Discrimination of Acoustic Stimuli and Maintenance of Graded Alarm Call Structure in Captive Meerkats

Authors: Sebastian Schneider, Sarah Goettlich, Charlette Diercks, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acoustic features, alarm calls, animal welfare, bioacoustics, fuzzy clustering, graded structure, LASSO algorithm, meerkats, natural behavior, playback experiment, suricates, vocalization, zoo

2021

Localize Animal Sound Events Reliably (LASER): A New Software for Sound Localization in Zoos

Authors: Sebastian Schneider, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: acoustic multilateration, animal detection, animal sounds, animal welfare, behavioral research, bioacoustics, non-invasive, sound localization, TDOA, vocalization

2021

A System for Monitoring Acoustics to Supplement an Animal Welfare Plan for Bottlenose Dolphins

Authors: Brittany L Jones, Michael Oswald, Samantha Tufano, Mark Baird, Jason Mulsow, Sam H Ridgway

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: acoustic monitoring, animal welfare, bioacoustics, communication, distress call, marine mammal, vocal behavior, vocal biomarkers

2021

Using technology to monitor and improve zoo animal welfare

Authors: J. C. Whitham, L. J. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, automated monitoring, behaviour, physiology, positive welfare, technology

2016

Eavesdropping on the neighbours: fledglings learn to respond to heterospecific alarm calls

Authors: Tonya M. Haff, Robert D. Magrath

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: alarm call, bioacoustics, fledgling, heterospecific, learning, offspring, ontogeny, parent–offspring communication, sericornis frontalis, white-browed scrubwren

2013

Postnatal Development of Echolocation Abilities in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Temporal Organization

Authors: Livio Favaro, Guido Gnone, Daniela Pessani

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bioacoustics, biosonar, ontogeny

2013

Learning to listen? Nestling response to heterospecific alarm calls

Authors: Tonya M. Haff, Robert D. Magrath

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: alarm call, bioacoustics, heterospecific, learning, mobbing, nestling, offspring, ontogeny, scrubwren, sericornis frontalis

2012

Frogs Call at a Higher Pitch in Traffic Noise

Authors: Kirsten M. Parris, Meah Velik-Lord, Joanne M. A. North

Publication/Journal: Ecology and Society

Keywords: acoustic interference, ambient noise, amphibian decline, animal behavior, bioacoustics, crinia signifera, litoria ewingii, road ecology, signal design, traffic noise, urban ecology, vocal communication

2009