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SUBMITTER: Chen Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4814132 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Yi Y Liu Qi Q Su Qianqian Q Sun Yunxiao Y Peng Xingwen X He Xiangyang X Zhang Libiao L
PloS one 20160330 3
Each animal population has its own acoustic signature which facilitates identification, communication and reproduction. The sonar signals of bats can convey social information, such as species identity and contextual information. The goal of this study was to determine whether bats adjust their echolocation call structures to mutually recognize and communicate when they encounter the bats from different colonies. We used the intermediate leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideros larvatus) as a case study to ...[more]