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2019: Modeling Sound Attenuation and Individual Space Usage to Estimate Density of Animal Populations (The Nature Conservancy)
Population density is a common way to assess the health of a species in an area. Passive acoustic monitoring can provide reliable population density estimates for some species, but it often requires human interpretation of data. This project will further automate data analysis and incorporate new statistical models to improve density estimates of endangered gibbons in Borneo.
Cornell: Angela Fuller (Cornell CALS/Natural Resources and the Environment), Holger Klinck (Lab of Ornithology)
TNC: Dr. Edward Game (Lead Scientist – Asia Pacific Region), Mohamad Rifqi (Primatologist – Indonesia Program)