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SUBMITTER: Ripperger S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6405471 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ripperger Simon S Günther Linus L Wieser Hanna H Duda Niklas N Hierold Martin M Cassens Björn B Kapitza Rüdiger R Koelpin Alexander A Mayer Frieder F
Biology letters 20190201 2
Female bats of temperate zones often communally rear their young, which creates ideal conditions for naive juveniles to find or learn about resources via informed adults. However, studying social information transfer in elusive and small-bodied animals in the wild is difficult with traditional tracking techniques. We used a novel 'next-generation' proximity sensor system (BATS) to investigate if and how juvenile bats use social information in acquiring access to two crucial resources: suitable r ...[more]