Characteristics of wild moose (Alces alces) vocalizations.

Academic Article

Abstract

  • Moose are a popular species with recreationists but understudied acoustically. We used publicly available videos to characterize and quantify the vocalizations of moose in New Hampshire separated by age/sex class. We found significant differences in peak frequency, center frequency, bandwidth, and duration across the groups. Our results provide quantification of wild moose vocalizations across age/sex classes, which is a key step for passive acoustic detection of this species and highlights public videos as a potential resource for bioacoustics research of hard-to-capture and understudied species.
  • Authors

  • Zager, Alex
  • Ahlberg, Sonja
  • Boyan, Olivia
  • Brierley, Jocelyn
  • Eddington, Valerie
  • Moll, Remington J
  • Kloepper, Laura
  • Status

    Publication Date

  • April 1, 2024
  • Published In

  • JASA Express Lett  Journal
  • Keywords

  • Acoustics
  • Animals
  • Deer
  • New Hampshire
  • Videotape Recording
  • Digital Object Identifier (doi)

    Pubmed Id

  • 38563690
  • Start Page

  • 041201
  • Volume

  • 4
  • Issue

  • 4