Social calls influence the foraging behavior in wild big-footed myotis

Social calls influence the foraging behavior in wild big-footed myotis

Abstract Background Why a variety of social animals emit foraging-associated calls during group foraging remains an open question. These vocalizations may be used to recruit conspecifics to food patches (i.e. food advertisement hypothesis) or defend food resources against competitors (food defence h...

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Main Authors: Dongge Guo, Jianan Ding, Heng Liu, Lin Zhou, Jiang Feng, Bo Luo, Ying Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Bats
Social calls
Foraging
Myotis macrodactylus
Dietary analysis
Food competition
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-020-00384-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-020-00384-8

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