Aims
Singing birds generate complex acoustic communities in particular at dawn and dusk when they sing in chorus. As such birds represent an important facet of acoustic diversity of a landscape. Here, we developed and used new acoustic diversity indices to compare bird acoustic diversity along time and across sites. The results mainly show that indices are in agreement with data obtained through expert listening and that they might be used to assess the time and space dynamics of bird communities.
Participants and collaborations
Marion Depraetere, Sandrine Pavoine, Frédéric Jiguet
Funding
MNHN, Fondationpour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité
Localization
Sound sample
Pictures
Recorder at work 
Woodland recorded
Publications
. Lellouch L, Pavoine S, Jiguet F, Glotin H, Sueur J (2014) – Monitoring temporal change of bird communities with dissimilarity acoustic indices. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4: 495-505. link
. Depraetere M, Pavoine S, Jiguet F, Gasc A, Duvail S, Sueur J (2012) – Monitoring animal diversity using acoustic indices: implementation in a temperate woodland. Ecological Indicators, 13: 46-54. link