Oral presentations

Post the wallum-heath wildfires of 2019-20 in SEQ: what did acoustic detection show about eastern ground parrots?

Geoffrey C. Smith1, Michael T. Mathieson 1, George Krieger2, Luke D. Hogan 1, Emily Snell3, William Goulding4   and Clare Hourigan3

1 Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha Rd, Toowong, QLD

2 Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, The Gap, QLD

3 c/o Threatened Species Operations, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Moggill, QLD

4 Queensland Museum, Southbank, Brisbane, QLD

Acoustic monitoring for drought response: Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus) detections in the South Australian semi arid rangelands. 

Gerhardy, S1. and Finlayson, G.2 

1 University of Adelaide, Department of Evolution and Ecology 

2 Bush Heritage Australia 

Our journey to extracting species lists from long-term recordings by the Australian Acoustic Observatory 

Schwarzkopf, L.1, Allen-Ankins, S. 1, Hoefer, S.1

1College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Improved conservation outcomes for the critically endangered Plains-wanderer through bioacoustic analysis of landscape-scale population dynamics 

Aaron Grinter1, David Baker-Gabb2, and Karen M.C. Rowe3. 

1. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning; Epsom, Victoria 

2. Honorary Research Fellow, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 

3. Museums Victoria, Sciences Department, Carlton, Australia and University of Melbourne, School of BioSciences, Parkville, Australia 

Acoustic occupancy monitoring of threatened glossy black-cockatoos in bushfire-affected south-east Queensland 

Daniella Teixeira1, Gabriel Conroy2 and Guy Castley3 

1Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000 

2 University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs 4556 

3Griffith University, Southport 4215 

Assessing acoustic competition between sibling frog species using rhythm analysis

Filer, A. 1, Burchardt, L.S. 2,3 and van Rensburg, B.J. 1,4  

1 Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia.  

2 Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.  

3 Animal Behavior Lab, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.  

4 Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.  

The potential for ecoacoustic data to transform our understanding of species distributions 

Clemens, R. 1, Alexander, C. 2 and Fuller, S. 2  

1 EcoCommons Australia, Digital Solutions, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia.  

2 Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia  

Application of remote acoustic detection technology enhances wildlife management.

S. Campbell1, K.N. Armstrong2, D. Barnard3 and D. Lucas4 

1 Research Scientist, Invasive Species and Environment Biosecurity, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 444 Albany Hwy, Albany 6330 WA, susan.campbell@dpird.wa.gov.au  

2 Specialised Zoological, Adelaide SA, kyle.n.armstrong@gmail.com  

3 DKB Solutions, Perth WA, david.barnard@dkbsolutions.com.au  

4 Lynxemi Pte Ltd, 2 Sims Close, #03-05 Singapore S387298 david.lucas@gmail.com  

Bridging bioacoustics and ecoacoustics: revealing ecological patterns in a chorusing frog community. 

Sheryn Brodie1, Slade Allen-Ankins1, Lin Schwarzkopf1 

1College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville Qld, Australia 

Effects of ecotourist noise on an avian community: a case study from a UNESCO world heritage site 

Potvin, D.1, Anderson, M.1, Watson, N.1 & Gilby, B.1 

1 School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Petrie, Queensland, Australia 4502 

Long-term acoustic monitoring of Australian ecosystems 

Girola E.1, EliYahu M.1, Guru S.1 

1 Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 

Biosecurity: Early detection and community change monitoring using passive acoustics 

Simon Linke1, Chris Wilcox2, Jens Froese3, Mike Hodda4, Daniella Teixeira5 

1CSIRO Land & Water 

2CSIRO Oceans and Atmospheres 

3CSIRO Health & Biosecurity 

4CSIRO National Research Collections Australia 

5QUT & Bush Heritage Australia 

Chorusing behaviour of frog communities in response to environmental flow in Gwydir River catchment, Australia

Mohammad Abdur Razzaque Sarker1, Donald T. McKnight1,3, Darren Ryder1, Amelia Walcott2, Joanne F. Ocock2, Jennifer A. Spencer2, David Preston2, Sheryn Brodie3, and Deborah S. Bower1

1School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia

2Environmentand Heritage Group,Department of Planning and Environment, Sydney NSW2000, Australia

3La Trobe University, Department of Environment and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, Wodonga, VIC, Australia

Considerations for landscape monitoring of forest fauna using acoustics 

Gonsalves, L. 1, Law, B 1. and Slade, C. 2 

1Forest Science, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Parramatta, NSW, Australia. 

2Forestry Corporation of NSW, Wauchope, NSW, Australia. 

Progressing deep learning species call recognition from a research topic to an everyday tool.  

Griffioen, P. , Francis, L.  1

1 Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria. 

Using acoustic arrays to cost-effectively estimate density 

Law, B. 1, Gonsalves, L. 1, Burgar, J. 2,  Brassil, T. 1 and Roe, P. 3 

1 Forest Science NSW Department of Primary Industries, Parramatta, NSW, Australia  

2 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 

3 Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.  

Acoustic restoration: Using soundscapes to benchmark and fast-track recovery of ecological communities 

Watson, D.M. 1  and Znidersic, E. 1 

1 Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia 

Linking acoustic indices with avian biodiversity on the New England Tablelands: a cautionary tale from a multi-year dataset  

McDonald, P. G.1, Allen-Ankins, S. 2, Barati, A. 1  

1 Animal Behaviour and Ecology Lab, Zoology, University of New England Armidale, Australia  

2 College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia 

Posters

Using acoustic data to resolve species boundaries in lyrebirds, the masters of mimicry 

W.D.Y de Mel1, S. Fuller1, D. Hurwood1, M. Phillips1, 
1Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia  

Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring and Deep Learning Tools to Detect a Cryptic Threatened Owl (Ninox strenua)  

Alexander, C1, Clemens, R.1, Fuller, S1 

1School of Biological and Environmental Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. 

Continental scale biodiversity assessment through combined acoustic and satellite remote sensing  

Marina D. A. Scarpelli1, Paul Roe1, David Tucker1, Susan Fuller1  

1Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia  

Measuring frog communities with acoustic sensing across a sub-tropical urban matrix  

Stephen Molan1, Dr Laura Grogan1, Dr Clare Morrison1, Dr Chantal Lanctôt1, Prof Hamish McCallum1 

1Griffith University, Frog Research Team Eastern Australia  

Vocalisation patterns of the Eastern Ground Parrot (Pezoporus wallicus wallicus) and implications for acoustic monitoring efforts  

Lana Prior*1, Kieran Aland2, AleTo whomxis L. Levengood1 & Dominique A. Potvin1  

1School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia  

2Queensland Museum, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia  

Species Classification Using Deep Learning Signal Processing Techniques in Large-Scale Natural Soundscapes  

Napier, T.1, Schwarzkopf, L.1, Lee, I.1, Ahn, E.1 and Allen-Ankins, S.1  

1College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia