ChiroVox : A public library of bat calls

Recordings of bat echolocation and social calls are used for many research purposes from ecological studies to taxonomy. Effective use of these relies on identification of species from the recordings, but comparative recordings or detailed call descriptions to support identification are often lacki...

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Main Authors: Görföl, Tamás, Huang, Joe Chun-Chia, Csorba, Gábor, Gyorössy, Dorottya, Estók, Péter, Kingston, Tigga, Szabadi, Kriszta Lilla, McArthur, Ellen, Juliana, Senawi, Furey, Neil M., Tully, Vuong Tan, Thong, Vu Dinh, Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan, Emy Ritta, Jinggong, Donnelly, Melissa, Kumaran, Jayaraj Vijaya, Liu, Jian-Nan, Chen, Shiang-Fan, Tuanmu, Mao-Ning, Ho, Ying-Yi, Chang, Heng-Chia, Nurul-Ain, Elias, Nur-Izzati, Abdullah, Lim, Lee-Sim, Squire, C. Daniel, Zsebok, Sándor
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spelling my.unimas.ir.383622022-04-21T02:07:43Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38362/ ChiroVox : A public library of bat calls Görföl, Tamás Huang, Joe Chun-Chia Csorba, Gábor Gyorössy, Dorottya Estók, Péter Kingston, Tigga Szabadi, Kriszta Lilla McArthur, Ellen Juliana, Senawi Furey, Neil M. Tully, Vuong Tan Thong, Vu Dinh Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan Emy Ritta, Jinggong Donnelly, Melissa Kumaran, Jayaraj Vijaya Liu, Jian-Nan Chen, Shiang-Fan Tuanmu, Mao-Ning Ho, Ying-Yi Chang, Heng-Chia Nurul-Ain, Elias Nur-Izzati, Abdullah Lim, Lee-Sim Squire, C. Daniel Zsebok, Sándor QL Zoology Recordings of bat echolocation and social calls are used for many research purposes from ecological studies to taxonomy. Effective use of these relies on identification of species from the recordings, but comparative recordings or detailed call descriptions to support identification are often lacking for areas with high biodiversity. The ChiroVox website (www.chirovox.org) was created to facilitate the sharing of bat sound recordings together with their metadata, including biodiversity data and recording circumstances. To date, more than 30 researchers have contributed over 3,900 recordings of nearly 200 species, making ChiroVox the largest open-access bat call library currently available. Each recording has a unique identifier that can be cited in publications; hence the acoustic analyses are repeatable. Most of the recordings available through the website are from bats whose species identities are confirmed, so they can be used to determine species in recordings where the bats were not captured or could not be identified. We hope that with the help of the bat researcher community, the website will grow rapidly and will serve as a solid source for bat acoustic research and monitoring. PeerJ Inc. 2022 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38362/1/ChiroVox%20-%20Copy.pdf Görföl, Tamás and Huang, Joe Chun-Chia and Csorba, Gábor and Gyorössy, Dorottya and Estók, Péter and Kingston, Tigga and Szabadi, Kriszta Lilla and McArthur, Ellen and Juliana, Senawi and Furey, Neil M. and Tully, Vuong Tan and Thong, Vu Dinh and Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan and Emy Ritta, Jinggong and Donnelly, Melissa and Kumaran, Jayaraj Vijaya and Liu, Jian-Nan and Chen, Shiang-Fan and Tuanmu, Mao-Ning and Ho, Ying-Yi and Chang, Heng-Chia and Nurul-Ain, Elias and Nur-Izzati, Abdullah and Lim, Lee-Sim and Squire, C. Daniel and Zsebok, Sándor (2022) ChiroVox : A public library of bat calls. PeerJ, 10 (e12445). pp. 1-15. ISSN 2167-8359 https://peerj.com/articles/12445/ DOI 10.7717/peerj.12445
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topic QL Zoology
spellingShingle QL Zoology
Görföl, Tamás
Huang, Joe Chun-Chia
Csorba, Gábor
Gyorössy, Dorottya
Estók, Péter
Kingston, Tigga
Szabadi, Kriszta Lilla
McArthur, Ellen
Juliana, Senawi
Furey, Neil M.
Tully, Vuong Tan
Thong, Vu Dinh
Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan
Emy Ritta, Jinggong
Donnelly, Melissa
Kumaran, Jayaraj Vijaya
Liu, Jian-Nan
Chen, Shiang-Fan
Tuanmu, Mao-Ning
Ho, Ying-Yi
Chang, Heng-Chia
Nurul-Ain, Elias
Nur-Izzati, Abdullah
Lim, Lee-Sim
Squire, C. Daniel
Zsebok, Sándor
ChiroVox : A public library of bat calls
description Recordings of bat echolocation and social calls are used for many research purposes from ecological studies to taxonomy. Effective use of these relies on identification of species from the recordings, but comparative recordings or detailed call descriptions to support identification are often lacking for areas with high biodiversity. The ChiroVox website (www.chirovox.org) was created to facilitate the sharing of bat sound recordings together with their metadata, including biodiversity data and recording circumstances. To date, more than 30 researchers have contributed over 3,900 recordings of nearly 200 species, making ChiroVox the largest open-access bat call library currently available. Each recording has a unique identifier that can be cited in publications; hence the acoustic analyses are repeatable. Most of the recordings available through the website are from bats whose species identities are confirmed, so they can be used to determine species in recordings where the bats were not captured or could not be identified. We hope that with the help of the bat researcher community, the website will grow rapidly and will serve as a solid source for bat acoustic research and monitoring.
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author Görföl, Tamás
Huang, Joe Chun-Chia
Csorba, Gábor
Gyorössy, Dorottya
Estók, Péter
Kingston, Tigga
Szabadi, Kriszta Lilla
McArthur, Ellen
Juliana, Senawi
Furey, Neil M.
Tully, Vuong Tan
Thong, Vu Dinh
Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan
Emy Ritta, Jinggong
Donnelly, Melissa
Kumaran, Jayaraj Vijaya
Liu, Jian-Nan
Chen, Shiang-Fan
Tuanmu, Mao-Ning
Ho, Ying-Yi
Chang, Heng-Chia
Nurul-Ain, Elias
Nur-Izzati, Abdullah
Lim, Lee-Sim
Squire, C. Daniel
Zsebok, Sándor
author_facet Görföl, Tamás
Huang, Joe Chun-Chia
Csorba, Gábor
Gyorössy, Dorottya
Estók, Péter
Kingston, Tigga
Szabadi, Kriszta Lilla
McArthur, Ellen
Juliana, Senawi
Furey, Neil M.
Tully, Vuong Tan
Thong, Vu Dinh
Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan
Emy Ritta, Jinggong
Donnelly, Melissa
Kumaran, Jayaraj Vijaya
Liu, Jian-Nan
Chen, Shiang-Fan
Tuanmu, Mao-Ning
Ho, Ying-Yi
Chang, Heng-Chia
Nurul-Ain, Elias
Nur-Izzati, Abdullah
Lim, Lee-Sim
Squire, C. Daniel
Zsebok, Sándor
author_sort Görföl, Tamás
title ChiroVox : A public library of bat calls
title_short ChiroVox : A public library of bat calls
title_full ChiroVox : A public library of bat calls
title_fullStr ChiroVox : A public library of bat calls
title_full_unstemmed ChiroVox : A public library of bat calls
title_sort chirovox : a public library of bat calls
publisher PeerJ Inc.
publishDate 2022
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38362/1/ChiroVox%20-%20Copy.pdf
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https://peerj.com/articles/12445/
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