Effective ecological monitoring using passive acoustic sensors: Recommendations for conservation practitioners
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Passive acoustic recorders have emerged as powerful tools for ecological monitoring. However, effective monitoring is not simply an act of recording sounds. To have meaning for conservation and management, acoustic monitoring needs to be properly planned and analyzed to yield high quality information. Here, we provide a set of considerations for the design of an effective acoustic monitoring program. We argue that such a program, has the following attributes: (1) has established appropriate partnerships with landowners, Traditional Owners, researchers, or other relevant stakeholders, (2) is based on clear objectives and questions, (3) is explicit in its target sound signals, (4) has considered in‐field sensor placement for a range of factors, including experimental design, statistical power, background noise, and potential impacts on human privacy and animal disturbance, (5) has a justified recording schedule and periodicity, (6) has methods to process sound data in line with objectives, and (7) has protocols for permanent data storage and access. Acoustic monitoring is increasingly used in large‐scale programs and will be important in addressing global biodiversity targets and new biodiversity markets. It is critical that new monitoring programs are designed to effectively and efficiently capture data that address pertinent and emerging issues in conservation.
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- How to cite this article: Teixeira, D., Roe, P., B. J. van Rensburg, Linke, S., McDonald, P. G., Tucker, D., & Fuller, S. (2024). Effective ecological monitoring using passive acoustic sensors: Recommendations for conservation practitioners. Conservation Science and Practice , 6 (6), e13132. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13132
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Zsebők, S. (2026) · Biologia Futura · doi:10.1007/s42977-026-00322-5
“Current guidelines urge researchers to minimize disturbance, engage local communities, and apply necessity and proportionality tests before deploying ARUs (Sandbrook et al. 2021; Teixeira et al. 2024).”
- Authors
- Teixeira, D., Roe, P., van Rensburg, B. J., Linke, S., McDonald, P. G., Tucker, D., & Fuller, S.
- Affiliations
- Bush Heritage Australia (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- School of the Environment The University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
- University of New England (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Teixeira, Daniella
- Venue
- Conservation Science and Practice
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2024-05-10
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 2578-4854 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4396804847
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 99
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 14
- FWCI
- 10.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Conservation Science and Practice (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- ResearchOnline - JCU (James Cook University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RUNE (Research UNE) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Queensland University of Technology
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Marine animal studies overview
- Keywords
- passive acoustic monitoring, conservation monitoring, stakeholder collaboration, sensor placement, background noise, animal disturbance, biodiversity markets, biodiversity targets
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