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  1. Article: Evaluation of acoustic pattern recognition of nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) recordings by citizens

    Stehle, Marcel / Lasseck, Mario / Khorramshahi, Omid / Sturm, Ulrike

    Research Ideas and Outcomes. 2020 Feb. 24, v. 6

    2020  

    Abstract: Acoustic pattern recognition methods introduce new perspectives for species identification, biodiversity monitoring and data validation in citizen science but are rarely evaluated in real world scenarios. In this case study we analysed the performance of ...

    Abstract Acoustic pattern recognition methods introduce new perspectives for species identification, biodiversity monitoring and data validation in citizen science but are rarely evaluated in real world scenarios. In this case study we analysed the performance of a machine learning algorithm for automated bird identification to reliably identify common nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos) in field recordings taken by users of the smartphone app Naturblick. We found that the performance of the automated identification tool was overall robust in our selected recordings. Although most of the recordings had a relatively low confidence score, a large proportion of the recordings were identified correctly.
    Keywords Luscinia ; acoustics ; algorithms ; automation ; biodiversity ; birds ; case studies ; citizen science ; mobile telephones ; research ; species identification
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-0224
    Publishing place Pensoft Publishers
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2833254-4
    ISSN 2367-7163
    ISSN 2367-7163
    DOI 10.3897/rio.6.e50233
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  2. Article ; Online: Opportunities and limitations: A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research.

    Jäckel, Denise / Mortega, Kim G / Sturm, Ulrike / Brockmeyer, Ulrich / Khorramshahi, Omid / Voigt-Heucke, Silke L

    PloS one

    2021  Volume 16, Issue 6, Page(s) e0253763

    Abstract: Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And ... ...

    Abstract Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And although there might be great potential, citizen science is a rarely used approach in the field of bioacoustics. To better understand the possibilities, but also the limitations, we here evaluated data generated in a citizen science project on nightingale song as a case study. We analysed the quantity and quality of song recordings made in a non-standardized way with a smartphone app by citizen scientists and the standardized recordings made with professional equipment by academic researchers. We made comparisons between the recordings of the two approaches and among the user types of the app to gain insights into the temporal recording patterns, the quantity and quality of the data. To compare the deviation of the acoustic parameters in the recordings with smartphones and professional devices from the original song recordings, we conducted a playback test. Our results showed that depending on the user group, citizen scientists produced many to a lot of recordings of valid quality for further bioacoustic research. Differences between the recordings provided by the citizen and the expert group were mainly caused by the technical quality of the devices used-and to a lesser extent by the citizen scientists themselves. Especially when differences in spectral parameters are to be investigated, our results demonstrate that the use of the same high-quality recording devices and calibrated external microphones would most likely improve data quality. We conclude that many bioacoustic research questions may be carried out with the recordings of citizen scientists. We want to encourage academic researchers to get more involved in participatory projects to harness the potential of citizen science-and to share scientific curiosity and discoveries more directly with society.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Citizen Science ; Humans ; Research Personnel ; Smartphone ; Songbirds/physiology ; Video Recording ; Vocalization, Animal/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0253763
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  3. Book ; Online: Opportunities and limitations

    Jäckel, Denise / Mortega, Kim G. / Sturm, Ulrike / Brockmeyer, Ulrich / Khorramshahi, Omid / Voigt-Heucke, Silke Luise

    PLOS ONE, 16(6):e0253763

    A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research

    2021  

    Abstract: Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And ... ...

    Abstract Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And although there might be great potential, citizen science is a rarely used approach in the field of bioacoustics. To better understand the possibilities, but also the limitations, we here evaluated data generated in a citizen science project on nightingale song as a case study. We analysed the quantity and quality of song recordings made in a non-standardized way with a smartphone app by citizen scientists and the standardized recordings made with professional equipment by academic researchers. We made comparisons between the recordings of the two approaches and among the user types of the app to gain insights into the temporal recording patterns, the quantity and quality of the data. To compare the deviation of the acoustic parameters in the recordings with smartphones and professional devices from the original song recordings, we conducted a playback test. Our results showed that depending on the user group, citizen scientists produced many to a lot of recordings of valid quality for further bioacoustic research. Differences between the recordings provided by the citizen and the expert group were mainly caused by the technical quality of the devices used—and to a lesser extent by the citizen scientists themselves. Especially when differences in spectral parameters are to be investigated, our results demonstrate that the use of the same high-quality recording devices and calibrated external microphones would most likely improve data quality. We conclude that many bioacoustic research questions may be carried out with the recordings of citizen scientists. We want to encourage academic researchers to get more involved in participatory projects to harness the potential of citizen science—and to share scientific curiosity and discoveries more directly with society.
    Keywords Bird song ; Birds ; Microphones ; Scientists ; Citizen science ; Bioacoustics ; Audio equipment ; Cell phones
    Subject code 001
    Language English
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  4. Book ; Online: Opportunities and limitations

