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Hunting at the highway: traffic noise reduces foraging efficiency in acoustic predators by Siemers, Björn M., Schaub, Andrea

“…Noise pollution from human traffic networks and industrial activity impacts vast areas of our planet. While anthropogenic noise effects on animal communication…”
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Acoustic mirrors as sensory traps for bats by Greif, Stefan, Zsebők, Sándor, Schmieder, Daniela, Siemers, Björn M.

“…Sensory traps pose a considerable and often fatal risk for animals, leading them to misinterpret their environment. Bats predominantly rely on their…”
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communicative potential of bat echolocation pulses by Jones, Gareth, Siemers, Björn M

“…Ecological constraints often shape the echolocation pulses emitted by bat species. Consequently some (but not all) bats emit species-specific echolocation…”
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Innate recognition of water bodies in echolocating bats by Greif, Stefan, Siemers, Björn M

“…In the course of their lives, most animals must find different specific habitat and microhabitat types for survival and reproduction. Yet, in vertebrates,…”
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A continental-scale tool for acoustic identification of European bats by Walters, Charlotte L., Freeman, Robin, Collen, Alanna, Dietz, Christian, Fenton, M. Brock, Jones, Gareth, Obrist, Martin K., Puechmaille, Sébastien J., Sattler, Thomas, Siemers, Björn M., Parsons, Stuart, Jones, Kate E.

“…1. Acoustic methods are used increasingly to survey and monitor bat populations. However, the use of acoustic methods at continental scales can be hampered by…”
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Female mate choice can drive the evolution of high frequency echolocation in bats: a case study with Rhinolophus mehelyi by Puechmaille, Sébastien J, Borissov, Ivailo M, Zsebok, Sándor, Allegrini, Benjamin, Hizem, Mohammed, Kuenzel, Sven, Schuchmann, Maike, Teeling, Emma C, Siemers, Björn M

“…Animals employ an array of signals (i.e. visual, acoustic, olfactory) for communication. Natural selection favours signals, receptors, and signalling behaviour…”
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Horseshoe bats make adaptive prey-selection decisions, informed by echo cues by Koselj, Klemen, Schnitzler, Hans-Ulrich, Siemers, Björn M

“…Foragers base their prey-selection decisions on the information acquired by the sensory systems. In bats that use echolocation to find prey in darkness, it is…”
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Behavioral Evidence for Community‐Wide Species Discrimination from Echolocation Calls in Bats by Schuchmann, Maike, Siemers, Björn M.

“…Recognizing species identity is crucial for many aspects of animal life and is often mediated by acoustic signals. Although most animals are able to…”
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nocturnal mammal, the greater mouse-eared bat, calibrates a magnetic compass by the sun by Holland, Richard A, Borissov, Ivailo, Siemers, Björn M

“…Recent evidence suggests that bats can detect the geomagnetic field, but the way in which this is used by them for navigation to a home roost remains…”
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Variability in echolocation call intensity in a community of horseshoe bats: a role for resource partitioning or communication? by Schuchmann, Maike, Siemers, Björn M

“…Only recently data on bat echolocation call intensities is starting to accumulate. Yet, intensity is an ecologically crucial parameter, as it determines the…”
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Foraging ecology predicts learning performance in insectivorous bats by Clarin, Theresa M A, Ruczyński, Ireneusz, Page, Rachel A, Siemers, Björn M

“…Bats are unusual among mammals in showing great ecological diversity even among closely related species and are thus well suited for studies of adaptation to…”
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Differences in sensory ecology contribute to resource partitioning in the bats Myotis bechsteinii and Myotis nattereri (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) by Siemers, Björn M, Swift, Susan M

“…Coexisting animal species frequently differ in resource use in at least one niche dimension and thus avoid competition. While a range of morphological…”
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Great tits search for, capture, kill and eat hibernating bats by Estk, Pter, Zsebk, Sndor, Siemers, Bjrn M.

“…Pipistrellus pipistrellus…”
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Why do shrews twitter? Communication or simple echo-based orientation by Siemers, Björn M., Schauermann, Grit, Turni, Hendrik, von Merten, Sophie

“…Shrews are very vocal animals. We tested behaviourally whether the high-pitched laryngeal ‘twittering’ calls of as-yet unclear function serve for communication…”
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Acoustic species identification of shrews: Twittering calls for monitoring by Zsebők, Sándor, Czabán, Dávid, Farkas, János, Siemers, Björn M., von Merten, Sophie

“…The acoustic signals of shrews (Soricidae) are largely understudied. As shrews are very vocal animals it may be feasible to use acoustic methods in field…”
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How anthropogenic noise affects foraging by Luo, Jinhong, Siemers, Björn M, Koselj, Klemen

“…The influence of human activity on the biosphere is increasing. While direct damage (e.g. habitat destruction) is relatively well understood, many activities…”
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The cercal organ may provide singing tettigoniids a backup sensory system for the detection of eavesdropping bats by Hartbauer, Manfred, Ofner, Elisabeth, Grossauer, Viktoria, Siemers, Björn M

“…Conspicuous signals, such as the calling songs of tettigoniids, are intended to attract mates but may also unintentionally attract predators. Among them bats…”
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Foraging bats avoid noise by Schaub, Andrea, Ostwald, Joachim, Siemers, Björn M

“…Ambient noise influences the availability and use of acoustic information in animals in many ways. While much research has focused on the effects of noise on…”
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WING MEASUREMENT VARIATIONS IN THE FIVE EUROPEAN HORSESHOE BAT SPECIES (CHIROPTERA: RHINOLOPHIDAE) by Dietz, Christian, Dietz, Isabel, Siemers, Björn M.

“…Wing morphology is crucial for flight performance and foraging ecology in bats. We describe variations in 5 wing parameters within the 5 species of European…”
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Sensory Basis of Food Detection in Wild Microcebus murinus by Siemers, Björn M., Goerlitz, Holger R., Robsomanitrandrasana, Eric, Piep, Marcus, Ramanamanjato, Jean-Baptiste, Rakotondravony, Daniel, Ramilijaona, Olga, Ganzhorn, Jörg U.

“…Very little is known about how nocturnal primates find their food. Here we studied the sensory basis of food perception in wild-caught gray mouse lemurs…”
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