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Insight on how fishing bats discern prey and adjust their mechanic and sensorial features during the attack sequence

Several insectivorous bats have included fish in their diet, yet little is known about the processes underlying this trophic shift. We performed three field experiments with wild fishing bats to address how they manage to discern fish from insects and adapt their hunting technique to capture fish. W...

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Autores principales: Aizpurua, Ostaizka, Alberdi, Antton, Aihartza, Joxerra, Garin, Inazio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26196094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep12392