BioSoundSCape: Connecting acoustics and remote sensing to study habitat-animal diversity across environmental gradients
Matthew Clark, Sonoma State University, matthew.clark@sonoma.edu (Presenter)
Antonio Ferraz, JPL/ UCLA, antonio.a.ferraz@jpl.nasa.gov
Alan Lee, BirdLife South Africa, alan.lee@birdlife.org.za
John Measey, University of Stellenbosch, johnmeasey@gmail.com
Ryan Pavlick, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, rpavlick@jpl.nasa.gov
Leo Salas, Point Blue Conservation Science, lsalas@pointblue.org
Fabian Schneider, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fabian.schneider@jpl.nasa.gov
Colleen Seymour, South African National Biodiversity Institute, c.seymour@sanbi.org.za
Rose Snyder, Point Blue Conservation Science, rsnyder@pointblue.org
Andrew Turner, CapeNature, aaturner@capenature.co.za
This new BioSCape project based in the Cape Region of South Africa develops a novel, generalizable and species agnostic approach to connect acoustic diversity to animal richness and habitat diversity, as measured by airborne lidar and imaging spectroscopy. In two field campaigns this year, we will deploy a network of independent autonomous recording units (AudioMoths) designed to sample sites across land cover types, fire history and anthropogenic disturbance gradients, along with coincident in situ bird and frog point count measurements conducted by local volunteer ecologists with experience in species identification. With these in situ data and NASA airborne spectral (AVIRIS-NG) and structural (LVIS) measurements collected during the BioSCape multi-team campaign, the project will answer the following questions: 1) What is the relationship among measures of acoustic, spectral and structural diversity and how do those relationships change across spatial scales and vegetation types? and, 2) How do anthropogenic and natural disturbance affect acoustic diversity and habitat quality?
Poster: Poster_Clark_1-28_63_35.pdf
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Poster Location ID: 1-28
Presentation Type: Poster
Session: Poster Session 1
Session Date: Tue (May 9) 5:00-7:00 PM
CCE Program: BDEC