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@unpublished{Sethi:2020:10.1101/2020.02.27.968867,
author = {Sethi, SS and Ewers, RM and Jones, NS and Signorelli, A and Picinali, L and Orme, CDL},
doi = {10.1101/2020.02.27.968867},
title = {SAFE Acoustics: an open-source, real-time eco-acoustic monitoring network in the tropical rainforests of Borneo},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.27.968867},
year = {2020}
}
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AB - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:list list-type="order"><jats:list-item><jats:p>Automated monitoring approaches offer an avenue to deep, large-scale insight into how ecosystems respond to human pressures. Since sensor technology and data analyses are often treated independantly, there are no open-source examples of end-to-end, real-time ecological monitoring networks.</jats:p></jats:list-item><jats:list-item><jats:p>Here, we present the complete implementation of an autonomous acoustic monitoring network deployed in the tropical rainforests of Borneo. Real-time audio is uploaded remotely from the field, indexed by a central database, and delivered via an API to a public-facing website.</jats:p></jats:list-item><jats:list-item><jats:p>We provide the open-source code and design of our monitoring devices, the central web2py database and the ReactJS website. Furthermore, we demonstrate an extension of this infrastructure to deliver real-time analyses of the eco-acoustic data.</jats:p></jats:list-item><jats:list-item><jats:p>By detailing a fully functional, open-source, and extensively tested design, our work will accelerate the rate at which fully autonomous monitoring networks mature from technological curiosities, and towards genuinely impactful tools in ecology.</jats:p></jats:list-item></jats:list></jats:p>
AU - Sethi,SS
AU - Ewers,RM
AU - Jones,NS
AU - Signorelli,A
AU - Picinali,L
AU - Orme,CDL
DO - 10.1101/2020.02.27.968867
PY - 2020///
TI - SAFE Acoustics: an open-source, real-time eco-acoustic monitoring network in the tropical rainforests of Borneo
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.27.968867
ER -
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