Why animal sounds?
… and why R?

 

Marcelo Araya-Salas PhD Neuroscience Research Center University of Costa Rica

 

 

Animal acoustic signals

Animal acoustic signals

Common research questions

• How animal acoustic signals vary in space and time? why?

• What is their function?

• What socio-ecological factors favor the evolution of specific features?

• How the transmission properties of the environment have shaped signal structure?

Acoustic analysis workflow

Why bioacoustics in R?

• Improves reproducibility of research

• Requires a deeper understanding of the structure of the signals

• Allows conducting analyses that better fit our research questions and study systems

• Democratizes access to scientific resources

Course outline

• Tutorials with combinations of theoretical background, demonstrations and proofs of concept using R code
• Self-learning practices on their own acoustic data or supplied example data
• Additional practices and readings assigned after each session (optional)