The echolocation repertoire of Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Cuba

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-128

  Rodríguez, Annia ^a   Mora, Emanuel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bats; Echolocation; Eptesicus fuscus

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33745509807     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: 00086452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Barclay, R. M. R., J. H. Fullard, and D. S. Jacobs. 1999. Variation in the echolocation calls of the hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus): influence of body size, habitat structure, and geographic location. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:530-534.
2. Bett, B. J. 1998. Effects of interindividual variation in echolocation calls on identification of big brown and silver-haired bats. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:1003-1010.
3. Covey, E., and J. H. Casseday. 1995. The lower brainstem auditory pathways. In Hearing by bats, ed. A. N. Popper and R. R. Fay, 235-295. New York: Springer.
4. Fenton, M. B. 1995. Natural history and biosonar signals. In Hearing by bats, ed. A. N. Popper and R. R. Fay, 37-86. New York: Springer.
5. Fenton, M. B., and G. P. Bell. 1981. Recognition of species of insectivorous bats by their echolocation calls. Journal of Mammalogy 62(2):233-243.
6. Fenton, M.B., D. S. Jacobs, E. J. Richardson, P. J. Taylor, and W. White. 2004. Individual signatures in the frequency-modulated sweep calls of African large-eared, free-tailed bats Otomops martiensseni (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Journal of Zoology London 262: 11-19.
7. Griffin, D. R. 1958. Listening in the dark. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
8. Hartley, D. J., and R. A. Suthers. 1989. The sound emission pattern of the echolocating bat, Eptesicus fuscus. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America 85:1348-1351.
9. Jensen, M. E., and L. A. Miller. 1999. Echolocation signals of the bat Eptesicus serotinus recorded using a vertical microphone array: effect of flight altitude on searching signals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47:60-69.
10. Kalko, E. K. V., and H. U. Schnitzler. 1993. Plasticity in echolocation signals of European pipistrelle bats in search flight: implications for habitat use and prey detection. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33: 415-428.
11. Masters, W. M., K. A. S. Raver, and K A. Kazial. 1995. Sonar signals of big brown bats, Eptesicus fuscus, contain information about individual identity, age and family affiliation. Animal Behavior 50:1243-1260.
12. Mayer, F.,and O. von Helversen. 2001. Sympatric distribution of two cryptic bat species across Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 74:365-374.
13. Miller, L. A., and H. J. Degn. 1981, The acoustic behaviour of four species of vespertilionid bats studied in the field. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 142:67-74.
14. Mora, E.C., S. Macías, M. Vater, F. Coro, and M. Koessl. 2004. Specializations for aerial hawking in the echolocation system of Molossus molossus (Molossidae, Chiroptera). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 190:561-574
15. Obrist, M. K. 1995. Flexible bat echolocation: the influence of individual, habitat and conspecifics on sonar signal design. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 36:207-219.
16. O'Farrell, M. J., B, W. Miller, and W.L. Gannon. 1999. Qualitative identification of free-flyin bats using the anabat detector. Journal of Mammalogy 80(1):11-23.
17. Parsons, S., and G. Jones. 2000. Acoustic identification of twelve species of echolocating bat by discriminant function analysis and artificial neural networks. The Journal of Experimental Biology 203:2641-2656.
18. Pearl, D. L., and M. B. Fenton. 1996. Echolocafion calls provide information about group identity in the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74:2184-2192.
19. Russo, D., and G. Jones. 2000. The two cryptic species of Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) occur in Italy: evidence from echolocation and social calls. Mammalia 64:187-197.
20. Schnitzler, H. U., and O. W. J. Henson. 1980. Performance of airborne animal sonar system: 1. Microchiroptera. In Animal sonar system, ed. R. G. Bushel and J. F. Fish, 109-181. New York: Plenum.
21. Schnitzler, H. U., and E. K. V. Kalko. 1998. How echolocating bats search and find food. In. Bats: phylogeny, morphology, echolocation, and conservation biology, ed. T. H. Kunz and y P.A. Racey, 183-196. Washington, DC.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
22. Silva, G. 1979. Los murciélagos de Cuba. La Habana: Editorial Academia.
23. Simmons, J. A. 1973. The resolution of target range by echolocating bats. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America 54:157-173.
24. Simmons, J. A., M. B. Fenton, and M. J. O'Farrell. 1979. Echolocation and pursuit of prey by bats. Science 203:16-21.
25. Simmons, J. A., and R. A. Stein1980. Acoustic imaging in bat sonar: echolocation signals and the evolution of echolocation. Journal of Comparative Physiology 135:61-84.
26. Simmons, J. A., et al. 1995. Auditory dimensions of acoustic images in echolocation. In Hearing by bats, ed. A. N. Popper and R. R. Fay, 146-190. New York: Springer.
27. Surlykke, A., and C. F. Moss. 2000. Echolocation behavior of big brown bats, Eptesicus fuscus, in the field and the laboratory. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America 108(5):2419-2429.
28. Thomas, D. W., G. P. Bell, and M. B. Fenton. 1987. Variation in echolocation call frequencies recorded from North America vespertilionid bats: a cautionary note. Journal of Mammalogy 68:842-847.