Behavioral flexibility of the trawling long-legged bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae)

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 NOV, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Weinbeer, Moritz ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b   Jung, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Aerial hawking; Bat echolocation; Clutter; Echo overlap; Gleaning; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FORAGING; MACROPHYLLUM MACROPHYLLUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREY;

EID: 84889633549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00342     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Altringham, J. D., and Fenton, M. B. (2004). "Sensory ecology and communication in the Chiroptera," in Bat Ecology, eds Kunz, T. H., Fenton, M. B. (The University of Chicago Press), 90-127.
2. Arlettaz, R. (1996). Feeding behaviour and foraging strategy of free-living mouse-eared bats, Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii. Anim. Behav. 51, 1-11. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0001
3. Arlettaz, R., Jones, G., and Racey, P. A. (2001). Effect of acoustic clutter on prey detection by bats. Nature 414, 742-745. doi: 10.1038/414742a
4. Boonman, A. M., Boonman, M., Bretschneider, F., and van de Grind, W. A. (1998). Prey detection in trawling insectivorous bats: duckweed affects hunting behaviour in Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentonii. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 44, 99-107. doi: 10.1007/s002650050521
5. Brinkløv, S., Kalko, E. K. V., and Surlykke, A. (2009). Intense echolocation calls from two "whispering" bats, Artibeus jamaicensis and Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae). J. Exp. Biol. 212, 11-20. doi: 10.1242/jeb.023226
6. Brinkløv, S., Kalko, E. K. V., and Surlykke, A. (2010). Intensity of biosonar calls is adjusted to habitat clutter in the trawling bat Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 64, 1867-1874. doi: 10.1007/s00265-010-0998-9
7. Britton, A. R. C., Jones, G., Rayner, J. M. V., Boonman, A. M., and Verboom, B. (1997). Flight performance, echolocation and foraging behaviour in pond bats, Myotis dasycneme (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). J. Zool. 241, 503-522. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb04842.x
8. Chruszcz, B. J., and Barclay, R. M. R. (2003). Prolonged foraging bouts of a solitary gleaning/hawking bat, Myotis evotis. Can. J. Zool. 81, 823-826. doi: 10.1139/z03-056
9. Denzinger, A., and Schnitzler, H.-U. (2013). Bat guilds, a concept to classify the highly diverse foraging and echolocation behaviors of microchiropteran bats. Front. Phys. 4:164. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00164
10. Fenton, M. B. (1990). The foraging behaviour and ecology of animal-eating bats. J. Can. Zool. 68, 411-422. doi: 10.1139/z90-061
11. Freeman, P. W. (2000). Macroevolution in Microchiroptera: recoupling morphology and ecology with phylogeny. Evol. Ecol. Res. 2, 317-335.
12. Fuzessery, Z. M., Buttenhoff, P., Andrews, B., and Kennedy, J. M. (1993). Passive sound localization of prey by the pallid bat (Antrozous p. pallidus). J. Comp. Physiol. A 171, 767-777. doi: 10.1007/BF00213073
13. Geipel, I., Jung, K., and Kalko, E. K. V. (2013). Perception of silent and motionless prey on vegetation by echolocation in the gleaning bat Micronycteris microtis. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 280, 20122830. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2830
14. Harrison, D. L. (1975). Macrophyllum macrophyllum. Mamm. Species 62, 1-3. doi: 10.2307/3503986
15. Holderied, M. W., Baker, C. J., Vespe, M., and Jones, G. (2008). Understanding signal design during the pursuit of aerial insects by echolocating bats: tools and applications. Int. Comp. Biol. 48, 74-84. doi: 10.1093/icb/icn035
16. Hurlbert, S. H. (1984). Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments. Ecol. Monographs 54, 187-211. doi: 10.2307/1942661
17. Jones, G., and Rayner, J. M. V. (1988). Flight performance, foraging tactics and echolocation in free-living Daubenton's bats Myotis daubentoni (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). J. Zool. 215, 113-132. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb04888.x
18. Jones, G., and Rayner, J. M. V. (1991). Flight performance, foraging tactics and echolocation in the trawling insectivorous bat Myotis adversus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). J. Zool. 225, 393-412. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb03824.x
19. Jones, G., Webb, P. I., Sedgeley, J. A., and O'Donnell, C. F. J. (2003). Mysterious Mystacina: how the New Zealand short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata) locates insect prey. J. Exp. Biol. 206, 4209-4216. doi: 10.1242/jeb.00678
20. Kalko, E. K. V. (1995). Foraging behavior, capture techniques, and echolocation in European pipistrelle bats. Anim. Behav. 50, 861-880. doi: 10.1016/0003-3472(95)80090-5
21. Kalko, E. K. V. (2004). "Neotropical leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae): "Whispering" bats or candidates for acoustic survey?" in Proceedings of a Workshop on Identification and Acoustic Monitoring of Bats, eds Brigham, M., Jones, G., Kalko, E. K. V. (Austin, TX: Bat Cons. Int), 63-69.
