Bats
- Using on-board sound recordings to infer behaviour of free-moving wild animals
Summary: We review new possibilities for monitoring the behaviour of wild animals in the field using on-board audio recordings.
- Adaptive frequency shifts of echolocation sounds in Miniopterus fuliginosus according to the frequency-modulated pattern of jamming sounds
Summary: Miniopterus fuliginosus adapt their echolocation sounds according to the spectrum pattern of the jamming sounds.
- Oxidation of linoleic and palmitic acid in pre-hibernating and hibernating common noctule bats revealed by 13C breath testing
Summary: Pre-hibernating and hibernating noctule bats oxidize linoleic acid instead of palmitic acid, probably because of faster transportation of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the body of bats.
- Modification of sperm quality after sexual abstinence in Seba's short-tailed bat, Carollia perspicillata
Highlighted Article: A sexual abstinence experiment suggests that a difference in copulation frequency rather than an adaption to sperm competition provides Carollia perspicillata sneaker males with higher sperm quality than harem males.