    Jäckel, Denise / Mortega, Kim G. / Sturm, Ulrike / Brockmeyer, Ulrich / Khorramshahi, Omid / Voigt-Heucke, Silke Luise

    PLOS ONE, 16(6):e0253763

    A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research

    2021  

    Abstract: Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And ... ...

    Abstract Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And although there might be great potential, citizen science is a rarely used approach in the field of bioacoustics. To better understand the possibilities, but also the limitations, we here evaluated data generated in a citizen science project on nightingale song as a case study. We analysed the quantity and quality of song recordings made in a non-standardized way with a smartphone app by citizen scientists and the standardized recordings made with professional equipment by academic researchers. We made comparisons between the recordings of the two approaches and among the user types of the app to gain insights into the temporal recording patterns, the quantity and quality of the data. To compare the deviation of the acoustic parameters in the recordings with smartphones and professional devices from the original song recordings, we conducted a playback test. Our results showed that depending on the user group, citizen scientists produced many to a lot of recordings of valid quality for further bioacoustic research. Differences between the recordings provided by the citizen and the expert group were mainly caused by the technical quality of the devices used—and to a lesser extent by the citizen scientists themselves. Especially when differences in spectral parameters are to be investigated, our results demonstrate that the use of the same high-quality recording devices and calibrated external microphones would most likely improve data quality. We conclude that many bioacoustic research questions may be carried out with the recordings of citizen scientists. We want to encourage academic researchers to get more involved in participatory projects to harness the potential of citizen science—and to share scientific curiosity and discoveries more directly with society.
    Keywords Bird song ; Birds ; Microphones ; Scientists ; Citizen science ; Bioacoustics ; Audio equipment ; Cell phones
    Subject code 001
    Language English
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  5. Book ; Online: Opportunities and limitations

    Jäckel, Denise / Mortega, Kim G. / Sturm, Ulrike / Brockmeyer, Ulrich / Khorramshahi, Omid / Voigt-Heucke, Silke Luise

    PLOS ONE, 16(6):e0253763

    A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research

    2021  

    Abstract: Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And ... ...

    Abstract Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And although there might be great potential, citizen science is a rarely used approach in the field of bioacoustics. To better understand the possibilities, but also the limitations, we here evaluated data generated in a citizen science project on nightingale song as a case study. We analysed the quantity and quality of song recordings made in a non-standardized way with a smartphone app by citizen scientists and the standardized recordings made with professional equipment by academic researchers. We made comparisons between the recordings of the two approaches and among the user types of the app to gain insights into the temporal recording patterns, the quantity and quality of the data. To compare the deviation of the acoustic parameters in the recordings with smartphones and professional devices from the original song recordings, we conducted a playback test. Our results showed that depending on the user group, citizen scientists produced many to a lot of recordings of valid quality for further bioacoustic research. Differences between the recordings provided by the citizen and the expert group were mainly caused by the technical quality of the devices used—and to a lesser extent by the citizen scientists themselves. Especially when differences in spectral parameters are to be investigated, our results demonstrate that the use of the same high-quality recording devices and calibrated external microphones would most likely improve data quality. We conclude that many bioacoustic research questions may be carried out with the recordings of citizen scientists. We want to encourage academic researchers to get more involved in participatory projects to harness the potential of citizen science—and to share scientific curiosity and discoveries more directly with society.
    Keywords Bird song ; Birds ; Microphones ; Scientists ; Citizen science ; Bioacoustics ; Audio equipment ; Cell phones
    Subject code 001
    Language English
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  6. Book ; Online: Opportunities and limitations

    Jäckel, Denise / Mortega, Kim G. / Sturm, Ulrike / Brockmeyer, Ulrich / Khorramshahi, Omid / Voigt-Heucke, Silke Luise

    PLOS ONE, 16(6):e0253763

    A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research

    2021  

    Abstract: Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And ... ...

