The In-Flight Social Calls of Insectivorous Bats: Species Specific Behaviors and Contexts of Social Call Production

Bats could be a useful study system for studying the evolution of social communication, as they exhibit a high diversity of social group size and complexity. However, the study of bat social calls has been limited, as they are nocturnal, volant animals that produce predominately ultrasonic vocalizat...

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Main Authors: Brian T. Springall, Han Li, Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00441/full