Principles of Soundscape Ecology: Discovering Our Sonic World

Contents
Preface
Part I. Fundamentals
	1. Introduction
		1.1 Sounds Are a Universal Indicator of Change
		1.2 What Is a Soundscape?
		1.3 What Is Soundscape Ecology?
		1.4 Intellectual Roots of Soundscape Ecology
		1.5 Parallel Developments
		1.6 How Soundscape Ecology May Address Global Environmental and Societal Grand Challenges
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	2. The Physics of Sound
		2.1 Sound as a Wave
		2.2 Visualizing a Sound Recording
		2.3 Recording Sound with Transducers
		2.4 Psychoacoustics
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	3. Sources of Sound in the Soundscape
		3.1 Biological Sound Production and Perception
		3.2 Geophysical Sounds
		3.3 Anthropogenic Sounds
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
Part II. Concepts
	4. Sensory Ecology
		4.1 Sensory Drive Framework
		4.2 Sound Production in Animals
		4.3 Propagation of Animal Communication
		4.4 Sound Reception by Animals
		4.5 Critique of the Current Acoustic Niche Hypothesis
		4.6 Geophonic Concepts
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	5. Spatial Ecologies
		5.1 Landscape Ecology
		5.2 Biogeography
		5.3 Conservation Biology
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	6. Sociocultural Concepts
		6.1 The Key Concept of Perception
		6.2 Ethnomusicology and the Anthropology of Music
		6.3 Sensuous Geography
		6.4 Sense of Place Studies
		6.5 Traditional Ecological Knowledge
		6.6 Nature Connectedness and Relatedness
		6.7 Affective Qualities of Soundscapes
		6.8 Attention Restoration Theory and Related Concepts
		6.9 Soundscapes as Coupled Human and Natural Systems
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	7. Data Science Concepts
		7.1 Big Data and Soundscape Ecology
		7.2 Characteristics of Big Data
		7.3 Soundscape Analytics
		7.4 Data Management
		7.5 Textual Analysis
		7.6 Software Tools
		7.7 Client-Server-Cloud Technologies
		7.8 A Fourth Paradigm of Science?
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	8. Soundscape Ecology as a Nexus
		8.1 Expanding the Definition of the Soundscape
		8.2 Guiding Principles of Soundscape Ecology
		8.3 Organizing Hypotheses for Soundscape Ecology
		8.4 Extensions to Existing Ecological and Social Science Theories
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
Part III. Methods
	9. Measuring the Soundscape
		9.1 Passive Acoustic Recorders
		9.2 Recording Parameters
		9.3 Sensor Networks and Sensor Arrays
		9.4 Soundscape Indices
		9.5 Aural Annotation
		9.6 Phases, Transitions, Triggers, and Cycles of Soundscapes
		9.7 Supplemental In Situ Survey Data
		9.8 Quantifying the Landscape for Soundscape Research
		9.9 Qualitative Methods: Measuring Soundscape Perception
		9.10 Mixed Methods
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	10. Analyzing Soundscape Data
		10.1 Data Cleansing
		10.2 Data Characterization
		10.3 Reduction of Dimensionality
		10.4 Data Sampling
		10.5 Data Mining
		10.6 General Predictive Analytics
		10.7 Narrative Analysis
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
Part IV. Applications
	11. Terrestrial Applications
		11.1 Acoustic Indices: Assessments
		11.2 Landscape-Soundscape Relationships
		11.3 Soundscape Research in Support of Biodiversity Assessments
		11.4 Soundscapes, Wildlife, People, and Noise in Protected Areas
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	12. Aquatic Soundscape Ecology
		12.1 Brief History of Acoustic Monitoring of Oceans
		12.2 Importance of Sound to Aquatic Organisms and Other Considerations
		12.3 Acoustic Indices: Assessments in Marine Systems
		12.4 Assessments of Freshwater Soundscapes
		12.5 Noise in Aquatic Systems and in Marine Protected Areas
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	13. Urban Soundscapes
		13.1 Major Sources of Sound in the Urban Soundscape: Working Taxonomies
		13.2 Patterns of Sounds in the Urban Landscape
		13.3 Measuring and Understanding Human Perceptions of the Urban Landscape
		13.4 Urban Planning and Soundscapes
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
	14. Sociocultural Soundscapes
		14.1 Acoustic Ecology and the World Soundscape Project
		14.2 Soundscape Composers
		14.3 Soundscape Composition and Ethnography
		14.4 Sonification of Data
		14.5 Sonic Ecologies: A Multidisciplinary Framework for Public Engagement
		14.6 Ecoethnomusicology
		14.7 Environmental Psychology and Soundscapes
		Summary
		Discussion Questions
		Further Reading
References
Index