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BIOACOUSTICS WORKSHOP: SOUND RECORDING TECHNIQUES AND ITS APPLICATIONSSeptember 25-30th, 2006 The Institute of Ecology, A. C (Instituto de Ecología, A. C.) and the Center for Conservation Biology, University of California Riverside join together to introduce participants to up-to-date techniques for recording, digitizing and analyzing animal and environmental sounds and their application in scientific studies. The workshop will consist of a combination of lectures, discussions, and hands-on experience in the field and laboratory. The workshop will be offer in Spanish. But all the instructors speak and understand English as well. Coordinators: Fernando
González-García Antonio Celis Murrillo Instructors: M. en C. Fernando González-García, Departamento of Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Biblioteca de Sonidos de las Aves de México (BISAM), Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Km 2.5 Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, Congregación El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México. 91070. Email: gonzalef@ecologia.edu.mx. Web page: www.ecologia.edu.mx/sonidos Biól. Antonio Celis Murillo, Center for Conservation Biology, University of California Riverside, 208 University Lab Building, Riverside, CA 92521-0334. Email: acelis@comcast.net o acelis@ucr.edu. M. en C. Paolo Ramoni-Perazzi, Laboratorio de Zoología Aplicada, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología, Mérida, Venezuela. Email: rpaolo@ula.ve Dr. Antonio Guillén Servent. Departmento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Biblioteca de Sonidos de las Aves de México (BISAM), Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Km 2.5 Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, Congregación El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México. Email: servent@dns.ecologia.edu.mx. Dra. Jill L. Deppe. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Code 614.0, Building 33 Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771 Email: jdeppe@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov
Dra. Carmen Bazúa Durán. Profesor Asociado (Associate
Professor).Laboratorio de Acústica. Departamento de Fisica. Facultad de
Ciencias.Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). Circuito Exterior s/n,
Ciudad Universitaria.Av. Universidad 3000 04510 Mexico, D.F. Correo electrónico:
bazua@servidor.unam.mx . Biól. Sandra Gallo-Corona. Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California. Departamento de Biología de la Conservación. Km. 107 carr. Tijuana -Ensenada 22800 Ensenada, Baja California, México. Email: sgallo@cicese.mx.
TÉCNICO ASISTENTE:
Pending. Date: September 25-30 (activity prior to IV North American Ornithology Congress) Number of participants: 25 (max number). Place: Instituto de Ecología, A.C., XALAPA, VERACRUZ (www.ecologia.edu.mx). Note: Xalapa, Veracruz is the capitol city of the Veracruz State. The workshop is not in Veracruz City. Although, Xalapa is just 2 hours from the Veracruz City, where the Conference is going to be held. General information: This workshop is open to anybody interest in the use of wildlife sounds for identification and as a tool for analysis and scientific research. The experience in the bird identification through its song is important but not indispensable. In fact, part of the course will consist in the training for the identification of birds through their songs and calls. Recording equipment is not necessary, although, if you have it, bring it to make the learning process more efficient (laptop computer, microphone, recorder, headphones). Cost: $150 USD. This does NOT include transportation, lodging, and food in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz. Participants must arrange for their own travel to the Institute of Ecology, but local transportation to field sites will be provided. For recommended low-cost lodge see The workshop will be held in the Institute of Ecology at Km 2.5 Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, Congregación el Haya, Xalapa. For information of how to get to the Institute go to: www.ecologia.edu.mx. For those who want to pay their registration via deposit, the bank account is the following:
Titular/Name:
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Foreign participants as well as participants who do not want to pay directly to a bank, can pay their registration directly with the coordinators during the first day of the workshop. Recommended low-cost lodge in Xalapa, Veracruz: Posada del Cafeto Deadline for registration: Enrollment application and deposit must be received by August 30th, 2006. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-serve basis, with consideration given to students and researchers. Topics to be covered include:
Conferences/talks: 1. Acoustic communication on birds: How they perceive and produce sound? Fernando González-García 2. The importance of libraries of sounds. Fernando González-García 3. Recording bird sounds and its aplications in education and conservation of Mexico's biodiversity. Sandra Gallo-Corona 4. Acoustic Ecology: an introduction. Antonio Celis Murillo 5. Bioacoustics and sistematics. Paolo Ramoni-Perazzi. 6. Bioacoustics of utrasounds in Bats. Antonio Guillén. 7. Bioaoustics in ecological research: montoring bird communities using sounds. Jill Deppe and Antonio Celis Murillo 8. Dolphin
