Digital ears in the rainforest: Estimating dynamics of animal populations by using sound recordings and computing
Friday, February 28, 2014 - 07:02
in Mathematics & Economics
A Finnish-Brazilian project is constructing a system that could estimate the dynamics of animal populations by using sound recordings, statistics and scientific computing. The canopy in a Brazilian rainforest is bustling with life, but nothing is visible from the ground level. The digital recorders attached to the trees, however, are picking up the noises of birds.
