On the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: A comment on “Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) [Ecological Indicators, 115, 106400]

Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) have used a novel modeling approach to analyze acoustic indices, working with well-replicated data from autonomous recorders, and linking the indices to the sites’ mean avian richness rather than to simultaneous bird surveys. Their findings represent an important contr...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Christos Mammides, Eben Goodale, Salindra K. Dayananda, Kang Luo, Jin Chen
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Acoustic indices Acoustic evenness index Bioacoustics Biodiversity monitoring Soundscape ecology Ecology QH540-549.5
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f2f42de2a1c94181ac385fac49e234bf
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:f2f42de2a1c94181ac385fac49e234bf
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f2f42de2a1c94181ac385fac49e234bf2021-12-01T04:49:46ZOn the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: A comment on “Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) [Ecological Indicators, 115, 106400]1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107626https://doaj.org/article/f2f42de2a1c94181ac385fac49e234bf2021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21002910https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XBradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) have used a novel modeling approach to analyze acoustic indices, working with well-replicated data from autonomous recorders, and linking the indices to the sites’ mean avian richness rather than to simultaneous bird surveys. Their findings represent an important contribution to the literature on acoustic indices. We disagree, however, with one specific argument they make regarding the acoustic evenness index. Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) argue that higher species richness should consistently lead to less even soundscapes. However, as we illustrate in this letter, using a series of examples, there are situations in which higher species richness can also lead to higher acoustic evenness.Christos MammidesEben GoodaleSalindra K. DayanandaKang LuoJin ChenElsevierarticleAcoustic indicesAcoustic evenness indexBioacousticsBiodiversity monitoringSoundscape ecologyEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 126, Iss , Pp 107626- (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Acoustic indices Acoustic evenness index Bioacoustics Biodiversity monitoring Soundscape ecology Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	Acoustic indices Acoustic evenness index Bioacoustics Biodiversity monitoring Soundscape ecology Ecology QH540-549.5 Christos Mammides Eben Goodale Salindra K. Dayananda Kang Luo Jin Chen On the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: A comment on “Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) [Ecological Indicators, 115, 106400]
description	Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) have used a novel modeling approach to analyze acoustic indices, working with well-replicated data from autonomous recorders, and linking the indices to the sites’ mean avian richness rather than to simultaneous bird surveys. Their findings represent an important contribution to the literature on acoustic indices. We disagree, however, with one specific argument they make regarding the acoustic evenness index. Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) argue that higher species richness should consistently lead to less even soundscapes. However, as we illustrate in this letter, using a series of examples, there are situations in which higher species richness can also lead to higher acoustic evenness.
format	article
author	Christos Mammides Eben Goodale Salindra K. Dayananda Kang Luo Jin Chen
author_facet	Christos Mammides Eben Goodale Salindra K. Dayananda Kang Luo Jin Chen
author_sort	Christos Mammides
title	On the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: A comment on “Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) [Ecological Indicators, 115, 106400]
title_short	On the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: A comment on “Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) [Ecological Indicators, 115, 106400]
title_full	On the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: A comment on “Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) [Ecological Indicators, 115, 106400]
title_fullStr	On the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: A comment on “Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) [Ecological Indicators, 115, 106400]
title_full_unstemmed	On the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: A comment on “Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) [Ecological Indicators, 115, 106400]
title_sort	on the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: a comment on “rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by bradfer-lawrence et al. (2020) [ecological indicators, 115, 106400]
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f2f42de2a1c94181ac385fac49e234bf
work_keys_str_mv	AT christosmammides ontheuseoftheacousticevennessindextomonitorbiodiversityacommentonrapidassessmentofavianspeciesrichnessandabundanceusingacousticindicesbybradferlawrenceetal2020ecologicalindicators115106400 AT ebengoodale ontheuseoftheacousticevennessindextomonitorbiodiversityacommentonrapidassessmentofavianspeciesrichnessandabundanceusingacousticindicesbybradferlawrenceetal2020ecologicalindicators115106400 AT salindrakdayananda ontheuseoftheacousticevennessindextomonitorbiodiversityacommentonrapidassessmentofavianspeciesrichnessandabundanceusingacousticindicesbybradferlawrenceetal2020ecologicalindicators115106400 AT kangluo ontheuseoftheacousticevennessindextomonitorbiodiversityacommentonrapidassessmentofavianspeciesrichnessandabundanceusingacousticindicesbybradferlawrenceetal2020ecologicalindicators115106400 AT jinchen ontheuseoftheacousticevennessindextomonitorbiodiversityacommentonrapidassessmentofavianspeciesrichnessandabundanceusingacousticindicesbybradferlawrenceetal2020ecologicalindicators115106400
_version_	1718405759338807296

On the use of the acoustic evenness index to monitor biodiversity: A comment on “Rapid assessment of avian species richness and abundance using acoustic indices” by Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2020) [Ecological Indicators, 115, 106400]

Ejemplares similares