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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 224, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.241968
关键词
Bats; Echolocation; Vision; Multisensory; Navigation; Multimodal composite signal
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资金
- National Science Foundation [1452598]
- National Science Foundation Brain Initiative [NCS-FO 1734744]
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-14-1-0398NIFTI]
- Office of Naval Research [N00014-17-1-2736]
- Division Of Graduate Education
- Direct For Education and Human Resources [1452598] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
This study investigates how the combination of visual and auditory cues influences the obstacle avoidance behaviors of insectivorous big brown bats. The results show that when both visual and auditory cues are present, bats have a heightened avoidance response to obstacles. Flight and echolocation behaviors do not significantly vary under different obstacle conditions, indicating that these factors do not determine a bat's response to obstacle stimulus type.
Studies have shown that bats are capable of using visual information for a variety of purposes, including navigation and foraging, but the relative contributions of visual and auditory modalities in obstacle avoidance has yet to be fully investigated, particularly in laryngeal echolocating bats. A first step requires the characterization of behavioral responses to different combinations of sensory cues. Here, we quantified the behavioral responses of the insectivorous big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, in an obstacle avoidance task offering different combinations of auditory and visual cues. To do so, we utilized a new method that eliminates the confounds typically associated with testing bat vision and precludes auditory cues. We found that the presence of visual and auditory cues together enhances bats' avoidance response to obstacles compared with cues requiring either vision or audition alone. Analyses of flight and echolocation behaviors, such as speed and call rate, did not vary significantly under different obstacle conditions, and thus are not informative indicators of a bat's response to obstacle stimulus type. These findings advance the understanding of the relative importance of visual and auditory sensory modalities in guiding obstacle avoidance behaviors.
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