Koala 'song data' could take months to analyse
Data from koala "song meters" placed in Brisbane Water National Park last spring could take many months to process, a local koala group has been told.
"Each of the 42 Song Meters deployed within the park were collected in November," said Pearl Beach Patonga Koala Group convenor Ms Ann Parsons.
"The data from these song meters has been downloaded, backed-up and sent to the Forest Science team within the Department of Primary Industries for analysis.
"This team is the best equipped to run the audio data through koala call recogniser software and validate the koala calls the software extracts.
"Given the large volume of data the Forest Science team received from numerous koala projects occurring across the state, they expect it will be a few months before they get the results back.
"They will let me know the results once they receive them and of the next steps they will take in assessing this area for the suitability of koala translocations."
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Social media, 10 Jan 2024
Ann Parsons, Pearl Beach Patonga Koala Group