Journal
PEERJ
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PEERJ INC
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12445
Keywords
Bats; Chiroptera; Database; Call library; Echolocation; Acoustics; Survey; Monitoring
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Funding
- Hungarian Scientific Research Fund [OTKA K112440]
- National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary [NKFIH KH130360, NKFIH K139992]
- Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia, Data Mobilization Project Grant [BIFA04-24]
- Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences [BO/00825/21]
- New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology from National Research, Development and Innovation Fund [UNKP-21-5, UNKP-21-5-PTE-1352, UNKP 20-3-I, UNKP-19-2-1]
- Malaysian Ministry of Education, Fundamental Research Grant [FRGS/1/2019/WAB13/UNIMAS/03/2]
- Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology [UQDTCB 01/20-21]
- Malaysian Ministry of Education Fundamental Research Grant [R/FRGS/A0800/00481A/011/2019/00704]
- Universiti Sains Malaysia short term grant [304/PJJAUH/6313060]
- US National Science Foundation [1051363]
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST1072311B415003]
- Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1051363] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The ChiroVox website is the largest open-access bat call library, providing over 3,900 recordings of nearly 200 species, serving as a valuable resource for researchers and ecologists.
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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