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@article{Darras:2025:10.1111/geb.70021,
author = {Darras, KFA and Rountree, RA and Van, Wilgenburg SL and Cord, AF and Pitz, F and Chen, Y and Dong, L and Rocquencourt, A and Desjonquères, C and Diaz, PM and Lin, TH and Turco, T and Emmerson, L and Bradfer-Lawrence, T and Gasc, A and Marley, S and Salton, M and Schillé, L and Wensveen, PJ and Wu, SH and Acero-Murcia, AC and Acevedo-Charry, O and Adam, M and Aguzzi, J and Akoglu, I and Amorim, MCP and Anders, M and André, M and Antonelli, A and Do, Nascimento LA and Appel, G and Archer, S and Astaras, C and Atemasov, A and Atkinson, J and Attia, J and Baltag, E and Barbaro, L and Basan, F and Batist, C and Baumgarten, JE and Bayle, Sempere JT and Bellisario, K and David, AB and Berger-Tal, O and Bertucci, F and Betts, MG and Bhalla, IS and Bicudo, T and Bolgan, M and Bombaci, S and Bota, G and Boullhesen, M and Briers, RA and Buchan, S and Budka, M and Burchard, K and Buscaino, G and Calvente, A and Campos-Cerqueira, M and Gonçalves, MIC and Ceraulo, M and Cerezo-Araujo, M and Cerwén, },
doi = {10.1111/geb.70021},
journal = {Global Ecology and Biogeography},
title = {Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.70021},
volume = {34},
year = {2025}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - Aim: The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this gap, we created the Worldwide Soundscapes project, a collaborative network and growing database comprising metadata from 416 datasets across all realms (terrestrial, marine, freshwater and subterranean). Location: Worldwide, 12,343 sites, all ecosystem types. Time Period: 1991 to present. Major Taxa Studied: All soniferous taxa. Methods: We synthesise sampling coverage across spatial, temporal and ecological scales using metadata describing sampling locations, deployment schedules, focal taxa and audio recording parameters. We explore global trends in biological, anthropogenic and geophysical sounds based on 168 selected recordings from 12 ecosystems across all realms. Results: Terrestrial sampling is spatially denser (46 sites per million square kilometre—Mkm<sup>2</sup>) than aquatic sampling (0.3 and 1.8 sites/Mkm<sup>2</sup> in oceans and fresh water) with only two subterranean datasets. Although diel and lunar cycles are well sampled across realms, only marine datasets (55%) comprehensively sample all seasons. Across the 12 ecosystems selected for exploring global acoustic trends, biological sounds showed contrasting diel patterns across ecosystems, declined with distance from the Equator, and were negatively correlated with anthropogenic sounds. Main Conclusions: PAM can inform macroecological studies as well as global conservation and phenology syntheses, but representation can be improved by expanding terrestrial taxonomic scope, sampling coverage in the high seas and subterranean ecosystems, and spatio-te
AU - Darras,KFA
AU - Rountree,RA
AU - Van,Wilgenburg SL
AU - Cord,AF
AU - Pitz,F
AU - Chen,Y
AU - Dong,L
AU - Rocquencourt,A
AU - Desjonquères,C
AU - Diaz,PM
AU - Lin,TH
AU - Turco,T
AU - Emmerson,L
AU - Bradfer-Lawrence,T
AU - Gasc,A
AU - Marley,S
AU - Salton,M
AU - Schillé,L
AU - Wensveen,PJ
AU - Wu,SH
AU - Acero-Murcia,AC
AU - Acevedo-Charry,O
AU - Adam,M
AU - Aguzzi,J
AU - Akoglu,I
AU - Amorim,MCP
AU - Anders,M
AU - André,M
AU - Antonelli,A
AU - Do,Nascimento LA
AU - Appel,G
AU - Archer,S
AU - Astaras,C
AU - Atemasov,A
AU - Atkinson,J
AU - Attia,J
AU - Baltag,E
AU - Barbaro,L
AU - Basan,F
AU - Batist,C
AU - Baumgarten,JE
AU - Bayle,Sempere JT
AU - Bellisario,K
AU - David,AB
AU - Berger-Tal,O
AU - Bertucci,F
AU - Betts,MG
AU - Bhalla,IS
AU - Bicudo,T
AU - Bolgan,M
AU - Bombaci,S
AU - Bota,G
AU - Boullhesen,M
AU - Briers,RA
AU - Buchan,S
AU - Budka,M
AU - Burchard,K
AU - Buscaino,G
AU - Calvente,A
AU - Campos-Cerqueira,M
AU - Gonçalves,MIC
AU - Ceraulo,M
AU - Cerezo-Araujo,M
AU - Cerwén,G
AU - Chaskda,AA
AU - Chistopolova,M
AU - Clark,CW
AU - Cox,KD
AU - Cretois,B
AU - Czarnecki,C
AU - da,Silva LP
AU - da,Silva W
AU - De,Clippele LH
AU - de,la Haye D
AU - de,Oliveira Tissiani AS
AU - de,Zwaan D
AU - Degano,ME
AU - Deichmann,J
AU - del,Rio J
AU - Devenish,C
AU - Díaz-Delgado,R
AU - Diniz,P
AU - Oliveira-Júnior,DD
AU - Dorigo,T
AU - Dröge,S
AU - Duarte,M
AU - Duarte,A
AU - Dunleavy,K
AU - Dziak,R
AU - Elise,S
AU - Enari,H
AU - Enari,HS
AU - Erbs,F
AU - Eriksson,BK
AU - Ertör-Akyazi,P
AU - Ferrari,NC
AU - Ferreira,L
AU - Fleishman,AB
AU - Fonseca,PJ
AU - Freitas,B
DO - 10.1111/geb.70021
PY - 2025///
SN - 1466-822X
TI - Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms
T2 - Global Ecology and Biogeography
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.70021
VL - 34
ER -