Echobank for the bats of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India

期刊： ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA, 2020; 22 (2)

Acoustic monitoring provides an effective and non-invasive means to survey many species such as bats, birds and frogs. However, the acoustic monitorin......

Vocal development of Horsfield's leaf-nosed bat pups (Hipposideros larvatus)

期刊： ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA, 2019; 21 (1)

Bats are an appealing animal for investigating the biological basis and evolution of speech-related traits in wild mammal systems. We investigated voc......

JIF：1.57

Function of distress calls in least horseshoe bats: a field study using playback experiments

期刊： ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA, 2018; 20 (2)

Many social animals utter distress calls in the context of fear. These vocalizations may serve to attract audiences for help, warn individuals of dang......

JIF：1.57

Parallel amino acid deletions of prestin protein in two dramatically divergent bat lineages suggest the complexity of the evolution of echolocation in bats

期刊： ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA, 2018; 20 (2)

The membrane motor protein, prestin, encoded by gene Prestin, provides the electromotility to cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs) and is therefore consid......

JIF：1.57