The simple ears of noctuoid moths are tuned to the calls of their sympatric bat community

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 3954-3962

  Ter Hofstede, Hannah M ^a,d   Goerlitz, Holger R ^a,c   Ratcliffe, John M ^b   Holderied, Marc W ^a   Surlykke, Annemarie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Allotonic frequency hypothesis; Constant frequency echolocation; Horseshoe bats; Predator prey interactions; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOTONIC FREQUENCY HYPOTHESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BAT; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CONSTANT-FREQUENCY ECHOLOCATION; DENMARK; EAR; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HISTOLOGY; HORSESHOE BATS; MALE; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS; SENSORY ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLOTONIC FREQUENCY HYPOTHESIS; CONSTANT-FREQUENCY ECHOLOCATION; HORSESHOE BATS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS; SENSORY ECOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CHIROPTERA; DENMARK; EAR; ECHOLOCATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84886517132     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.093294     Document Type: Article

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