The SONOZOTZ project: assembling an echolocation calls library for bats in a megadiverse country

The file consists in a spreadsheet (Metadata) that contains detailed information of each recording. Field content are described as follows: Individual Id: ID number of the individual recorded Recording ID: ID number of the echolocation file Call Library Short name: Indicates the acronym of the name of the Acoustic Library Call Library Full Name: Indicates the full name of the Acoustic Library Call Library City: Indicates the city where the Acoustic library is hosted Call Library Country: Indicates the country where the Acoustic library is hosted Call Library Institution Short name: Indicates the acronym of the Institution where the Acoustic library is hosted Call Library Institution Full Name: Indicates the full name of the Institution where the Acoustic library is hosted Observers: Names of the people involved in the recording of the bats Field trip group: Names of the people involved in the field trip session Date: Day of recording Month: Month of recording Year: Year of recording Country: Country where the recording was made State: State where the recording was made Municipality: Municipality where the recording was made Locality: Locality where the recording was made Datum: Datum of the recording locality UTM Zone: UTM zone of the recording locality UTMX (m): UTMX of the recording locality UTMY (m): UTMY of the recording locality Geo Method: Georeference method used GPS Model: GPS model use to fix the recording locality Accuracy (m): Accuracy of the fixing of recording locality Altitude (m): Altitude of the recording locality provided in meters above sea level Vegetation Type (in Spanish): Type of vegetation where the recording was made Description is in Spanish Ecoregion (In Spanish): CONABIO’s ecoregion where the recording was made Description is in Spanish Family: Family of the individual recorded Genus: Genus of the individual recorded Species: Species of the individual recorded Sex: Sex of the individual recorded Age: Age of the individual recorded Forearm length (mm): Forearm length of the individual recorded Weight (gr): Weight of the individual recorded Reproductive status: Reproductive status of the individual recorded ID Certainty: Identification certainty based on the judgment of the most experienced collector, value is in percentage ID Photograph: Identification code of the photograph of the individual recorded. Letters indicate the author of the photograph. Tissue's collection name: Name of the collection where the tissue is deposited Tissue's collection number: Number of the collected tissues Voucher's collection name: Name of the collection where the voucher is deposited Voucher's collection number: Number of the collected voucher Recording technique: Technique used to record the individual. This was decided based on literature information and personal experience taking in consideration the flight and echolocation attributes. Recording environment: Characteristics of the environment where the individual was recorded Flight height (m): Flight height of the bat when recorded. Value 9999 stands for 0 m, when individuals were recorded inside a bag Ultrasound Conversion Technique: Ultrasound Conversion Technique used to record the individual Sampling rate (kHz): Sampling rate used to record the individual. For this project we employed a sampling rate of 300 kHz Sampling resolution (bits): Sampling resolution used to record the individual. For this project we employed a sampling resolution of 16 bits High-pass filtering: Filter resolution used to record the individual. For this project we employed a high-pass filtering of 4 kHz Expansion factor: Expansion factor used to record the individual. For this project we employed a factor of 1 (real time) Detector Brand: Brand of the bat detector Detector Model: Model of the bat detector Type of microphone: Type of microphone used to record the individual Brand and model sound card: Brand and model sound card used to record the individual Recording unit: Recording unit used to record the individual Storage: Type of storage used to save the recording of the individual Habitat description (in Spanish): Detailed description of the characteristics of the locality where the individual was captured and recorded. Information is provided in Spanish The metadata will be also hosted by CONABIO through a public web app (selia.conabio.gob.mx) to be launched by mid 2020. This app will provide access to recordings and their metadata for consultation and download. It will also provide tools for visualization and annotation of acoustic data as well as access to other open ultrasonic and audible materials.