    Abstract Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And although there might be great potential, citizen science is a rarely used approach in the field of bioacoustics. To better understand the possibilities, but also the limitations, we here evaluated data generated in a citizen science project on nightingale song as a case study. We analysed the quantity and quality of song recordings made in a non-standardized way with a smartphone app by citizen scientists and the standardized recordings made with professional equipment by academic researchers. We made comparisons between the recordings of the two approaches and among the user types of the app to gain insights into the temporal recording patterns, the quantity and quality of the data. To compare the deviation of the acoustic parameters in the recordings with smartphones and professional devices from the original song recordings, we conducted a playback test. Our results showed that depending on the user group, citizen scientists produced many to a lot of recordings of valid quality for further bioacoustic research. Differences between the recordings provided by the citizen and the expert group were mainly caused by the technical quality of the devices used—and to a lesser extent by the citizen scientists themselves. Especially when differences in spectral parameters are to be investigated, our results demonstrate that the use of the same high-quality recording devices and calibrated external microphones would most likely improve data quality. We conclude that many bioacoustic research questions may be carried out with the recordings of citizen scientists. We want to encourage academic researchers to get more involved in participatory projects to harness the potential of citizen science—and to share scientific curiosity and discoveries more directly with society.
    Keywords Bird song ; Birds ; Microphones ; Scientists ; Citizen science ; Bioacoustics ; Audio equipment ; Cell phones
    Subject code 001
    Language English
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  7. Book ; Online: Opportunities and limitations

    Jäckel, Denise / Mortega, Kim G. / Sturm, Ulrike / Brockmeyer, Ulrich / Khorramshahi, Omid / Voigt-Heucke, Silke Luise

    PLOS ONE, 16(6):e0253763

    A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research

    2021  

    Abstract: Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And ... ...

    Abstract Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And although there might be great potential, citizen science is a rarely used approach in the field of bioacoustics. To better understand the possibilities, but also the limitations, we here evaluated data generated in a citizen science project on nightingale song as a case study. We analysed the quantity and quality of song recordings made in a non-standardized way with a smartphone app by citizen scientists and the standardized recordings made with professional equipment by academic researchers. We made comparisons between the recordings of the two approaches and among the user types of the app to gain insights into the temporal recording patterns, the quantity and quality of the data. To compare the deviation of the acoustic parameters in the recordings with smartphones and professional devices from the original song recordings, we conducted a playback test. Our results showed that depending on the user group, citizen scientists produced many to a lot of recordings of valid quality for further bioacoustic research. Differences between the recordings provided by the citizen and the expert group were mainly caused by the technical quality of the devices used—and to a lesser extent by the citizen scientists themselves. Especially when differences in spectral parameters are to be investigated, our results demonstrate that the use of the same high-quality recording devices and calibrated external microphones would most likely improve data quality. We conclude that many bioacoustic research questions may be carried out with the recordings of citizen scientists. We want to encourage academic researchers to get more involved in participatory projects to harness the potential of citizen science—and to share scientific curiosity and discoveries more directly with society.
    Keywords Bird song ; Birds ; Microphones ; Scientists ; Citizen science ; Bioacoustics ; Audio equipment ; Cell phones
    Subject code 001
    Language English
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  8. Book ; Online: Opportunities and limitations

    Jäckel, Denise / Mortega, Kim G. / Sturm, Ulrike / Brockmeyer, Ulrich / Khorramshahi, Omid / Voigt-Heucke, Silke Luise

    PLOS ONE, 16(6):e0253763

    A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research

    2021  

    Abstract: Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And ... ...

    Abstract Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And although there might be great potential, citizen science is a rarely used approach in the field of bioacoustics. To better understand the possibilities, but also the limitations, we here evaluated data generated in a citizen science project on nightingale song as a case study. We analysed the quantity and quality of song recordings made in a non-standardized way with a smartphone app by citizen scientists and the standardized recordings made with professional equipment by academic researchers. We made comparisons between the recordings of the two approaches and among the user types of the app to gain insights into the temporal recording patterns, the quantity and quality of the data. To compare the deviation of the acoustic parameters in the recordings with smartphones and professional devices from the original song recordings, we conducted a playback test. Our results showed that depending on the user group, citizen scientists produced many to a lot of recordings of valid quality for further bioacoustic research. Differences between the recordings provided by the citizen and the expert group were mainly caused by the technical quality of the devices used—and to a lesser extent by the citizen scientists themselves. Especially when differences in spectral parameters are to be investigated, our results demonstrate that the use of the same high-quality recording devices and calibrated external microphones would most likely improve data quality. We conclude that many bioacoustic research questions may be carried out with the recordings of citizen scientists. We want to encourage academic researchers to get more involved in participatory projects to harness the potential of citizen science—and to share scientific curiosity and discoveries more directly with society.
    Keywords Bird song ; Birds ; Microphones ; Scientists ; Citizen science ; Bioacoustics ; Audio equipment ; Cell phones
    Subject code 001
    Language English
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  9. Book ; Online: Opportunities and limitations

