Horseshoe bats make adaptive preyselection decisions, informed by echo cues

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1721, 2011, Pages 3034-3041

  Koselj, Klemen ^a,b   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a   Siemers, Bjorn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Foraging; Information; Prey choice; Rhinolophus ferrumequinum; Sit and wait forager

Indexed keywords

BAT; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ECHO SOUNDER; ECHOLOCATION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; PREY SELECTION;

HEXAPODA; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052708808     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2793     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Whitaker, J. O., McCracken, G. F. & Siemers, B. M. 2009 Food habits analysis of insectivorous bats. In Behavioral and ecological methods for the study of bats (eds T. H. Kunz & S. Parsons), pp. 567-592. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
2. Jones, G. 1990 Prey selection by the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum): optimal foraging by echolocation? J. Anim. Ecol. 59, 587-602. (doi:10. 2307/4882)
3. Agosta, S. J., Morton, D. & Kuhn, K. M. 2003 Feeding ecology of the bat Eptesicus fuscus: 'preferred' prey abundance as one factor influencing prey selection and diet breadth. J. Zool. 260, 169-177. (doi:10.1017/S0952836 903003601)
4. Siemers, B. M. & Guttinger, R. 2006 Prey conspicuousness can explain apparent prey selectivity. Curr. Biol. 16, R157-R159. (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.056)
5. Barclay, R. M. R. 1986 The echolocation calls of hoary (Lasiurus cinereus) and silver-haired (Lasionycteris noctivagans) bats as adaptations for long versus short-range foraging strategies and the consequences for prey selection. Can. J. Zool. 64, 2700-2705. (doi:10.1139/ z86-394)
6. Faure, P. A. & Barclay, R. M. R. 1992 The sensory basis of prey detection by the long-eared bat, Myotis evotis, and the consequences for prey selection. Anim. Behav. 44, 31-39. (doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80751-1)
7. Getty, T. & Pulliam, H. R. 1993 Search and prey detection by foraging sparrows. Ecology 74, 734-742. (doi:10.2307/1940801)
8. Safi, K. & Siemers, B. M. 2010 Implications of sensory ecology for species coexistence: biased perception links predator diversity to prey size distribution. Evol. Ecol. 24, 703-713. (doi:10.1007/s10682-009-9326-0)
9. Barclay, R. M. R. & Brigham, R. M. 1994 Constraints on optimal foraging: a field test of prey discrimination by echolocating insectivorous bats. Anim. Behav. 48, 1013-1021. (doi:10.1006/anbe.1994.1334)
10. Backwell, P. R. Y., O'Hara, P.D. & Christy, J. H. 1998 Prey availability and selective foraging in shorebirds. Anim. Behav. 55, 1659-1667. (doi:10.1006/anbe.1997.0713)
11. Levin, E., Yom-Tov, Y. & Barnea, A. 2009 Frequent summer nuptial flights of ants provide a primary food source for bats. Naturwissenschaften 96, 477-483. (doi:10.1007/s00114-008-0496-3)
12. Blanckenhorn, W. V. 1991 Fitness consequences of foraging success in water striders (Gerris remigis; Heteroptera: Gerridae). Behav. Ecol. 2, 46-55. (doi:10.1093/beheco/ 2.1.46)
13. Ritchie, M. E. 1990 Optimal foraging and fitness in Columbian ground-squirrels. Oecologia 82, 56-67. (doi:10.1007/BF00318534)
14. Lemon, W. C. 1991 Fitness consequences of foraging behavior in the zebra finch. Nature 352, 153-155. (doi:10.1038/352153a0)
15. Schnitzler, H. U. 1987 Echoes of fluttering insects: information for echolocating bats. In Recent advances in the study of bats (eds M. B. Fenton, P. Racey & J. M. V. Rayner), pp. 226-243. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
16. Kober, R. & Schnitzler, H. U. 1990 Information in sonar echoes of fluttering insects available for echolocating bats. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 87, 882-896. (doi:10.1121/1.398898)
17. von der Emde, G. & Schnitzler, H. U. 1990 Classification of insects by echolocating greater horseshoe bats. J. Comp. Physiol. A 167, 423-430.
18. Schnitzler, H. U. 1968 Die Ultraschall-Ortungslaute der Hufeisen-Fledermäuse (Chiroptera-Rhinolophidae) in verschiedenen Orientierungssituationen. Z. Vergl. Physiol. 57, 376-408. (doi:10.1007/BF00303062)
19. Ostwald, J. 1984 Tonotopical organization and pure-tone response characteristics of single units in the auditory cortex of the greater horseshoe bat. J. Comp. Physiol. A 155, 821-834. (doi:10.1007/BF00611599)
20. Neuweiler, G., Schuller, G. & Schnitzler, H. U. 1971 On-responses and off-responses in inferior colliculus of greater horseshoe bat to pure tones. Z. Vergl. Physiol. 74, 57-63. (doi:10.1007/BF00297790)
21. Bruns, V. 1976 Peripheral auditory tuning for fine frequency analysis by CF-FMbat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. I. Mechanical specialisations of the cochlea. J. Comp. Physiol. A 106, 77-86. (doi:10.1007/BF00606573)
22. Bruns, V. 1976 Peripheral auditory tuning for fine frequency analysis by CF-FM bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. II. Frequency mapping in the cochlea. J. Comp. Physiol. A 106, 87-97. (doi:10.1007/BF00606574)
