Using acoustic tools for conservation

The rapid and ongoing decline in global biodiversity highlights the need for effective conservation measures, which has transformed the monitoring of biodiversity into an essential diagnostic tool. Over the past few decades, studies in biodiversity monitoring have increasingly invested in the use of bioacoustics. Most bioacoustics approaches are non-invasive, broad-range, and long-term, and do not necessarily require human presence in the field, which can optimize time, resources, and field efforts. Bioacoustics studies produce reliable data that can be used to resolve multiple ecological questions, and thus are increasingly being used for biodiversity conservation. In this talk, I will present results from my research, focusing on examples of tropical birds and cetaceans, where I use different bioacoustic methods associated with behavior and biologging methods to answer questions related to conservation.