@article{412c038416f640e386b0afbcda1ed49a,
title = "ChiroVox: A public library of bat calls",
abstract = "Recordings of bat echolocation and social calls are used for many research purposes from ecological studies to taxonomy. Effective use of these relies on identification of species from the recordings, but comparative recordings or detailed call descriptions to support identification are often lacking for areas with high biodiversity. The ChiroVox website (www.chirovox.org) was created to facilitate the sharing of bat sound recordings together with their metadata, including biodiversity data and recording circumstances. To date, more than 30 researchers have contributed over 3,900 recordings of nearly 200 species, making ChiroVox the largest open-access bat call library currently available. Each recording has a unique identifier that can be cited in publications; hence the acoustic analyses are repeatable. Most of the recordings available through the website are from bats whose species identities are confirmed, so they can be used to determine species in recordings where the bats were not captured or could not be identified. We hope that with the help of the bat researcher community, the website will grow rapidly and will serve as a solid source for bat acoustic research and monitoring.",
keywords = "Acoustics, Bats, Call library, Chiroptera, Database, Echolocation, Monitoring, Survey",
author = "Tam{\'a}s G{\"o}rf{\"o}l and Huang, {Joe Chun Chia} and G{\'a}bor Csorba and Dorottya Gyor{\"o}ssy and P{\'e}ter Est{\'o}k and Tigga Kingston and Szabadi, {Kriszta Lilla} and Ellen McArthur and Juliana Senawi and Furey, {Neil M.} and Tu1, {Vuong Tan} and Thong, {Vu Dinh} and Khan, {Faisal Ali Anwarali} and Jinggong, {Emy Ritta} and Melissa Donnelly and Kumaran, {Jayaraj Vijaya} and Liu, {Jian Nan} and Chen, {Shiang Fan} and Tuanmu, {Mao Ning} and Ho, {Ying Yi} and Chang, {Heng Chia} and Elias, {Nurul Ain} and Abdullah, {Nur Izzati} and Lim, {Lee Sim} and Squire, {C. Daniel} and S{\'a}ndor Zsebok",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to express our sincere thanks to all the collaborators who provided help in recording and processing echolocation calls. Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan and Emy Ritta Jinggong thank the Sarawak Forest Department and Sarawak Forestry Corporation for research permit (17)JHS/NCCD/600-7/2/107(Jld2) and allowing us to conduct bat research in Sarawak. Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran would like to acknowledge the PERHILITAN research permit D-01052-16-1 for bat sampling. Lee-Sim Lim and Nur-Izzati Abdullah conducted their research under the permission of the Department of Wildlife & National Parks and the Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia. Lee-Sim Lim and Nur-Izzati Abdullah would like to thank Idea Wild for sponsoring a bat detector. The E{\"o}tv{\"o}s Lor{\'a}nd University, Budapest provides computation and storage capacity for ChiroVox. Publisher Copyright: Copyright 2022 G{\"o}rf{\"o}l et al.",
year = "2022",
month = jan,
doi = "10.7717/peerj.12445",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
journal = "PeerJ",
issn = "2167-8359",
}