Sensory ecology: echolocation calls are used for communication.
Noctule bats locate tree roosts faster by eavesdropping on the echolocation calls of conspecifics. Increasing evidence suggests that echolocation is important not only for orientation and finding prey, but also for communication.
Jones
Gareth
G
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK. Gareth.Jones@bristol.ac.uk
D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004455:Echolocation; D008027:Light; D012919:Social Behavior; D014796:Visual Perception