Cold forests are particularly threatened by climate change. A rise of the ambient temperature might change the vegetation altitudinal zonation and hence local animal communities. These changes could be tracked using ecoacoustic techniques. Here, we aim at monitoring over the long term the acoustic diversity of a unique cold forest in the Parc naturel Régional du Haut Jura. We set up automatic recorders in the forest so that we can record the possible changes in the acoustic communities over years, possibly over 15 years, according to climate change. This long-term and challenging program is supported with one-shot programs over one or two years.
Recorder at workTeamForest during summerForest during winter
Videos
The project was covered by French TV France 2 [in French]
Radio show
Emission RTS Point de fuite : lʹoreille du Risoux [16.04.2019]
Publications
. de Baudouin A, Couprie P, Michaud F, Haupert S, Sueur J (2024) – Similarity visualization of soundscapes in ecology and music. link
. Grinfeder E, Haupert S, Ducrettet M, Barlet J, Reynet M-P, Sèbe F, Sueur J (2022) – Soundscape dynamics of a cold protected forest: dominance of aircraft noise. Landscape Ecology. link
. Folliot A, Haupert S, Ducrettet M, Sèbe F, Sueur J (2022) – Using acoustics and artificial intelligence to monitor pollination by insects and tree use by woodpeckers. Science of the Total Environment. link
. Haupert S, Sèbe F, Sueur J (2022). Physics-based model to predict the acoustic detection distance of terrestrial autonomous recording units over the diel cycle and across seasons: Insights from an Alpine and a Neotropical forest. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. link
