Imperial College London
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Dr David Orme

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park)

Advanced Research Fellow
 
 
 
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N1.10MunroSilwood Park

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@unpublished{Sethi:2019:10.1101/865980,
author = {Sethi, S and Jones, N and Fulcher, B and Picinali, L and Clink, D and Klinck, H and Orme, D and Wrege, P and Ewers, R},
doi = {10.1101/865980},
publisher = {bioRxiv},
title = {Combining machine learning and a universal acoustic feature-set yields efficient automated monitoring of ecosystems},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/865980},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - UNPB
AB  - Natural habitats are being impacted by human pressures at an alarming rate. Monitoring these ecosystem-level changes often requires labour-intensive surveys that are unable to detect rapid or unanticipated environmental changes. Here we developed a generalisable, data-driven solution to this challenge using eco-acoustic data. We exploited a convolutional neural network to embed ecosystem soundscapes from a wide variety of biomes into a common acoustic space. In both supervised and unsupervised modes, this allowed us to accurately quantify variation in habitat quality across space and in biodiversity through time. On the scale of seconds, we learned a typical soundscape model that allowed automatic identification of anomalous sounds in playback experiments, paving the way for real-time detection of irregular environmental behaviour including illegal activity. Our highly generalisable approach, and the common set of features, will enable scientists to unlock previously hidden insights from eco-acoustic data and offers promise as a backbone technology for global collaborative autonomous ecosystem monitoring efforts.
AU  - Sethi,S
AU  - Jones,N
AU  - Fulcher,B
AU  - Picinali,L
AU  - Clink,D
AU  - Klinck,H
AU  - Orme,D
AU  - Wrege,P
AU  - Ewers,R
DO  - 10.1101/865980
PB  - bioRxiv
PY  - 2019///
TI  - Combining machine learning and a universal acoustic feature-set yields efficient automated monitoring of ecosystems
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/865980
UR  - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/865980v1
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/75626
ER  -
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