Hunting in the understory: Efficient foraging strategies of bats in acoustically complex environments. University of Antwerp
For the detection of their prey, echolocating bats produce ultrasonic calls and listen for echoes reflected off the insects. Gleaning bats hunt by taking resting prey from the vegetation. They hunt in an acoustically highly challenging and complex environment, such as the forest understory. As active flight is energetically very costly and the great majority of understory leaves do not hold resting prey, bats must have developed behavioural and ...