RT Journal Article
T1 Different bat detectors and processing software… Same results?
A1 Perea, Santiago
A1 Tena, Elena
AB There has been an increase in commercial bat detectors and noise filtering software for monitoring bat activity. In this study, we compare the recording efficiency of three bat detectors from the popular brand Wildlife Acoustics (Echo Meter 3, Echo Meter Touch Pro 1 and Song Meter 2 BAT) and the effectiveness of two noise filtering software (Kaleidoscope and SonoBat Batch Scrubber). To do so, we recorded 7513 files from 13 urban parks in Madrid in 2017, that were manually identified to species level. The results show that the Echo Meter 3 records significantly less activity than the Echo Meter Touch Pro 1 and Song Meter 2 BAT. Our results also identify SonoBat Batch Scrubber as more reliable than Kaleidoscope for preventing false negatives. Therefore, our study demonstrates that different bat detectors, and different noise filtering software, can provide different results.
PB SECEMU (Asociación Española para la conservación y el Estudio de los Murciélagos)
SN 1576 – 9720
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6149
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6149
LA eng
NO Fondo Social Europeo
NO Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025