Slade Allen-Ankins
- slade.allenankins@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7902-0455- Research Fellow
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Biography
I am a Research Fellow focused on monitoring fauna with sound. I apply deep-learning models to large acoustic datasets such as the Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) to extract meaningful patterns in animal activity, and develop new recognisers for detecting a range of vocal species including birds, frogs, mammals and insects.
Currently I am working for TERN to synthesize their long-term acoustic datasets into useful baseline calling activity for vocal vertebrate communities across the TERN network.
Teaching
Current JCU Research Students
Species Classification using deep learning-Based signal processing techniques in natural soundscapes
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology)
Using Ecoacoustics to Understand Factors Influencing Amphibian Vocalizations: Climatic Vulnerability and Invasive Species
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
Biodiversity Impacts of Intensification
Master of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
Completed JCU Research Students
Applying new methods of acoustic analysis to ecological studies of animal chorusing behaviour
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2023
The value of sound: Passive acoustic monitoring for terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity assessments
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2025
Completed Honours and External Research Students
Recommendations for using acoustic recognizers to analyse large acoustic monitoring data sets, and describing patterns of bird calling activity
HONOURS
Climatic and Temporal Influences on Chorusing Behaviours in Burrowing Frogs (genus Cyclorana)
HONOURS
UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF CALLING AND BREEDING PATTERNS IN BURROWING FROGS
HONOURS
Output
Napier, Thomas; Ahn, Euijoon; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Schwarzkopf, Lin; Lee, Ickjai (2025) 'LEAVES: An . Ecologica, 87 . [ ...
Leung, Franco Ka Wah; Schwarzkopf, Lin; Allen-Ankins, Slade (2025) 'Advancing invasive species monit. Ecological Informatics, 89 . [DOI] ...
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Environmental influences on chorusing patterns in an Australian tropical savanna frog community
2025
Brodie, Sheryn; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Schwarzkopf, Lin (2025) 'Environmental influences on chorusing . Ecosphere, 16 (1). [DOI] ...
The use of BirdNET embeddings as a fast solution to find novel sound classes in audio recordings
2024
Allen-Ankins, Slade; Hoefer, Sebastian; Bartholomew, Jacopo; Brodie, Sheryn; Schwarzkopf, Lin (2024)...
Towards automated detection of the endangered southern black-throated finch (Poephila cincta cincta)
2024
Allen-Ankins, Slade; Mula Laguna, Juan; Schwarzkopf, Lin (2024) 'Towards automated detection of the . Wildlife Research, 51 . [DOI] ...
Napier, Thomas; Ahn, Euijoon; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Schwarzkopf, Lin; Lee, Ickjai (2024) 'Advancement. Expert Sy, 252 (Pa...
Hoefer, Sebastian; McKnight, Donald T.; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Nordberg, Eric J.; Schwarzkopf, Lin (20...
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Allen-Ankins, Slade; McKnight, Donald T.; Nordberg, Eric J.; Hoefer, Sebastian; Roe, Paul; Watson, D...
Hoefer, Sebastian; McKnight, Donald T.; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Nordberg, Eric J.; Schwarzkopf, Lin (20...
Schwarzkopf, Lin; Roe, Paul; McDonald, Paul G.; Watson, David M.; Fuller, Richard A.; Allen-Ankins, ...
Allen-Ankins, Slade; Schwarzkopf, Lin (2022) 'Using citizen science to test for acoustic niche parti. Scientific Reports, 12 . [DOI] ...
Brodie, Sheryn; Towsey, Michael; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Roe, Paul; Schwarzkopf, Lin (2022) 'Using a no. Frontier, 9 . [ ...
Allen-Ankins, Slade; Schwarzkopf, Lin (2021) 'Spectral overlap and temporal avoidance in a tropical . Animal Behaviour, 180 :1-11. [DOI] ...
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Allen-Ankins, Slade; Stoffels, Rick J. (2020) 'Effects of current and future climates on the growth . Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosyst, 31 (1):185-197. [DOI] ...
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Automated species identification of frog choruses in environmental recordings using acoustic indices
2020
Brodie, Sheryn; Allen-Ankins, Slade; Towsey, Michael; Roe, Paul; Schwarzkopf, Lin (2020) 'Automated . Ecologic, 119 . ...
Stoffels, Rick J.; Weatherman, Kyle E.; Allen-Ankins, Slade (2017) 'Heat and hypoxia give a global i. Biological Invasions, 19 (8):2477-2489. [DOI] ...
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Allen-Ankins, Slade; Stoffels, Rick J. (2017) 'Contrasting fundamental and realized niches: two fish. Freshwater Science, 36 (3):635-652. [DOI] ...
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Allen-Ankins, S.; Stoffels, R. J.; Pridmore, P. A.; Vogel, M. T. (2012) 'The effects of turbidity, p. Journal of Fish Biology, 80 (1):195-206. [DOI] ...
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