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ArticleScientific data2025

BioSoundSCape: A bioacoustic dataset for the Fynbos Biome.

Andrew A Turner, Matthew L Clark, Leo Salas, Colleen Seymour, Rose L Snyder, Alan T K Lee, Antonio Ferraz, Fabian Schneider, John Measey, Johan Huisamen and 14 more

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Article in Scientific data, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Andrew A TurnerCapeNature, Private Bag X29, Cape Town, 7766, South Africa. aaturner@capenature.co.za.
Matthew L ClarkCenter for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis, Department of Geography, Environment, and Planning, Sonoma State University, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5953-2990
Leo SalasPoint Blue Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Dr. #11, Petaluma, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8801-548X
Colleen SeymourSouth African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0184, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6729-2576
Rose L SnyderPoint Blue Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Dr. #11, Petaluma, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5487-4518
Alan T K LeeFitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5858-9351
Antonio FerrazNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA, 91011, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5328-5471
Fabian SchneiderNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA, 91011, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1791-2041
John MeaseyCentre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9939-7615
Johan HuisamenBirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Daniël CloeteBirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sally D HofmeyrFitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2655-9374
Christina HagenBirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6116-3303
David F LelandPoint Blue Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Dr. #11, Petaluma, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7931-2223
Wendy SchackwitzPoint Blue Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Dr. #11, Petaluma, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3013-9180
Festus AdegbolaState University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2103-4114
Eugéne HahndiekNuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area, Bredasdorp, Western Cape, South Africa.
Grant S JosephFitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8731-9828
Jacques Van RooiCapeNature, Private Bag X29, Cape Town, 7766, South Africa.
Michelle FuchsBirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0002-9730-4053
Saskia ThomasBirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6231-3297
Simphiwe MadlalaSouth African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0184, South Africa.
Jacky SpibyBirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Patty TaljaardBirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Funding

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC21K0086National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC22K0830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most biodiversity data are collected at fine spatial scales, but threats to species and ecosystems occur at broad spatial scales. Remote sensing allows broad-scale assessment of biodiversity but these data need to be ground-truthed with contemporaneous in situ datasets. Various faunal groups produce sounds or vocalizations which can then be related to remotely-sensed data. As part of the NASA-led BioSCape project, the BioSoundSCape project deployed Autonomous Recording Units (ARUs), which record sounds in an approximately 50 m radius, at 521 sites spread across an area of approximately 119,058 km

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BiodiversityEcosystemAcousticsAnimalsRemote Sensing TechnologySoundSouth AfricaVocalization, Animal

Identifiers

PMID40817099
PMCPMC12356889

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