Un paso por la colección de sonidos ambientales más grande de Colombia: “Mauricio Álvarez Rebolledo” del Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. Experiencia de pasantía.

Abstract

Acoustics is an increasingly relevant resource in the study of biota (Acevedo-Charry et al., 2021) and tropical regions are one of the most acoustically biodiverse places in the world (Luther & Gentry, 2013). The largest repository of natural sounds in Colombia is the Mauricio Álvarez-Rebolledo Environmental Sounds Collection of the Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute, which was founded in 1998 and has approximately 24,000 cataloged and systematized audio files (Institute of Biological Resources Research Alexander von Humboldt, 2019). This collection contains records of species and audio natural landscapes of the main ecosystems of Colombia in 30 Colombian departments, located mainly in the Andes, Caribbean, Orinoquia and Amazon regions. The objective of this internship was to recognize the importance of acoustic repositories in the country and to satisfactorily make adjustments to the Sound Collection of the Humboldt Institute.