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Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation Acoustic Data Collection - TERN

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 10/01/2026

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This dataset contains audio files for Daintree Rainforest SuperSite, Cape Tribulation. The site is located at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory in lowland complex mesophyll vine forest near Cape Tribulation. The site has more than 80 species including canopy trees belonging to the Arecaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Myristicaceae and Icacinaceae families. For additional site information, see Daintree Rainforest 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.

Acoustic indices and false colour spectrograms were created for the recordings. Acoustic indices are summaries of the distribution of the acoustic energy in a recording. They are particularly useful for the analysis of long-term recordings of the environment and 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. False colour spectrograms are visual representation of individual acoustic indices or combination of multiple indices. They can highlight the presence of specific sound sources, e.g. birds, insects or weather events, providing a tool for navigating long-term recordings.

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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Title Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation Acoustic Data Collection - TERN
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9abf97f4-29be-416e-bb1c-8e40944cf05f
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
michael.liddell@jcu.edu.au
Reference Period 12/10/2012 - 06/11/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation 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/daintree-rainforest-cape-tribulation-acoustic-data-collection-tern