Mitchell Grass Rangeland Acoustic Recordings from Four Australian Sites

Comprising long-term environmental audio recordings from the Mitchell Grass Rangeland SuperSite in Queensland, Australia. Four acoustic recorders were deployed in 2020, with two placed in wet habitats and two in dry habitats. The data can be used to identify sound sources, characterize the soundscape, and monitor biodiversity and environmental changes.

Use Cases

• Identify sound sources of interest from continuous audio recordings to assess fauna biodiversity.
• Characterize the soundscape by analyzing acoustic patterns between wet and dry habitat recorders.
• Monitor temporal trends in environmental changes using long-term audio data collected since 2020.
• Track environmental changes by comparing audio signatures from arid tussock grassland habitats.

Strengths

• Data collection uses four acoustic recorders, providing spatial coverage across different habitat types.
• Recordings are long-term and continuous, enabling analysis of temporal trends.
• Site is well-documented with specific geographic location (Rosebank Station, Queensland) and ecological context.

Limitations

• Specific technical details like audio format, sample rate, and recording duration are not provided.
• The dataset size, number of files, and total recording hours are unknown.
• Data is delivered in non-audio formats (HTML, PNG, PDF), which may not contain the raw audio files directly.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Four acoustic recorders set up in 2020 to collect audio data continuously as part of the Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) project.

Time Range

Recordings began in 2020.

Freshness

Data was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Mitchell Grass Rangeland SuperSite at Rosebank Station, approximately 11 km south-east of Longreach in Queensland, Australia.