Peer-reviewed Publications

Baum, J. K., M. A. Slein, J. C. Garen, Z. Sang, S. Emry, K. J. A. Goodwin, C. G. Collins, J. Lewthwaite, M. Tseng, S. T. Michaletz, A. C. Burton, C. D. G. Harley, and D. S. Srivastava. 2026. Widespread ecological responses and cascading effects of the 2021 western North American heatwave. Nature Ecology & Evolution 10:864–879. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-02987-6.
Darras, K. F. A., R. A. Rountree, S. L. Van Wilgenburg, A. F. Cord, F. Pitz, Y. Chen, L. Dong, A. Rocquencourt, C. Desjonquères, P. M. Diaz, T.-H. Lin, T. Turco, L. Emmerson, T. Bradfer-Lawrence, A. Gasc, S. Marley, M. Salton, L. Schillé, P. J. Wensveen, S.-H. Wu, A. C. Acero-Murcia, O. Acevedo-Charry, M. Adam, J. Aguzzi, I. Akoglu, M. C. P. Amorim, M. Anders, M. André, A. Antonelli, L. A. Do Nascimento, G. Appel, S. Archer, C. Astaras, A. Atemasov, J. Atkinson, J. Attia, E. Baltag, L. Barbaro, F. Basan, C. Batist, J. E. Baumgarten, J. T. Bayle Sempere, K. Bellisario, A. B. David, O. Berger-Tal, F. Bertucci, M. G. Betts, I. S. Bhalla, T. Bicudo, M. Bolgan, S. Bombaci, G. Bota, M. Boullhesen, R. A. Briers, S. Buchan, M. Budka, K. Burchard, G. Buscaino, A. Calvente, M. Campos-Cerqueira, M. I. C. Gonçalves, M. Ceraulo, M. Cerezo-Araujo, G. Cerwén, A. A. Chaskda, M. Chistopolova, C. W. Clark, K. D. Cox, B. Cretois, C. Czarnecki, L. P. da Silva, W. da Silva, L. H. De Clippele, D. de la Haye, A. S. de Oliveira Tissiani, D. de Zwaan, M. E. Degano, J. Deichmann, J. del Rio, C. Devenish, R. Díaz-Delgado, P. Diniz, D. D. Oliveira-Júnior, T. Dorigo, S. Dröge, M. Duarte, A. Duarte, K. Dunleavy, R. Dziak, S. Elise, H. Enari, H. S. Enari, F. Erbs, B. K. Eriksson, P. Ertör-Akyazi, N. C. Ferrari, L. Ferreira, A. B. Fleishman, et al. 2025. Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34:e70021. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70021.
Pelletier, F., B. N. I. Eskelson, V. J. Monleon, and Y.-C. Tseng. 2021. Using Landsat Imagery to Assess Burn Severity of National Forest Inventory Plots. Remote Sensing 13:1935. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13101935.
Tseng, S., D. P. Hodder, and K. A. Otter. 2024. Using autonomous recording units for vocal individuality: Insights from Barred Owl identification. Avian Conservation and Ecology 19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-02680-190123.
Tseng, S., D. P. Hodder, and K. A. Otter. 2025. Setting BirdNET confidence thresholds: Species-specific vs. Universal approaches. Journal of Ornithology 166:1123–1135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-025-02260-w.
Tseng, Y.-C. 2019. Innovative and conventional modelling for avian acoustic and fire severity analyses. PhD thesis, University of British Columbia. https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0385980.
Tseng, Y.-C. (Sunny). 2026. From recordings to ecology: Turning bird sounds into ecological insights. University of Northern British Columbia. https://unbc.arcabc.ca/dissertations-and-theses/30750.
Tseng, Y.-C., and S.-W. Chu. 2017. High spatio-temporal-resolution detection of chlorophyll fluorescence dynamics from a single chloroplast with confocal imaging fluorometer. Plant Methods 13:43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0194-2.
Tseng, Y.-C., B. N. I. Eskelson, K. Martin, and V. LeMay. 2021. Automatic bird sound detection: Logistic regression based acoustic occupancy model. Bioacoustics 30:324–340. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2020.1730241.

Software Development

JOURNAL ARTICLE

  • Tseng, S., D. Hodder, and K.A. Otter. 2026. Passive acoustic monitoring reveals seasonal and habitat-related patterns in bird vocal activity Journal of Wildlife Management (Under Review)

  • Tseng, S. and S. Kahl. 2026. birdnetTools: An R package for working with BirdNET output Journal of Open Source Software (Under Review)

  • Baum, J.K., M.A. Slein, J.C. Garen, …, The 2021 Western North American Heat Dome Data Consortium (including S. Tseng), et al. 2026. Widespread ecological responses and cascading effects of the record-breaking 2021 North American heatwave Nature Ecology and Evolution

  • Darras K., R. Rountree, S. Van Wilgenburg, …, S. Tseng, et al. 2025. Worldwide Soundscapes: a synthesis of passive acoustic monitoring across realms Global Ecology and Biogeography

  • Tseng, S., D. Hodder, and K.A. Otter. 2025. Setting BirdNET confidence thresholds: Species-specific vs. universal approaches Journal of Ornithology

  • Tseng, S., D. Hodder, and K.A. Otter. 2024. Using Autonomous Recording Units for Vocal Individuality: Insights from Barred Owl Identification Avian Conservation and Ecology

  • Pelletier, F., B.N.I. Eskelson, V.J. Monleon, and Y.-C. Tseng. 2021. Using Landsat imagery to assess burn severity of National Forest Inventory plots Remote Sensing

  • Tseng, Y.-C., B.N.I. Eskelson, K. Martin, and V. LeMay. 2021. Automatic bird sound detection: Logistic model based acoustic occupancy model Bioacoustics

  • Tseng, Y.-C., and Chu, S.-W. 2017. High spatio-temporal-resolution detection of chlorophyll fluorescence dynamics from a single chloroplast with confocal imaging fluorometer Plant Methods

OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE PACKAGE

  • birdnetTools (2025) - R package for post-processing, visualizatino, and validation of BirdNET output. Developed in collaboration with the BirdNET team. Available on GitHub. (Documentation)

  • bbsTaiwan (2024) - R package for accessing and analyzing Taiwan Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Developed for national biodiversity research and public engagement. Available on GitHub. (Documentation)

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