Exploring the relationship between the soundscape and the environment: A systematic review

作者：Katie Turlington, Andrés Felipe Suárez‐Castro, Daniella Teixeira, Simon Linke, Fran Sheldon · 发表于：Ecological Indicators · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112388 · 被引用次数：41 · 研究领域：Noise Effects and Management、Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior、Marine animal studies overview

• Soundscape-environment relationships are underexplored in aquatic ecosystems. • Relationships are seldom tested across various scales, climates, or elevations. • Riparian and underwater soundscapes are rarely monitored simultaneously. • Acoustic indices are used disproportionately to other acoustic processing methods. • Sound may indirectly monitor non-soniferous biotic communities and abiotic factors. The soundscape encompasses all biological, geophysical, and anthropogenic sounds in an environment and serves as an important communication medium for biota. While macro-level observations have suggested a correlation between the acoustic and physical environments, detailed and synthesized empirical evidence establishing nuanced relationships remains limited. Establishing empirical relationships between the soundscape and the environment is essential to ensure monitoring programs are grounded in robust ecological principles. However, empirical evidence about the relationship between the soundscape, environmental attributes, and biotic communities is scarce and scattered. Here, we synthesize evidence about correlations between the soundscape and at least one environmental variable or indicator. We analyse where (location) and when (year) the relationships between the soundscape and the environment have been investigated, what study designs and methods have been used to quantify these relationships, and what relationships were found between the soundscape and environmental or b...