Overview

Full Product Details

9781784273811

Table of Contents

Reviews

"An essential aid to identifying those mysterious sounds in the undergrowth. There are bird sound guides aplenty, but mammals have long been poorly represented. This excellent and detailed publication plugs that gap.--Simon Elliott ""Wildlife Sound Recording Society"" Regardless of your level of expertise this book has something to offer, reminding us that sound, which plays such an important role in bird identification, is missing from the mammal toolbox, especially for the ultrasonic noises of the small mammals. Written in plain English so its meaning is clear, and with case studies for hard to record species like dormice, this book will open up vocalisation as a recording method to all mammologists.--Derek Crawley, Vice Chair of the Mammal Society This timely book is an excellent practical guide to the rapidly developing field of acoustic monitoring and how it can be used to study terrestrial mammals in the wild. The book is packed with useful information and real-world advice. The analyses of example recordings from each species and the accompanying sound reference library are invaluable to anyone embarking on a study of this kind.--Dr Nigel Reeve, former Head of Ecology for The Royal Parks"

Author Information

Neil Middleton is a licensed bat worker and trainer, and is the owner of BatAbility Courses & Tuition (www.batability.co.uk), an organisation that delivers ecology-related skills development to customers throughout the UK and beyond. He has a constant appetite for self-development, as well as seeking to develop those around him, and to this end he has designed and delivered in excess of 400 training events covering a wide range of business and ecology-related subjects. Neil has had a strong interest in the natural world since childhood, particularly in relation to birds and mammals. He has studied bats for over 25 years, with a particular focus on their acoustic behaviour (echolocation and social calls). Other books also available by Neil Middleton: Social Calls of the Bats of Britain & Ireland (2nd Edition). Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, 2022. Is That a Bat? A Guide to Non-Bat Sounds Encountered During Bat Surveys. Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, 2020. The Effective Ecologist – Succeed in the Office Environment. Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, 2016. Stuart Newson is a Senior Research Ecologist at the British Trust for Ornithology, where he is involved in survey design and data analysis from national ‘citizen-science’ surveys. While birds have been the core of his work, Stuart has an interest in bats and acoustic monitoring – in particular, how technology can deliver opportunities for conservation and provide ways to engage with large audiences. Stuart’s work on bioacoustics has included creating tools to identify European bats, bush-crickets and small mammal species from their ‘calls’. This resulted in the BTO Acoustic Pipeline, which integrates online tools for coordinating fieldworkers, processing recordings, and returning feedback to encourage large-scale participation in acoustic surveys. Stuart is also a member of Natural England’s Bat Expert Panel. Huma Pearce is a freelance ecologist with a specialist interest in mammals. She has worked on various small and medium sized mammal monitoring projects in the UK and abroad, training students and citizen science volunteers in mammal survey techniques. She developed an interest in bats in 2005, which sparked an interest in sound analysis for species identification and behavioural studies. Huma has since contributed to sound libraries (e.g. BTO Acoustic Pipeline) and has become an advocate for the application of bioacoustics for monitoring bats and other mammals. As such, Huma is never far away from either a recording device, a new site to explore, or the analysis of megabytes of data from previously deployed sessions.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available