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TABMON

Towards a Transnational Acoustic Biodiversity Monitoring Network

TABMON's scientific output spans multiple disciplines including acoustic ecology, artificial intelligence, biodiversity monitoring, and conservation policy. Our research contributes to advancing both methodological frameworks and empirical understanding of European biodiversity patterns.

2Journal Articles
1Preprint
7Talks & Posters
4Press Features

Peer-Reviewed Articles and reports

2026
Journal Article
TABMON: Design and deployment of a transnational passive acoustic monitoring network for European birds
Cretois, B., Rosten, C. M., Wiel, J., Barile, C., McEwen, B., Bernard, C., ... & Sethi, S.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 17(6), 1867–1879
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2026
Journal Article
Data-driven sampling strategies for fine-tuning bird detection models
Bernard, C., McEwen, B., Cretois, B., Glotin, H., Stowell, D., & Marxer, R.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 159(6), 4891–4903
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2026
Report
Safe and Sound Project Report: Is Camtrap DP a suitable standard for (bio)acoustic data?
Julia Algeïa Marie-Antoinette Wiel, Sanne Govaert, Benjamin Cretois, & Peter Desmet
Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA), Report No. 2731
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Preprints

2025
Preprint
Stratified Active Learning for Spatiotemporal Generalisation in Large-Scale Bioacoustic Monitoring
McEwen, B., Bernard, C. & Stowell, D.
bioRxiv, 2025.09.01.673472
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Talks & Presentations

2026
Talk
Using Python for monitoring biodiversity in near real time
Benjamin Cretois
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2026
Talk
How can AI enable large scale monitoring of biodiversity?
Benjamin Cretois
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2025
Poster
Active Sampling for Data Efficient Large Scale Bioacoustic Monitoring
Ben McEwen
International Bioacoustic Congress (IBAC), 7–12 September, Kerteminde, Denmark
2025
Talk
Data-driven Sampling Strategies for Fine-Tuning Bird Detection Models
Corentin Bernard, Ben McEwen, Benjamin Cretois, Hervé Glotin, Dan Stowell, Ricard Marxer
3rd Emerging Bioacousticians' Days, 24–26 June, Vernon, France
2025
Talk
Standardization of Passive Acoustic Monitoring with CamTrap DP
Julia Wiel
Available on YouTube
2025
Invited Panel
Bioacoustics panel session at the Science Fair for biodiversity monitoring
Benjamin Cretois
Biodiversa+, Barcelona · Slides
2024
Invited Panel
Science-Policy Forum — "How to strengthen and harmonize biodiversity monitoring across scales"
Benjamin Cretois
Biodiversa+, Tallinn, 16 April · More info

Press & Media

2026
Nature
"I rarely get outside": scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
Irwin, Aisling — Nature 649, 278–281
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2025
Media
Microfoons houden 'oortje' in het zeil in de Oostvaarderplassen
Omroep Flevoland, 6 April
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2025
Media
Digitaal monitoringsonderzoek in Oostvaardersplassen
Douwe Brouwer — Boswachtersblog, 4 April
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2024
Media
Sounds of European nature to be mapped by automatic audio monitoring
Wiktoria Tunska — Imperial College London, 7 August
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Theses

2025
MSc — In Progress
Diurnal and spring-summer soundscape dynamics in Dutch habitats
Stijn Geukes — University of Amsterdam
2025
BSc Thesis
Audiograb: Connecting an acoustic wildlife monitoring device to the 4G network
Nedland, S. A., Sandberg, H., & Johnsen, E. — NTNU
Developed a prototype to collect, compress, and transmit wildlife sensor data over 4G using a custom PCB with STM32, Raspberry Pi, and LTE modem.
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