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Do bats use guano and urine stains to find new roosts? Tests with three group-living bats

Many animals use social cues to find refuges. Bats can find roosts using the echolocation and social calls of conspecifics, but they might also use scent cues, a possibility which is less studied. The entrances of bat roosts are often marked by guano and urine, providing possible scent cues. We cond...

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Autores principales: Brown, Bridget K. G., Leffer, Lauren, Valverde, Yesenia, Toshkova, Nia, Nystrom, Jessica, Page, Rachel A., Carter, Gerald G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7540741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33047058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201055