Journals:

Here are some of the better-known peer-reviewed journals that cover bioacoustics:

1. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2. Animal Behaviour
3. Bioacoustics
4. Ethology
5. Marine Mammal Science
6. Canadian Journal of Zoology
7. Canadian Acoustics
8. Behaviour
9. Ethology, Ecology, & Evolution
10. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
11. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
12. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management
13. Nature
14. Science

Recording gear:

1. A broad overview of audio gear for wildlife recording from the Macaulay Library at Cornell University, USA.
2. Another broad overview from the Centre for Bioacoustics at the University of Pavia, Italy.

In case of a detailed question please post a message on the Bioacoustics-L email list…

Software:

Here an overview over commonly used and free available software tools:

1. An extensive list of Sound Analysis Software from Steven Hopp.
2. Ishmael – a multi-purpose acoustic analysis tool developed by Dave Mellinger.
3. Pamguard – developed by Doug Gillespie.
4. Raven – developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
5. Soundruler – an extensive analysis, graphing, and teaching tool for bioacoustics.
6. Wavesurfer – an Open Source tool for sound visualization and manipulation.
7. Audacity – a free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.