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Oilbirds produce echolocation signals beyond their best hearing range and adjust signal design to natural light conditions

Oilbirds are active at night, foraging for fruits using keen olfaction and extremely light-sensitive eyes, and echolocate as they leave and return to their cavernous roosts. We recorded the echolocation behaviour of wild oilbirds using a multi-microphone array as they entered and exited their roosts...

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Autores principales: Brinkløv, Signe, Elemans, Coen P. H., Ratcliffe, John M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5451837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28573036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170255