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Combining two user-friendly machine learning tools increases species detection from acoustic recordings

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Pérez-Granados, Cristian, Feldman, Mariano J., Mazerolle, Marc J. (2024): Combining two user-friendly machine learning tools increases species detection from acoustic recordings. Canadian Journal of Zoology 102 (4): 403-409, DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2023-0154, URL: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2023-0154

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