relatively low cost of bioacoustic studies is increasing access to ecological data for communities globally, including low-income communities and those in developing nations. Recent advances in sound analysis and statistical techniques are rapidly improving researchers’ ability to draw inference from bioacoustics data and, ultimately, uncover biological patterns and promote predictive ecology.

Bioacoustics is the study of the production, transmission, and reception of animal sounds. This diverse field bridges the divide between ecology, acoustics, statistics, and, increasingly, machine learning and data science. Bioacousticians use sound to answer increasingly complex questions related to the distribution, behavior, ecology, evolution, and conservation of biodiversity. In many cases, results from bioacoustics studies are already informing conservation planning and policy - for example, prioritizing areas for habitat restoration and reducing the impacts of offshore wind farms on marine mammals.

This session showcases a wide range of robust bioacoustics applications in ecology. We have gathered speakers from both terrestrial and marine systems to highlight the research made possible by bioacoustics, from warblers to whales, and from single species to soundscapes. The work featured in this session spans the continuum from basic to applied research and brings together practitioners from many career stages, backgrounds, and institutions.

This session will be of interest both to those already using bioacoustics and to those curious about how bioacoustics could be applied to their current work!

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

  Ecology and animal culture resonate in conservation bioacoustics
  

  Presenting Author: Renata Sousa-Lima – Laboratory of Bioacoustics and EcoAcoustic Research Hub, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

  Harnessing passive acoustic monitoring to describe spatiotemporal distribution of toothed whales in the northern California Current
  

  Presenting Author: Marissa L. Garcia – K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  Co-author: Rebecca Cohen – K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University

  Co-author: Craig Risien – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Imogen Lucciano – Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University

  Co-author: Dawn Barlow – Marine Mammal institute, Oregon State University

  Co-author: Leigh Torres – Marine Mammal institute, Oregon State University

  Co-author: Melanie Fewings – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Holger Klinck – K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT

  Eavesdropping on multi-species marine mammal communities along the western North Atlantic Ocean shelf-break
  

  Presenting Author: Samara Haver – Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University

  Co-author: Peter Corkeron – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  Co-author: Simone Baumann-Pickering – Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  Co-author: Danielle Cholewiak – NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

  Co-author: Genevieve Davis – Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries

  Co-author: Annamaria DeAngelis – NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

  Co-author: Kaitlin Frasier – Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  Co-author: Natalie Posdaljian – Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  Co-author: Macey Rafter – Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  Co-author: Alba Solsona Berga – Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  Co-author: Annabel Westell, under contract to NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center – Integrated Statistics Inc.

  Co-author: Sofie M. Van Parijs – NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

  Efficient monitoring of biodiversity and evaluation of conservation initiates in tropical forests
  

  Presenting Author: H S Sathya Chandra Sagar – Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-author: Felicity Edwards – Royal Society for Protection of Birds

  Co-author: Douglas Yu – University of East Anglia

  Co-author: Zuzana Burivalova – University of Wiscosnin - Madison
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  Emerging conservation technologies reveal that pyrodiversity mediates short-term biodiversity losses caused by megafires
  

  Presenting Author: Connor Wood – K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  Co-author: Jacob Socolar – NCX

  Co-author: Phil Chaon – Independent

  Co-author: M Zachariah Peery – University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Co-author: Stefan Kahl – K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  Co-author: Holger Klinck – K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  New insights into the ecology of species activity with bioacoustics research
  

  Presenting Author: Larissa Sugai – K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  Co-author: Juan Sebastián Ulloa – humboldt institute

  Co-author: Juan Sebastian Cañas Silva – humboldt institute

  Co-author: rogério Bastos – UFG

  Co-author: Liliana Piatti – UFMS

  Co-author: Maria Paula Toro – humboldt institute

  Co-author: José Luiz Massao Moreira Sugai – UFG

  Co-author: Vinícius Guerra – UFG

  Co-author: Luisa Fernanda Pérez – humboldt institute

  Co-author: Diego Llusia – UAM