acoustics: What we know and what we do. Carmen Bazúa. Goals of the workshop: This workshop seeks to train participants in recording techniques for the scientific studies and monitoring of birds through vocalizations. Introduction Bioacoustics consists on the study of the behavior of animal communication through sound signals. It has had a great impact in the ornithology because the analysis of bird vocalizations, which includes songs and bird calls, became an important tool for taxonomic, systematic and behavioral ecology studies on birds. New species have been identified through the analysis of non-learned vocalizations, and geographical differences used as indicators at subspecies level. Most of such studies are basic investigation. However, bioacoustics also has its practical applications, especially those regarding with conservation, and natural populations' management. For example, they are a mean to identify bird species in surveys, which allows the monitoring of birds through the sound. Therefore, the use sounds is crucial because help to determine the biodiversity units that it is wanted to preserve, but also to evaluate the critical habitat (Parker 1991). That is why the libraries or banks of sounds play a very important role in the conservation of the biodiversity. The biggest development of bioacoustics has been carried out in the developed countries, which have bioacoustics labs and/or sound libraries. However, the biggest potential of investigation is in the Neotropical region, where bird bioacoustics is limitless and comparatively very few have been done. In our region, the investigation and diffusion in the field of the bioacoustics is incipient, due among other things to the lack bird sound collections at national levels and personnel is not qualified in the techniques of bird sound recording and in their documentation. This workshops seeks to train participants in recording techniques using analog and digital recorders, as well as to use specialized software for digitalize and elaborate sonograms, but mainly to know a technique that allows them to study the avifauna of its workspaces. Although this workshop has an emphasis on birds, the technique is useful for monitoring other groups like mammals and anurans. Objective: Introduce and develop the skills of the participants in the bird sounds recording and analysis. This workshop will give the participants the necessary abilities to use the recordings of animal sounds as a tool for scientific studies.
Methodology: The workshop will be imparted during six days (25-30 September, pre congress activity) inside the activities of the IV North American Ornithological Congress (October 3-7, 2006 www.naoc2006.org). The workshop will include classes, conferences and field practices and discussions. The theoretical part and practice will be carried out in morning and evening sessions in the facilities of Instituto de Ecología, A.C. in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (www.ecologia.edu.mx). The practice in the filed will be at Francisco Javier Clavijero Ecological Park (4200 feet), surroundings of Coatepec, Veracruz and surroundings of San Juan del Monte Ecological Reserve (7500 feet). This workshop will include the theoretical aspects and basic terminology, as well as the techniques used in the scientific study of the bird sounds. The topics include the introduction, definition of terms and theoretical concepts characteristic of the bioacoustics, selection and use of analog and digital recorders (cassettes, digital tape, walkman minidisk, Hi Minidisk), microphones, parabolas, recording techniques, documentation and software for the digitalization and analysis (Windows PC and Macintosh). The practice sessions will mainly consist in recording bird sounds in the field, using analog and digital recorders. We will provide of information of several suppliers of recording equipment, as well as different bioacoustics related web pages useful to continue and maintain up-dated your knowledge on bioacoustics and recording techniques. The experience on bird identification through its sounds its important but not necessary. If you have equipment, please bring it, this will make the learning process more efficient. This basic equipment includes: analog recorders or cassette recorders, digital recorders (walkman minidisk and/or Hi Minidisk), microphones, earphones. We also recommend bringing a laptop computer with software for edition and sound analysis. We will make work teams depending on the availability of equipment. Each one of the participants will be given a CD with all the information with respect to the course, as well as recognition with curricular value. Impact of the project: When concluding the workshop the participants will have a general scenario of the theoretical and bibliographical aspects of bioacoustics, as well as the most recent techniques in the bird sounds recording, with emphasis in scientific research and monitoring. They will be qualified in the use of recording gear and will be able to make their own recordings and their own collection of sounds. They will know the main bioacoustics labs in the world, as well as the software for digitalization and analysis of bird sounds (Windows PC and Macintosh). Finally, they will have the necessary basic knowledge for the elaboration and interpretation of the graphic