Bat Echolocation Recordings from Community Surveys in Wanneroo, Australia (2025)

Bat echolocation recordings were collected in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia, between January and April 2025. The dataset includes verified reference calls from hand-released bats and acoustic transect survey recordings from bushland reserves. This data forms part of a forthcoming publication on community-based urban bat monitoring and biodiversity management.

Use Cases

• Training species identification models based on verified reference calls mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing species presence and distribution based on acoustic transect survey data.
• Studying the effectiveness of community-based monitoring approaches for urban wildlife.
• Comparing bat activity between different bushland reserve sites based on location metadata.

Strengths

• Includes verified species-level reference calls to support acoustic identification.
• Data collection occurred over a defined four-month period from January to April 2025.
• Combines two complementary data collection methods: harp trapping and acoustic transects.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single community project in Western Australia.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Community-based project using harp trapping for reference calls and Wildlife Acoustics Echo Meter Touch 2 detectors for acoustic transect surveys.

Time Range

January 2025 to April 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 19:53:36.267657; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Wanneroo, Western Australia, Australia