Combining acoustic survey and citizen science data yields enhanced species distribution models for tropical rainforest birds

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 20; no. 7; p. e0327944
• Main Authors: Rumelt, Reid, Mere Roncal, Carla, Basto, Arianna, Buřivalová, Zuzana, Searcy, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 08.07.2025; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accuracy; Acoustic tracking; Acoustics; Animal Distribution; Animals; Automation; Biological monitoring; Biology and Life Sciences; Birds; Birds - physiology; Citizen Science; Citizen scientists; Conservation of Natural Resources; Datasets; Deforestation; Distribution; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem; Ecosystem biology; Ecosystems; Forests; Geographical distribution; Habitats; Human impact; Influence; Land cover; Land use; Methods; Physical Sciences; Rain forest fauna; Rainforest; Rainforests; Science; Science Policy; Species; Surveys; Tropical Climate; Tropical environment; Tropical environments; Unstructured data; Varieties; Vegetation; United States; Peru

A key goal in ecology is to develop effective ways to understand species' distributions in order to facilitate both their study and conservation. Many species distribution modeling analyses have been performed using either structured survey data or unstructured citizen science data; these two p...