Bioacoustics & Ecoacoustics Glossary

sound truth

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"Cataloguing different soundscape characteristics by listening to recordings [1], as opposed to ground truthing, where researchers visit recording sites to conduct aural surveys to identify soundscape characteristics." (from the Acoustic Index User's Guide)

Reference: [1] Holgate B, Maggini R, Fuller S. Mapping ecoacoustic hot spots and moments of biodiversity to inform conservation and urban planning. Ecological Indicators. 2021;126:107627. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107627.; Bradfer-Lawrence et al. (2023), Methods in Ecology and Evolution, glossary of key ecoacoustic terms. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14194