Table of Contents

1 - Acoustic recording
2 - Examples of acoustic studies
3 - The planning of acoustic studies
4 - Manual and automatic acoustic recording
5 - Manual identification of species
6 - Automatic species recognition
7 - A comparison of identification methods
8 - The complexities of call analysis
9 - Criteria for detector systems
10 - Interpretation of the results
11 - Quality assurance of reports
12 - Nacelle monitoring – its benefits and its limitations
13 - Bat calls
14 - The physics of sound

About the Author

Volker Runkel started working with bats and bioacoustics in the late 1990s. Since then he has invented a unique detector system and specialist software solutions for bat workers.

Guido Gerding, a bat call (bioacoustics) expert, commenced voluntary work with bats in 2000 and has been a full-time consultant in bat protection since 2009.

Ulrich Marckmann built his first bat detector in the 1980s, subsequently working on the development of hardware and software for recording bat calls. He is a consultant in bioacoustic studies.

Reviews

Acoustic detection has become a standard method for determining the presence of bats, and for species identification and monitoring. The resolution, accuracy and scale with which these surveys can be carried out has risen dramatically with the availability of automated real-time recording. Acoustic monitoring does have its limitations, however, and The Handbook of Acoustic Bat Detection addresses these by providing an in-depth understanding of the properties of bat calls, manual species identification, analysis of results and the background physics of sound. First published in German in 2018, this English translation includes new content that was not included in the original.
*Conservation Land Management*

This well-written and ably translated volume presents a thorough but accessible compendium on a timely subject. Runkel et al. give excellent coverage of highly technical systems applied to the biology of the animals. They explain methods with direct application to large-scale industrial developments, but never lose sight of the fundamental importance of the experienced observer who understands the animals and the environment.
*The Quarterly Review of Biology*