Bats are major consumers of arthropods, and there is ever growing evidence that they play a
pivotal role in the fight against agricultural pests. However, relatively little research has …

Autonomous acoustic recorders are an increasingly popular method for low‐disturbance,
large‐scale monitoring of sound‐producing animals, such as birds, anurans, bats, and other …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• A “thrilling”(The New York Times),“dazzling”(The Wall
Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill …

Throughout evolution the foraging and echolocation behaviors as well as the motor systems
of bats have been adapted to the tasks they have to perform while searching and acquiring …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

The recording and analysis of echolocation calls are fundamental methods used to study bat
distribution, ecology, and behavior. However, the goal of identifying bats in flight from their …

Aim Urbanization is a dominant demographic trend throughout the world that involves
massive habitat alterations. Understanding how urbanization affects biota is a crucial …

Phylogeny, ecology, and sensorial constraints are thought to be the most important factors
influencing echolocation call design in bats. The Molossidae is a diverse bat family with a …

Bats echolocating in the natural environment face the formidable task of sorting signals from
multiple auditory objects, echoes from obstacles, prey, and the calls of conspecifics …