22. Kalko, E. K. V., and Condon, M. A. (1998). Echolocation, olfaction and fruit display: how bats find fruit of flagellichorous cucurbits. Funct. Ecol. 12, 364-372. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00198.x
23. Kalko, E. K. V., and 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
24. Kalko, E. K. V., and Schnitzler, H. U. (1993). Plasticity in echolocation signals of European pipistrelle bats in search flight: implications for habitat use and prey detection. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 33, 415-428. doi: 10.1007/BF00170257
25. Kalko, E. K. V., Schnitzler, H. U., Kaipf, I., and Grinnell, A. D. (1998). Echolocation and foraging behavior of the lesser bulldog bat, Noctilio albiventris: preadaptations for piscivory. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 42, 305-319. doi: 10.1007/s002650050443
26. Lee, T. E. Jr., Hoofer, S. R., and Van Den Bussche, R. A. (2002). Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic revision of the genus Tonatia (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). J. Mamm. 83, 49-57. doi: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0049:MPATRO>2.0.CO;2
27. Meyer, C. F. J., Weinbeer, M., and Kalko, E. K. V. (2005). Home-range size and spacing patterns of Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae) foraging over water. J. Mamm. 86, 587-598. doi: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[587:HSASPO]2.0.CO;2
28. Neuweiler, G. (1989). Foraging ecology and audition in echolocating bats. Trends. Ecol. Evol. 4, 160-166. doi: 10.1016/0169-5347(89)90120-1
29. Neuweiler, G. (1990). Auditory adaptations for prey capture in echolocating bats. Physiol. Rev. 70, 615-664.
30. Rydell, J., Miller, L. A., and Jensen, M. E. (1999). Echolocation constraints of Daubenton's bat foraging over water. Funct. Ecol. 13, 247-255. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00304.x
31. Schnitzler, H.-U., and Kalko, E. V. K. (1998). "How echolocating bats search and find food," in Bat biology and conservation. eds Kunz, T. H., Racey, P. A. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press), 183-196.
32. Schnitzler, H. U., and Kalko, E. K. V. (2001). Echolocation by insect-eating bats. Bioscience 51, 557-569. doi: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0557:EBIEB]2.0.CO;2
33. Schnitzler, H. U., Kalko, E. K. V., and Denzinger, A. (2003a). "The evolution of echolocation and foraging behavior in bats," in Echolocation in bats and dolphins, eds Thomas, J. A., Moss, C., Vater, M. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press), 331-339.
34. Schnitzler, H. U., Moss, C. F., and Denzinger, A. (2003b). From spatial orientation to food acquisition in echolocating bats. Trends Ecol. Evol. 18, 386-394. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00185-X
35. Schnitzler, H. U., Kalko, E. K. V., Kaipf, I., and Grinnell, A. D. (1994). Fishing and echolocation behavior of the greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus, in the field. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 35, 327-345. doi: 10.1007/BF00184422
36. Schumm, A., Krull, D., and Neuweiler, G. (1991). Echolocation in the notch-eared bat, Myotis emarginatus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 28, 255-261. doi: 10.1007/BF00175098
37. Siemers, B. M., Baur, E., and Schnitzler, H. U. (2005). Acoustic mirror effect increases prey detection distance in trawling bats. Naturwissenschaften 92, 272-276. doi: 10.1007/s00114-005-0622-4
38. Siemers, B. M., Kalko, E. K. V., and Schnitzler, H. U. (2001a). Echolocation behavior and signal plasticity in the Neotropical bat Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) (Vespertilionidae): a convergent case with European species of Pipistrellus? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 50, 317-328. doi: 10.1007/s002650100379
39. Siemers, B. M., Stilz, P., and Schnitzler, H. U. (2001b). The acoustic advantage of hunting at low heights above water: Behavioural experiments on the European 'trawling' bats Myotis capaccinii, M. dasycneme and M. daubentonii. J. Exp. Biol. 204, 3843-3854.
40. Siemers, B. M., and Schnitzler, H. U. (2004). Echolocation signals reflect niche differentiation in five sympatric congeneric bat species. Nature 429, 657-661. doi: 10.1038/nature02547
41. Simmons, N. B., and Geisler, J. H. (1998). Phylogenetic relationships of Icaronycteris, Archaeonycteris, Hassianycteris, and Palaeochiropteryx to extant bat lineages, with comments on the evolution of echolocation and foraging strategies in Microchiroptera. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 235, 1-182.
42. Surlykke, A., and Kalko, E. K. V. (2008). Echolocating bats cry out to detect their prey. PLoS ONE 3:e2036. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002036
43. Thies, W., Kalko, E. K. V., and Schnitzler, H. U. (1998). The roles of echolocation and olfaction in two neotropical fruit-eating bats, Carollia perspicillata and C. castanea, feeding on Piper. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 42, 397-409. doi: 10.1007/s002650050454
44. Weinbeer, M., and Kalko, E. K. V. (2007). Ecological niche and phylogeny: the highly complex echolocation behavior of the long-legged bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61, 1337-1348. doi: 10.1007/s00265-007-0364-8
45. Weinbeer, M., Meyer, C. F. J., and Kalko, E. K. V. (2006). Activity pattern of the trawling phyllostomid bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum, in Panamá. Biotropica 38, 1-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00101.x
46. Wetterer, A. L., Rockman, M. V., and Simmons, N. B. (2000). Phylogeny of phyllostomid bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Data from diverse morphological systems, sex chromosomes, and restriction sites. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 248, 1-200. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)248<0001:POPBMC>2.0.CO;2
47. Wiegrebe, L., and Schmidt, S. (1996). Temporal integration in the echolocating bat, Megaderma lyra. Hear. Res. 102, 35-42. doi: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00139-6
48. Winter, Y., Lopez, J., and von Helversen, O. (2003). Ultraviolet vision in a bat. Nature 425, 612-614. doi: 10.1038/nature01971
49. Zsebok, S., Kroll, F., Heinrich, M., Genzel, D., Siemers, B. M., and Wiegrebe, L. (2013). Trawling bats exploit an echo-acoustic ground effect. Front. Physiol. 4:65. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00065