Using sounds for making decisions: greater tube-nosed bats prefer antagonistic calls over non-communicative sounds when feeding.

ABSTRACT: Bats vocalize extensively within different social contexts. The type and extent of information conveyed via their vocalizations and their perceptual significance, however, remains controversial and difficult to assess. Greater tube-nosed bats, Murina leucogaster, emit calls consisting of long rectangular broadband noise burst (rBNBl) syllables during aggression between males. To experimentally test the behavioral impact of these sounds for feeding, we deployed an approach and place-preference paradigm. Two food trays were placed on opposite sides and within different acoustic microenvironments, created by sound playback, within a specially constructed tent. Specifically, we tested whether the presence of rBNBl sounds at a food source effectively deters the approach of male bats in comparis

SUBMITTER: Jiang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5200914 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature