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Wild gray bats adjust their echolocation calls based on the other bats in their flying group

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Wild gray bats adjust their echolocation calls based on the other bats in their flying group

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Wild gray bats adjust their echolocation calls based on the other bats in their flying group and the obstacles in their way, per analysis of a colony in Virginia. 

 

Article URL: https://plos.io/3OR7isn

Article Title: Group size and environmental obstacles drive acoustic call properties for gray bats in flight: A data-driven analysis 

Author Countries: United States

Funding: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (1751498 to NA). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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