Insect pursuit, prey capture and echolocation in pipistrelle bats (Microchiroptera)
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Foraging and echolocation behavior in the three species of European pipistrellus bats, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, P. nathusii and P. kuhlii is similar. Foraging in these species involves four stages, namely search flight, approach flight, capture, and retrieval of the prey. Capturing of the prey occurs in mid air either with the tail membrane or by funneling the prey with a wing onto the tail membrane. Foraging begins 30-45 minutes after sunset and their mean flight speed extends from 4.2-7.1 m/s. The echolocation behavior includes an approach and terminal phase followed by a terminal phase.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1995
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Do food-hoarding animals have a cache recovery advantage? Determining recovery of stored food
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Recovery of hoarded food by chipmunks, using their spatial memory, is examined.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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