*Bioacoustics Data Analysis (BIAC05)* Analyse animal acoustic signals in R. Learn spectrograms, annotations, and bioacoustic workflows. *Dates:* 6-10 October 2025 | *Format:* Live online (recorded sessions) | *Fee:* £400 (UK) *More info / register:* https://www.prstats.org/course/bioacoustics-data-analysis-biac05/ <https://www.prstats.org/course/bioacoustics-data-analysis-biac05/?utm_source=chatgpt.com> ------------------------------
*What you will learn:* This 5-day course (4 hours per day) walks you through turning raw animal sound recordings into meaningful data, all in R. You’ll leave with toolkit, workflows, and confidence to apply acoustic analyses in your own work. Key topics include: - Fundamental bioacoustic concepts: what animal acoustic signals are, how to think about variation, what biologically meaningful differences look like. PR Stats <https://www.prstats.org/course/bioacoustics-data-analysis-biac05/?utm_source=chatgpt.com> - Working with acoustic data in R: learning to use “wave” objects and other audio formats; importing, manipulating, converting files. PR Stats <https://www.prstats.org/course/bioacoustics-data-analysis-biac05/?utm_source=chatgpt.com> - Spectrograms & sound features: building and interpreting spectrograms (including choices like window size, overlap etc.), using Fourier transform; extracting frequency, amplitude, dominant frequency, frequency range etc. via the *seewave* package. PR Stats <https://www.prstats.org/course/bioacoustics-data-analysis-biac05/?utm_source=chatgpt.com> - Annotations: bring in annotations from Raven Pro; refine and manage them using *warbleR*; organizing, cleaning, and quality‐controlling annotated data. PR Stats <https://www.prstats.org/course/bioacoustics-data-analysis-biac05/?utm_source=chatgpt.com> - Quantifying signal structure: comparing approaches; exploring different metrics; working with tools to assess harmonic content, signal-to-noise ratios, possibly more advanced features depending on data. PR Stats <https://www.prstats.org/course/bioacoustics-data-analysis-biac05/?utm_source=chatgpt.com> - Quality control & ensuring data integrity: checking recording / annotation quality; handling audio file formats; ensuring consistency and accuracy in measurement. PR Stats <https://www.prstats.org/course/bioacoustics-data-analysis-biac05/?utm_source=chatgpt.com> ------------------------------ *Who this is for:* - Anyone working with animal sound: ecologists, behavioural biologists, conservationists, field researchers - People who already know R at a basic level (data import/export, plotting etc.) and want to apply it to acoustic datasets - Those aiming to build workflows / pipelines for analysing recordings across many individuals or species -- Oliver Hooker PhD. PR stats [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-ecology mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-ecology