23. Schuller, G. & Pollak, G. 1979 Disproportionate frequency representation in the inferior colliculus of Doppler-compensating greater horseshoe bats: evidence for an acoustic fovea. J. Comp. Physiol. A 132, 47-54. (doi:10.1007/BF00617731)
24. Vater, M., Feng, A. S. & Betz, M. 1985 An HRP-study of the frequency-placemap of the horseshoe bat cochlea:morphological correlates of the sharp tuning to a narrow frequency band. J. Comp. Physiol. A 157, 671-686. (doi:10.1007/BF01351361)
25. Schuller, G. 1984 Natural ultrasonic echoes from wingbeating insects are encoded by collicular neurons in the CF-FM bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. J. Comp. Physiol. A 155, 121-128. (doi:10.1007/BF00610937)
26. Byrne, D. N., Buchmann, S. L. & Spangler, H. G. 1988 Relationship between wing loading, wingbeat frequency and body mass in homopterous insects. J. Exp. Biol. 135, 9-23.
27. von der Emde, G. & Menne, D. 1989 Discrimination of insect wingbeat frequencies by the bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. J. Comp. Physiol. A 164, 663-671. (doi:10.1007/BF00614509)
28. Charnov, E. L. 1976 Optimal foraging: attack strategy of a mantid. Am. Nat. 110, 141-151. (doi:10.1086/283054)
29. Stephens, D. W. & Krebs, J. R. 1986 Foraging theory. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
30. McNamara, J. M. & Houston, A. I. 1987 Partial preferences and foraging. Anim. Behav. 35, 1084-1099. (doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(87)80166-5)
31. Jones, G. & Rayner, J. M. V. 1989 Foraging behavior and echolocation of wild horseshoe bats Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and Rhinolophus hipposideros (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 25, 183-191. (doi:10.1007/BF00302917)
32. Koselj, K. 2010 Adaptive prey selection strategy in the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum: from prey perception to decision-making. PhD thesis, University of Tu{double acute}bingen, Tu{double acute}bingen, Germany.
33. McCulloch, C. E. & Searle, S. R. 2001 Generalized, linear, and mixed models. New York, NY: Wiley.
34. McCullagh, P. & Nelder, J. A. 1989 Generalized linear models, 2nd edn. New York, NY: Chapman and Hall.
35. Werner, E. E. & Hall, D. J. 1974 Optimal foraging and the size selection of prey by the bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). Ecology 55, 1042-1052. (doi:10.2307/ 1940354)
36. Jaeger, R. G. & Barnard, D. E. 1981 Foraging tactics of a terrestrial salamander: choice of diet in structurally simple environments. Am. Nat. 117, 639-664. (doi:10. 1086/283750)
37. Rechten, C., Avery, M. & Stevens, A. 1983 Optimal prey selection: why do great tits show partial preferences? Anim. Behav. 31, 576-584. (doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(83)80081-5)
38. Hanson, J. & Green, L. 1989 Foraging decisions: prey choice by pigeons. Anim. Behav. 37, 429-443. (doi:10. 1016/0003-3472(89)90090-0)
39. Dukas, R. & Kamil, A. C. 2001 Limited attention: the constraint underlying search image. Behav. Ecol. 12, 192-199. (doi:10.1093/beheco/12.2.192)
40. Erichsen, J. T., Krebs, J. R. & Houston, A. I. 1980 Optimal foraging and cryptic prey. J. Anim. Ecol. 49, 271-276. (doi:10.2307/4288)
41. Houston, A. I., Krebs, J. R. & Erichsen, J. T. 1980 Optimal prey choice and discrimination time in the great tit (Parus major L.). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 6, 169-175. (doi:10.1007/BF00569197)
42. Griffin, D. R., Friend, J. H. & Webster, F. A. 1965 Target discrimination by echolocation of bats. J. Exp. Zool. 158, 155-168. (doi:10.1002/jez.1401580204)
43. Kalko, E. K. V. & Schnitzler, H. U. 1989 The echolocation and hunting behavior of Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentoni. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 24, 225-238. (doi:10. 1007/BF00295202)
44. Siemers, B. M. & Schnitzler, H. U. 2000 Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri Kuhl, 1818) hawks for prey close to vegetation using echolocation signals of very broad bandwidth. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 47, 400-412. (doi:10.1007/ s002650050683)
45. Schmieder, D. 2009 Beutefangverhalten von Fledermäusen der Unterfamilien Kerivoulinae und Murininae. MSc thesis, University of Tu{double acute}bingen, Tu{double acute}bingen, Germany.
46. Simmons, J. A., Ferragamo, M. J. & Moss, C. F. 1998 Echo-delay resolution in sonar images of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 95, 12 647-12 652. (doi:10.1073/pnas.95.21.12647)
47. Schmidt, S. 1988 Evidence for a spectral basis of texture perception in bat sonar. Nature 331, 617-619. (doi:10. 1038/331617a0)
48. Schmidt, S. 1992 Perception of structured phantom targets in the echolocating bat, Megaderma lyra. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 91, 2203-2223. (doi:10.1121/1.403654)
49. Sum, Y. W. & Menne, D. 1988 Discrimination of fluttering targets by the FM-bat Pipistrellus stenopterus? J. Comp. Physiol. A 63, 349-354. doi:10.1007/BF00604010)
50. Roverud, R. C., Nitsche, V. & Neuweiler, G. 1991 Discrimination of wingbeat motion by bats, correlated with echolocation sound pattern. J. Comp. Physiol. A 168, 259-263. (doi:10.1007/BF00218418)