Ines G. Moran
Wildlife Bioacoustics Analytics
Popular Science Articles
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2024. Rifleman, NZ's smallest bird may be 'missing link' in birdsong evolution: study
ABC Science, by Fleur Connick [link]
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2024. Tiny bird sheds light on the evolution of vocal learning
Earth.com, by Rodielon Putol [link]
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2024. Tiniest bird delivers evolution lesson
University of Auckland News and Opinion, by Paul Panckhurst [link]
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2020. Tiny tech could enable wildlife monitoring in miniature
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, by Meghan Miner Murray [link]
Collaboration with Vikram Iyer and Network and Mobile Systems Lab led by Shyam Gollakota (the University of Washington)
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2019. Cuckoo crushes Rifleman *
Forest & Bird Magazine, by Anne Beston [link] p53
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2019. Ecologists discover fearsome predator of NZ’s tiniest bird *
2018. Teaching wild birds to sing a new tune
EurekAlert! ​[link]
Collaboration with the Mennill Lab
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2018. University of Windsor club not for the faint-hearted *
Windsor Star [link]
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* First author of featured research
Radio
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2024. NZ's smallest bird makes new sounds *
From Nine to Noon |Radio RNZ| RNZ [link]
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2019. Cuckoo vs Rifleman *
Saturday Morning- Radio RNZ ​ | RNZ [link]
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Blog
2024. Are New Zealand Wrens vocal learners? [link]
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2019. Bioacoustics tools- listening to the inner lives of animals [link]
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Outreach - Conferences and other presentations
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2021 Ecoacoustics Congress
TALK: Individual vocal signature recognition using machine learning algorithms in an Aotearoa bird, the tititipounamu (Rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris).
Moran I.G, Young N., Loo Y.Y, Withers S., Hall M., Stanley M.C. & Cain K.E.
Virtual, Italy; Jun 2021
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2021 Birds New Zealand
POSTER & TALK: Disentangling genetic and socio-geographical components: insight into the vocal learning abilities in the vocal behaviour of New Zealand Wrens.
Moran I.G, Loo Y.Y, Withers S., Carroll E., Salloum P., Whitbley A., Louca S., Hall M., Stanley M.C. & Cain K.E.
Thames, New Zealand; Jun 2021
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2020 Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour, ASSAB * Best speed talk
TALK: Individual vocal signature recognition using machine learning algorithms in an Aotearoa bird, the tititipounamu (Rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris).
Moran I.G, Young N., Loo Y.Y, Withers S., Hall M., Stanley M.C. & Cain K.E.
Virtual- Australia; Oct 2020
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2020 North American Ornithological Conference, NAOC
TALK: Phyloacoustics of avian innate vocal traits: insight into animal vocal learning.
Moran I.G, Louca S., Doucet. S.M., Mennill. D.J, Hall M., Stanley M.C., Cain K.E. p.97
Virtual-USA; 2020
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2020 Animal Behavior Society, ABS
TALK: Phyloacoustics of avian innate vocal traits: insight into animal vocal learning.
Moran I.G, Louca S., Doucet. S.M., Mennill. D.J, Hall M., Stanley M.C., Cain K.E.
Virtual- 2020
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2020 Faculty of Science Poster Competition * 3rd prize
POSTER : Titipounamu ”Zip”: Vocal signature recognition using machine learning algorithms.
Moran I.G, Young N., Loo Y.Y, Withers S., Hall M., Stanley M.C. & Cain K.E.
University of Auckland, New Zealand; 2020
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2020 School of Biological Science Research Showcase
POSTER: Titipounamu ”Zip”: Vocal signature recognition using machine learning algorithms”.
Moran I.G, Young N., Loo Y.Y, Withers S., Hall M., Stanley M.C. & Cain K.E.
University of Auckland, New Zealand; 2020
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2020 Exposure Research image
SCIENCE IMAGE: Selected for finals. Tweet tweet, who am I? Individual vocal signatures in a Aotearoa bird, the titipounamu - rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris.
Moran I.G, Young N., Loo Y.Y, Withers S., Hall M., Stanley M.C. & Cain K.E.
University of Auckland, New Zealand; 2020
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2020 University of Auckland, New Zealand; 2020
2020 School of Graduate Studies Research Showcase
POSTER: Titipounamu ”Zip”: Vocal signature recognition using machine learning algorithms. Moran I.G, Young N., Loo Y.Y, Withers S., Hall M., Stanley M.C.& Cain K.E.
University of Auckland, New Zealand; 2020
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2019 Australian Ornithological Conference, AOC
TALK: Micro-geography in the vocal behaviour of New Zealand Wrens. Moran I.G, Loo Y.Y, Withers S., Hall M., Stanley M.C. & Cain K.E. p.19
Darwin, Australia; 2019
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2019 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Meetings, EEB
TALK: Diel and seasonal patterns of variation in the singing behaviour of Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis). Moran I.G, Lukianchuk K.C, Doucet S.M, Newman A.E, Williams H., Norris D.R, Mennill DJ.
Auckland, New Zealand; 2019
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2019 Science Faculty Poster Competition
POSTER: The evolution of vocal learning in birds: Combining genetic and bioacoustics methods to investigate vocal learning in rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris
University of Auckland, New Zealand; 2019
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2018 International Ornithological Congress, IOC
WORKSHOP: How to taxidermy birds
Vancouver, Canada; 2018
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2017 Animal Behaviour Society, ABS
POSTER: Quiet Violence: Do soft songs predict physical aggression in Savannah Sparrows? Moran I.G, Doucet S.M, Newman A.E.M, Norris D.R, Mennill D.J. p.26- Poster20.
Toronto, Canada; 2017
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2017 American Ornithological Society and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, AOS SCO-SOC
TALK: Quiet Violence: Songbirds respond to playback-simulated rivals using soft songs as aggressive signals of intention. Moran I.G, Doucet S.M, Newman A.E.M, Norris D.R, Mennill D.J
Michigan, USA; 2017
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2016 North American Ornithological Conferences
POSTER: Quiet Violence: Do soft songs predict physical aggression in Savannah Sparrows? Moran I.G, Doucet S.M, Newman A.E.M, Norris D.R, Mennill D.J p33- Poster 63.
Washington DC, USA; 2016
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