Bats without borders: Predators learn novel prey cues from other predatory species
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| author | Patriquin, Krista J. Kohles, Jenna E. Page, Rachel A. Ratcliffe, John M. |
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| contents | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats learn about novel acoustic prey cues as quickly from heterospecifics as from conspecifics. , Learning from others allows individuals to adapt rapidly to environmental change. Although conspecifics tend to be reliable models, heterospecifics with similar resource requirements may be suitable surrogates when conspecifics are few or unfamiliar with recent changes in resource availability. We tested whether Trachops cirrhosus , a gleaning bat that localizes prey using their mating calls, can learn about novel prey from conspecifics and the sympatric bat Lophostoma silvicolum. Specifically, we compared the rate for naïve T. cirrhosus to learn an unfamiliar tone from either a trained conspecific or heterospecific alone through trial and error or through social facilitation. T. cirrhosus learned this novel cue from L. silvicolum as quickly as from conspecifics. This demonstrates social learning of a novel acoustic cue and suggests that heterospecific learning in bats may occur in nature. We propose that auditory-based social learning may help bats learn about unfamiliar prey and facilitate their adaptive radiation. |
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| spellingShingle | Bats without borders: Predators learn novel prey cues from other predatory species Patriquin, Krista J. Kohles, Jenna E. Page, Rachel A. Ratcliffe, John M. Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats learn about novel acoustic prey cues as quickly from heterospecifics as from conspecifics. , Learning from others allows individuals to adapt rapidly to environmental change. Although conspecifics tend to be reliable models, heterospecifics with similar resource requirements may be suitable surrogates when conspecifics are few or unfamiliar with recent changes in resource availability. We tested whether Trachops cirrhosus , a gleaning bat that localizes prey using their mating calls, can learn about novel prey from conspecifics and the sympatric bat Lophostoma silvicolum. Specifically, we compared the rate for naïve T. cirrhosus to learn an unfamiliar tone from either a trained conspecific or heterospecific alone through trial and error or through social facilitation. T. cirrhosus learned this novel cue from L. silvicolum as quickly as from conspecifics. This demonstrates social learning of a novel acoustic cue and suggests that heterospecific learning in bats may occur in nature. We propose that auditory-based social learning may help bats learn about unfamiliar prey and facilitate their adaptive radiation. |
| title | Bats without borders: Predators learn novel prey cues from other predatory species |
| topic | Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13437170 |