Hearing sensitivity: An underlying mechanism for niche differentiation in gleaning bats.

ABSTRACT: Tropical ecosystems are known for high species diversity. Adaptations permitting niche differentiation enable species to coexist. Historically, research focused primarily on morphological and behavioral adaptations for foraging, roosting, and other basic ecological factors. Another important factor, however, is differences in sensory capabilities. So far, studies mainly have focused on the output of behavioral strategies of predators and their prey preference. Understanding the coexistence of different foraging strategies, however, requires understanding underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms. In this study, we investigate hearing in bats and how it shapes bat species coexistence. We present the hearing thresholds and echolocation calls of 12 different gleaning bats from the ecological

SUBMITTER: Geipel I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8433509 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature