Bioacoustics Winter School
Bioacoustic combines biology and acoustics. It investigates the production, propagation and reception of sounds produced by living beings. Fundamentally, bioacoustics is particularly interested in acoustic communication mechanisms (animal and human "languages"). On the applied level, bioacoustics covers several aspects, such as the study of the effects of anthropogenic noises on animals and humans (e.g. impacts of sounds produced by boats on marine mammals), the use of acoustic probes to characterize the quality of ecosystems, acoustic monitoring of animal populations (e.g. counting of birds), the use of biological sounds for pests- scaring (e.g. birds on airport runways), etc Learning objectives Training in bioacoustic scientific investigations and tools At the end of the course, the following skills will have been acquired:
• knowledge in how to use the basic material necessary for any study in bioacoustics (digital recorder, microphones, speakers);
• basic knowledge in sound and signal processing (use of softwares such as PRAAT and Soundgen);
• skills in how to set up a bioacoustic study (scientific question, experimental design, realization of experiments, results- analysis);
• general knowledge on the bioacoustic world and its interests, both in basic and applied research For more information, detailed program & registration:
