Towards the automated detection and occupancy estimation of primates using passive acoustic monitoring

• Published in: Ecological indicators Vol. 54; pp. 217 - 226
• Main Authors: Kalan, Ammie K., Mundry, Roger, Wagner, Oliver J.J., Heinicke, Stefanie, Boesch, Christophe, Kühl, Hjalmar S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2015
• Subjects: Acoustic detection; Acoustics; Algorithms; Automation; Cercopithecus diana; Cleaning; Colobus; Colobus polykomos; cost effectiveness; Cote d'Ivoire; data collection; early warning systems; Estimates; Human; humans; Loud calls; Monitoring; monkeys; national parks; Occurrence probability; Pan troglodytes; Primates; probability; processing technology; rain forests; temperature; Cote d'Ivoire, Tai Natl. Park; ASE, Cote d'Ivoire; Cote d'Ivoire; Occurrence probability; Loud calls; Pan troglodytes; Colobus polykomos; Cercopithecus diana; Acoustic detection

•We present a passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) framework for three forest primates.•We applied an algorithm for the detection of primate sounds from autonomous devices.•Some human cleaning effort of the algorithm output was still necessary.•Occupancy estimates derived from PAM were robust and simil...