Search Results - "Darras, Kevin"
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High microphone signal-to-noise ratio enhances acoustic sampling of wildlife
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (20-10-2020)“…Automated sound recorders are a popular sampling tool in ecology. However, the microphones themselves received little attention so far, and specifications that…”
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Autonomous sound recording outperforms human observation for sampling birds: a systematic map and user guide
Published in Ecological applications (01-09-2019)“…Autonomous sound recording techniques have gained considerable traction in the last decade, but the question remains whether they can replace human observation…”
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A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-08-2017)“…ABSTRACT Oil palm plantations have expanded rapidly in recent decades. This large‐scale land‐use change has had great ecological, economic, and social impacts…”
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Mechanical weeding enhances ecosystem multifunctionality and profit in industrial oil palm
Published in Nature sustainability (01-06-2023)“…Oil palm is the most productive oil crop, but its high productivity is associated with conventional management (that is, high fertilization rates and herbicide…”
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Combining high biodiversity with high yields in tropical agroforests
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (17-05-2011)“…Local and landscape-scale agricultural intensification is a major driver of global biodiversity loss. Controversially discussed solutions include…”
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VGGish-based detection of biological sound components and their spatio-temporal variations in a subtropical forest in eastern China
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (15-11-2023)“…Passive acoustic monitoring technology is widely used to monitor the diversity of vocal animals, but the question of how to quickly extract effective sound…”
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Not only hedgerows, but also flower fields can enhance bat activity in intensively used agricultural landscapes
Published in Basic and applied ecology (01-09-2022)“…•Flower fields can have similarly positive effects on bat activity as hedgerows.•AES can promote bats in agricultural landscapes and may provide suitable…”
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Bird Responses to Lowland Rainforest Conversion in Sumatran Smallholder Landscapes, Indonesia
Published in PloS one (25-05-2016)“…Rapid land-use change in the tropics causes dramatic losses in biodiversity and associated functions. In Sumatra, Indonesia, lowland rainforest has mainly been…”
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Reducing Fertilizer and Avoiding Herbicides in Oil Palm Plantations—Ecological and Economic Valuations
Published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (05-11-2019)“…Oil palm plantations are intensively managed agricultural systems that increasingly dominate certain tropical regions. Oil palm monocultures have been…”
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BioSounds: an open-source, online platform for ecoacoustics [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Published in F1000 research (2020)“…Passive acoustic monitoring of soundscapes and biodiversity produces vast amounts of audio recordings. However, the management of these raw data presents…”
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Direct and cascading impacts of tropical land-use change on multi-trophic biodiversity
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-10-2017)“…The conversion of tropical rainforest to agricultural systems such as oil palm alters biodiversity across a large range of interacting taxa and trophic levels…”
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Amphibian and reptile communities of upland and riparian sites across Indonesian oil palm, rubber and forest
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-10-2018)“…Indonesia is the largest producer of oil palm and the second largest exporter of rubber worldwide; a significant part of the country's rainforests have been…”
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ecoSound-web: an open-source, online platform for ecoacoustics [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Published in F1000 research (2020)“…Passive acoustic monitoring of soundscapes and biodiversity produces vast amounts of audio recordings, but the management and analysis of these raw data…”
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Assembling cheap, high-performance microphones for recording terrestrial wildlife: the Sonitor system [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Published in F1000 research (01-11-2019)“…Passive acoustic monitoring of wildlife requires sound recording systems. Several cheap, high-performance open-source solutions currently exist for recording…”
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Sampling flying bats with thermal and near-infrared imaging and ultrasound recording: hardware and workflow for bat point counts [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Published in F1000 research (2021)“…Bat communities can usually only be comprehensively monitored by combining ultrasound recording and trapping techniques. Here, we propose bat point counts, a…”
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ecoSound-web: an open-source, online platform for ecoacoustics [version 3; peer review: 3 approved]
Published in F1000 research (01-01-2020)“…Passive acoustic monitoring of soundscapes and biodiversity produces vast amounts of audio recordings, but the management and analyses of these raw data…”
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Assembling cheap, high-performance microphones for recording terrestrial wildlife: the Sonitor system [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Published in F1000 research (2018)“…Passive acoustic monitoring of wildlife requires microphones. Several cheap, high-performance open-source solutions currently exist for recording sounds, but…”
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Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes
Published in Nature communications (04-03-2020)“…Land-use transitions can enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers but potential economic-ecological trade-offs remain poorly understood. Here, we present…”
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Assembling cheap, high-performance microphones for recording terrestrial wildlife: the Sonitor system [version 3; peer review: 3 approved]
Published in F1000 research (01-01-2018)“…Passive acoustic monitoring of wildlife requires sound recording systems. Several cheap, high-performance, or open-source solutions currently exist for…”
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Birds of primary and secondary forest and shrub habitats in the peat swamp of Berbak National Park, Sumatra [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Published in F1000 research (2018)“…Background: Tropical lowland rainforests are threatened by deforestation and degradation worldwide. Relatively little research has investigated the degradation…”
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