Drone exploration of bat echolocation: A UAV-borne multimicrophone array to study bat echolocation.

ABSTRACT: Multimicrophone array techniques offer crucial insight into bat echolocation, yet they severely undersample the environments bats operate in as they are limited in geographic placement and mobility. UAVs are excellent candidates to greatly increase the environments in which such arrays can be deployed, but the impact of UAV noise on recording quality and the UAV's behavioral impact on the bats may affect usability. We developed a UAV-borne multimicrophone setup capable of recording bat echolocation across diverse environments. We quantify and mitigate the impact of UAV noise on the recording setup and test the recording capability of the array by recording four common Danish bat species: Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Myotis daubentonii, Eptesicus serotinus, and Nyctalus no

SUBMITTER: Jespersen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9719081 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature