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Whroo Dry Eucalypt Acoustic Data Collection - TERN

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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This dataset contains audio files for TERN Whroo Dry Eucalypt SuperSite. Long-term recordings of the environment can be used to identify sound sources of interest, characterise the soundscape, aid in the assessment of fauna biodiversity, monitor temporal trends and track environmental changes.

The site was established in 2011 in box woodland dominated by Eucalyptus microcarpa (grey box) and Eucalyptus leucoxylon (yellow gum). Smaller numbers of Eucalyptus sideroxylon (ironbark) and Acacia pycnantha (golden wattle) are also found on site. Elevation of the site is close to 165 m and mean annual precipitation from a nearby Bureau of Meteorology site measure 558 mm. Maximum temperatures range from 29.8°C (in January) to 12.6°C (in July), while minimum temperatures range from 14.2°C (in February) to 3.2°C (in July). Maximum temperatures vary on a seasonal basis by approximately 17.2°C and minimum temperatures by 11.0°C. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/whroo-dry-eucalypt-supersite/.

In 2012 an acoustic recorder was set up to collect audio data for a total of 12 hours per day, split between six hours around dawn and six hours around dusk. The recording schedule aimed at capturing morning and evening bird choruses while minimizing memory and battery requirements. A long-term spectrogram has been generated for each audio file to aid in data exploration. The sensor also recorded temperature, minimum- maximum- and mean-sound pressure levels.

Data are made available through the data link. For downloading large amount of data, please follow these instructions How to download TERN's acoustic data in bulk

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Field Value
Title Whroo Dry Eucalypt Acoustic Data Collection - TERN
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/1bbfcc67-c7f4-4c7b-bcf5-fae38f879dfa
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
jason.beringer@uwa.edu.au
Reference Period 02/11/2012 - 11/09/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    145.0262,
    -36.6731
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Whroo Dry Eucalypt Acoustic Data Collection - TERN". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/whroo-dry-eucalypt-acoustic-data-collection-tern