    Jäckel, Denise / Mortega, Kim G. / Sturm, Ulrike / Brockmeyer, Ulrich / Khorramshahi, Omid / Voigt-Heucke, Silke Luise

    PLOS ONE, 16(6):e0253763

    A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research

    2021  

    Abstract: Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And ... ...

    Abstract Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And although there might be great potential, citizen science is a rarely used approach in the field of bioacoustics. To better understand the possibilities, but also the limitations, we here evaluated data generated in a citizen science project on nightingale song as a case study. We analysed the quantity and quality of song recordings made in a non-standardized way with a smartphone app by citizen scientists and the standardized recordings made with professional equipment by academic researchers. We made comparisons between the recordings of the two approaches and among the user types of the app to gain insights into the temporal recording patterns, the quantity and quality of the data. To compare the deviation of the acoustic parameters in the recordings with smartphones and professional devices from the original song recordings, we conducted a playback test. Our results showed that depending on the user group, citizen scientists produced many to a lot of recordings of valid quality for further bioacoustic research. Differences between the recordings provided by the citizen and the expert group were mainly caused by the technical quality of the devices used—and to a lesser extent by the citizen scientists themselves. Especially when differences in spectral parameters are to be investigated, our results demonstrate that the use of the same high-quality recording devices and calibrated external microphones would most likely improve data quality. We conclude that many bioacoustic research questions may be carried out with the recordings of citizen scientists. We want to encourage academic researchers to get more involved in participatory projects to harness the potential of citizen science—and to share scientific curiosity and discoveries more directly with society.
    Keywords Bird song ; Birds ; Microphones ; Scientists ; Citizen science ; Bioacoustics ; Audio equipment ; Cell phones
    Subject code 001
    Language English
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  10. Book ; Online: Opportunities and limitations

    Jäckel, Denise / Mortega, Kim G. / Sturm, Ulrike / Brockmeyer, Ulrich / Khorramshahi, Omid / Voigt-Heucke, Silke Luise

    PLOS ONE, 16(6):e0253763

    A comparative analysis of citizen science and expert recordings for bioacoustic research

    2021  

    Abstract: Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And ... ...

    Abstract Citizen science is an approach that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Despite this growing popularity, there still is widespread scepticism in the academic world about the validity and quality of data from citizen science projects. And although there might be great potential, citizen science is a rarely used approach in the field of bioacoustics. To better understand the possibilities, but also the limitations, we here evaluated data generated in a citizen science project on nightingale song as a case study. We analysed the quantity and quality of song recordings made in a non-standardized way with a smartphone app by citizen scientists and the standardized recordings made with professional equipment by academic researchers. We made comparisons between the recordings of the two approaches and among the user types of the app to gain insights into the temporal recording patterns, the quantity and quality of the data. To compare the deviation of the acoustic parameters in the recordings with smartphones and professional devices from the original song recordings, we conducted a playback test. Our results showed that depending on the user group, citizen scientists produced many to a lot of recordings of valid quality for further bioacoustic research. Differences between the recordings provided by the citizen and the expert group were mainly caused by the technical quality of the devices used—and to a lesser extent by the citizen scientists themselves. Especially when differences in spectral parameters are to be investigated, our results demonstrate that the use of the same high-quality recording devices and calibrated external microphones would most likely improve data quality. We conclude that many bioacoustic research questions may be carried out with the recordings of citizen scientists. We want to encourage academic researchers to get more involved in participatory projects to harness the potential of citizen science—and to share scientific curiosity and discoveries more directly with society.
    Keywords Bird song ; Birds ; Microphones ; Scientists ; Citizen science ; Bioacoustics ; Audio equipment ; Cell phones
    Subject code 001
    Language English
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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