Bats and vision

Johan Eklöf, PhD - Bat Biologist & Copywriter

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Papers on Vision in Microbats

Eklöf J., Tranefors T. & Vazquez L. B. (2002) Precedence of visual cues in the emballonurid bat Balantiopteryx plicata. Mammalian Biology, 67, 42-46

Eklöf, J., Svensson, A. M. & Rydell, J. (2002) Northern bats use vision but not flutter detection when searching for prey in clutter. Oikos, 99, 347-351

Eklöf, J. & Jones, G. (2003) Use of vision in prey detection by brown long-eared bats, Plecotus auritus. Animal Behaviour 66, 949-953

Karlsson B-L., Rydell, J. & Eklöf, J. (2002) No lunar phobia in swarming bats. Journal of Zoology, London, 256, 473-477

Rydell, J., Parker McNeill, D. & Eklöf, J. (2002) Capture success of little brown bats feeding on Mosquitoes, Journal of Zoology, London, 256, 379-381.

Rydell, J. & Eklöf, J. 2003 Vision complements echolocation in the aerial-hawking northern bat Eptesicus nilssonii. Naturwissenschaften 90, 481-483

Talks on Vision in Microbats

Visual prey detection in vespertilionids - 13th Int Bat Research Conference, Poland 2004

Northern bats use vision but not flutter-detection when searching for large prey in clutter - NA Annual symposium on bat research, USA 2002

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