representation of the sound (sonograms and spectrograms) and they will be able to begin their own research in the bioacoustics field. The workshop looks for to promote the recording of sounds in the Neotropical region and the participants to begin its own collection of sounds or in the best in the cases to deposit a copy of their recordings in any National Library of Sounds. ENROLLMENT IS ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE BASIS. SEND ASAP A SHORT LETTER EXPLAINING ABOUT YOUR WORK, YOUR INTERESTS IN BIOACOUSTICS AND YOUR INTEREST IN ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP. RECEIVEING THIS LETTER WILL HELP US TO IDENTIFY YOU AS A PARTICIPANT AND TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLACE IN THE WORKSHOP TO SEND THE LETTER OR QUESTIONS CONTACT BOTH ORGANIZERS IN THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESSES: Fernando Gonzalez García: gonzalef@ecologia.edu.mx Antonio Celis Murillo: acelis@comcast.net , acelis@ucr.edu Suggested literature: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias. Vol. 76(2), Jun. 2004. (Consultar el volumen en línea, dedicada a estudios bioacústcos: www.scielo.br/aabc Baptista, L. F. 1993. El estudio de la variación geográfica usando vocalizaciones y la bibliotecas de sonidos de aves neotropicales. Pp 15-30 En Curación moderna de colecciones ornitológicas (P. Escalante, ed). American Ornithologist´s Union. Washington, D. C. Baptista, L. F., and S. L. L. Gaunt. 1994. Advances in studies of avian sound communication. The Condor 96:817-830 Baptista, L. F., and S. L. Gaunt. 1997. Bioacoustics as a tool in conservation studies. Pp. 212-242 in: Clemmons, J. 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Bird Song. Biological themes and variations. Cambridge University Press. Gaunt, A. S. and S. L. L. Gaunt. 1985. Syringeal structure and avian phonation. Current Ornithology 2: 213-245. Gray, D. A. and J. C. Hagelin. 1996. Song repertoires and sensory exploitation: reconsidering the case of the common grackle. Anim. Behav. 52:795-800 Greenewalt, C. H. 1968. Bird Song: acoustic and physiology. Washington, D. C.; Smithsonian Institution Press. Gill, F. B. 1995. Ornithology. New York.W.H. Freeman and Company. Gulledge, J. L. 1976. Recording Birds Sounds. Living Bird. 183-203. Kroodsma, D. 2005. The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong, Houghton Mifflin Co. Haselmayer, J., y J. S. Quinn. 2000. A comparison of point counts and sound recording as bird survey methods in Amazonian Southeast Peru. Condor 102: 887-893 Hinde, R. A. 1969. Bird Vocalizations. Cambridge University Press. Hopp, S. L., M. J. Owren and C.S. Evans (eds.). Animal Acoustic Communication. Sound analysis and Research Methods. Springer-Verlang. Germany Margoschis, R. 1977. Recording Natural History Sounds. Print & Press Services Ltd. Kroodsma, D. E y E. H. Miller. 1996. Ecology and evolution of acoustic communication in birds. Cornell University Press. Kroodsma, D. E., G. F. Budney, R. W. Grotke, J. M. E. Vielliard, S. L. L. Gaunt, R. Ranft, y O. D. Veprintseva. 1996. Natural Sound Archives: Guidance for recordists and a request for cooperation. Pp. 474-486 in: Kroodsma D.E. y E. H. Miller. Eds (1996). Cornell University Press. Kroodsma, D.E. J. M. E. Vielliard y F. Gary Stiles. 1996. Study of bird sounds in the Neotropics: Urgency and opportunity. Pp. 269-281 in Kroodsma D.E. y E. H. Miller. Eds (1996). Cornell University Press. Payne, R. B. 1986. Bird songs and avian systematics. Current Ornithology 3: 87-126. Parker, T. A. III. 1991. On the use of tape recorders in avifaunal surveys. Auk 108:443-444. Pepperberg, I. M. 1991. Learning to communicate: The effects of social interaction. Perspectives in ethology. 9: 1109-164. Ranft, R. 199.1 Equipment for recording the sounds of birds and others animals. Bioacoustics 3:331-334. Rempel, R. S., K A. Hobson, G. Holborn, S. L. Van Wilgenburg, and J. Elliot. 2005. Bioacoustic monitoring of forest songbirds: interpreter variability and effects of configuration and digital processing methods in the laboratory. J. Field Ornithol. 76 (1): 1-11. Rothenberg, D. 2005. Why birds sing: a journey into the mystery of bird song. Basic Book. New York. Spector, D. A. 1992. Wood-warbler song systems: A review of paruline singing behaviors. Current Ornitholohy 9: 199-238. An interesting taxonomic perspective of the functions of different song types in the wood warblers of North America. Stap, D. 2005. Birdsong. Scribner. New York. Thorpe, W. H. 1961. Bird Song. London, Cambridge University Press. Tubaro, P. L. 1999. Bioacústica aplicada a la sistemática, conservación y manejo de poblaciones naturales de aves. Etología, 7:19-32. Tubaro, P. L. And E. T. Segura. 1994. Dialect differences in the song of Zonotrichia capensis in the southern Pampas: a test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis. Condor 96:1084-1088. Vehrencamp, S. L. 2000. Handicap, index, and conventional signal elements of bird song. Pp. 277-300. In: Epsmark, Y., T. Amundsen, and G. Rosenqvist. Animal signals: signaling and signal desing in animal communication. Trondheim, Norway. Tapir Academic Press. Vielliard, J. 1993. Recording wildlife in tropical rainforest. Bioacoustics 4:305-311 Waide, R. B., y P. M. Narins. 1988. Tropical forest bird count and the effect of sound attenuation. Auk 105:296-302. |
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