dc.contributor.author
Schabacker, Theresa
dc.contributor.author
Lindecke, Oliver
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Rizzi, Sofia
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Marggraf, Lara
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Petersons, Gunars
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Voigt, Christian C.
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Snijders, Lysanne
dc.date.accessioned
2021-06-21T09:15:19Z
dc.date.available
2021-06-21T09:15:19Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/31087
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-30823
dc.description.abstract
Integrating information on species-specific sensory perception with spatial activity provides a high-resolution understanding of how animals explore environments, yet frequently used exploration assays commonly ignore sensory acquisition as a measure for exploration. Echolocation is an active sensing system used by hundreds of mammal species, primarily bats. As echolocation call activity can be reliably quantified, bats present an excellent model system to investigate intraspecific variation in environmental cue sampling. Here, we developed an in situ roost-like novel environment assay for tree-roosting bats. We repeatedly tested 52 individuals of the migratory bat species, Pipistrellus nathusii, across 24 h, to examine the role of echolocation when crawling through a maze-type arena and test for consistent intraspecific variation in sensory-based exploration. We reveal a strong correlation between echolocation call activity and spatial activity. Moreover, we show that during the exploration of the maze, individuals consistently differed in spatial activity as well as echolocation call activity, given their spatial activity, a behavioral response we term ’acoustic exploration’. Acoustic exploration was correlated with other exploratory behaviors, but not with emergence latency. We here present a relevant new measure for exploration behavior and provide evidence for consistent (short-term) intra-specific variation in the level at which wild bats collect information from a novel environment.
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dc.format.extent
12 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Animal behaviour
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dc.subject
Behavioural ecology
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dc.subject.ddc
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
dc.title
In situ novel environment assay reveals acoustic exploration as a repeatable behavioral response in migratory bats
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
8174
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1038/s41598-021-87588-y
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Scientific Reports
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
1
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
11
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87588-y
refubium.affiliation
Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Biologie
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2045-2322
refubium.resourceType.provider
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