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Mitchell Grass Rangeland Acoustic Data Collection - A2O Project

<p>This dataset contains audio files for TERN Mitchell Grass Rangeland SuperSite. Long-term recordings of the environment can be used to identify sound sources of interest, characterise the soundscape, aid in the assessment of fauna biodiversity, monitor temporal trends and track environmental changes.</p>


<p>Mitchell Grass Rangeland SuperSite is located at Rosebank Station, approximately 11 km south-east of Longreach in Queensland. The site is arid tussock grassland with a variety of grass species including <em>Astrebla lappacea</em> and <em>Astrebla squarrosa</em> over black vertosol soil that supports sheep and beef cattle grazing. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/mitchell-grass-rangeland-supersite/.</p>


<p>In 2020 four acoustic recorders were set up to collect audio data continuously as part of the Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) project. Two recorders were placed in relatively wet habitats and two in relatively dry habitats.</p>

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2020-03-17
Date (Publication)
2023-02-20
Date (Revision)
2014-07-14
Edition
1.0

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Author

Queensland University of Technology - Rowlings, David ()
2 George St, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
Brisbane
QLD
4000
Australia

Author

Queensland University of Technology - Tucker, David (Research Assistant)
2 George St, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
Brisbane
QLD
4000
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
Long-term acoustic recordings are collected to characterise the acoustic sources in the ecosystem. Recordings can be used to estimate biodiversity, monitor temporal changes in the soundscape, compare the acoustic characteristics of different locations, and assess the effect of particular events such as bushfires and floods.
Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Credit
<p>Mitchell Grass Rangelands site is located on a property currently managed by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (previously Longreach Pastoral College). Equipment and data collection are managed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT).</p> <p>Australian Acoustic Observatory: A Network to Monitor Biodiversity Project Team, with funding from the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council (LE170100033) (2018). Brisbane, QLD: QUT [www.acousticobservatory.org] </p>
Status
On going

Point of contact

Queensland University of Technology - Rowlings, David ()
2 George St, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
2 George St
Brisbane
QLD
4000
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment

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Temporal extent

Time period
2020-03-17
Title
Roe et al. (2021). The Australian acoustic observatory. Methods in ecology and evolutions. 00:1-7. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13660.
Website
Roe et al. (2021). The Australian acoustic observatory. Methods in ecology and evolutions. 00:1-7. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13660.

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GCMD Science Keywords
  • ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
  • BIRDS
  • INSECTS
  • ACOUSTIC FREQUENCY
  • AMBIENT NOISE
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Animal behaviour
  • Acoustics and acoustical devices; waves
  • Behavioural ecology
  • Conservation and biodiversity
  • Environmental management
TERN Platform Vocabulary
  • Mitchell Grass Rangeland
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • Mitchell Grass Rangeland Dry A 00001115
  • Mitchell Grass Rangeland Dry B 00001136
  • Mitchell Grass Rangeland Wet A 00001144
  • Mitchell Grass Rangeland Wet B 00002533
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • sound pressure in air
  • Volt
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • Point Resolution
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • < 1 second
Australian Faunal Directory
  • INSECTA
  • AVES
  • MAMMALIA
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Acoustic recordings
  • mgrl

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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File description
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File type
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Linkage
https://w3id.org/tern/static/cc-by/88x31.png

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
TERN services are provided on an "as-is" and "as available" basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. <br />Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN. <br /><br />Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
Other constraints
Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Queensland University of Technology
2 George St, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia
Brisbane
QLD
4000
Australia
OnLine resource
Audio files - A2O

Resource lineage

Statement
<p>Four acoustic sensors are set up to collect audio data continuosly as part of the A2O project. Sensors are Frontier Labs Solar BAR. Each sensor has a Primo EM172 microphone with an 80&nbsp;dB signal-to-noise ratio, 14&nbsp;dBA self-noise, -28&nbsp;dB sensitivity, and a flat response (+2&nbsp;dB between 80&nbsp;Hz and 20&nbsp;kHz). Sensors have a gain of 50&nbsp;dB. They are mounted on 1.8&nbsp;m star pickets and powered by solar panels. Data are recorded continuously. Recordings are made as single channel, two-hour long flac files. They have a sampling rate of 22,050&nbsp;Hz and a depth of 16&nbsp;bits. </p> <p>The four sensors are deployed in pairs. Each pair contains a wet and a dry sensor. Wet sensors are located within 50&nbsp;m from the edge of a body of water. Dry sensors are located between 500&nbsp;m and 5&nbsp;km from their corresponding wet sensors. Wet–wet and dry–dry sensor points are at a distance between 500&nbsp;m and 5&nbsp;km.</p>
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Title
A2O information brochure
Website
https://acousticobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/australian-acoustic-observatory-brochure_dec20181.pdf

Method documentation

Title
Deployment manual for solar powered acoustic sensors
Website
https://acousticobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/a2o_deployment-manual_052019_v25.pdf

Method documentation

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/611b87e9-eab3-4e2a-8edb-6608fdf73dca

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/611b87e9-eab3-4e2a-8edb-6608fdf73dca

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2022-07-28T00:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2023-02-20T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
Edition
1

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Edition
1.0

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
Edition
1.0
Title
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
Date (published)
2021
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Acoustics and acoustical devices; waves Animal behaviour Behavioural ecology Conservation and biodiversity Environmental management
GCMD Science Keywords
ACOUSTIC FREQUENCY AMBIENT NOISE ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR BIRDS INSECTS

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