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This research aims to test the SANE index for measuring anthropogenic noise's impact on wildlife in terrestrial ecosystems.

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May 30, 2026Open Access

SANE: an Index of Anthropogenic Noise Levels for Wildlife Research in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Key Points

This research aims to test the SANE index for measuring anthropogenic noise's impact on wildlife in terrestrial ecosystems.
Provided a subset of audio dataset for testing the SANE index.
Included simulated soundscapes and audio chunks for BirdNET evaluation.
Offered scripts for visualizing temporal patterns in soundscapes.
Data repository includes complete audio dataset for testing SANE.
Achieved evaluation metrics for BirdNET with precision and recall assessment.
Visualizations reveal patterns in real and simulated soundscapes.

Abstract

We provide a subset of the audio dataset used to test the SANE index, together with the complete set of simulated soundscapes. In addition, we include the audio chunks and recordings used for BirdNET precision and recall evaluation. The repository also contains the fullscript-commented.R file, which includes all code for testing SANE and calculating other indices, as well as scripts for visualizing temporal patterns in both real and simulated soundscapes. Further information about the available data is also provided within the script.

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