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| Title |
Acoustic mirrors as sensory traps for bats
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| Published in |
Science, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.aam7817 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stefan Greif, Sándor Zsebők, Daniela Schmieder, Björn M Siemers |
| Abstract |
Sensory traps pose a considerable and often fatal risk for animals, leading them to misinterpret their environment. Bats predominantly rely on their echolocation system to forage, orientate, and navigate. We found that bats can mistake smooth, vertical surfaces as clear flight paths, repeatedly colliding with them, likely as a result of their acoustic mirror properties. The probability of collision is influenced by the number of echolocation calls and by the amount of time spent in front of the surface. The echolocation call analysis corroborates that bats perceive smooth, vertical surfaces as open flyways. Reporting on occurrences with different species in the wild, we argue that it is necessary to more closely monitor potentially dangerous locations with acoustic mirror properties (such as glass fronts) to assess the true frequency of fatalities around these sensory traps. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 144 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 17 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 7% |
| United States | 8 | 6% |
| Spain | 4 | 3% |
| Germany | 4 | 3% |
| Gibraltar | 3 | 2% |
| Belgium | 2 | 1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 74 | 51% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 110 | 76% |
| Scientists | 29 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 151 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 151 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 19% |
| Researcher | 27 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 9% |
| Unknown | 42 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 55 | 36% |
| Environmental Science | 18 | 12% |
| Engineering | 6 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 3% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 9% |
| Unknown | 49 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 411. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 August 2023.
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