Passive acoustic monitoring promises a more efficient and cost-effective survey alternative for vocal taxa, but its use remains atypical in primatology. My PhD research seeks to build a passive acoustic monitoring framework for one of the world’s most endangered primates, the Nosy Be sportive lemur (Lepilemur tymerlachsoni). I classify its vocal repertoire, examine the effects of temporal and environmental variables on vocal activity, and develop methods to estimate occupancy and density using passive acoustic data.

About the Speaker
Luke is a PhD candidate in primatology at ANU, studying acoustic-based conservation of highly vocal, highly threatened sportive lemurs.

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Presented as part of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology's 2025 Biological Anthropology Research (BAR) Seminar series.