... breeding under chronic noise experience reduced fitness . PLoS ONE   7 , e39200 . Schwarz   B. ( 2007 ). Behavioural audiogram of greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis): ears adapted for detecting rustling prey?   Masters thesis , University of Tübingen , 64 pp. Siemers   B. M...

... bats ( Myotis myotis ) to two synthetically derived components of predator odour (2,4,5-trimethyl-3-thiazoline, TMT, a component of fox faeces scent; and 2-propylthietane, 2-PT, a component of mustelid scent) and to the natural scent of the least weasel ( Mustela nivalis ). It is well documented...

... with anthropogenic noise and foraging behaviour. We chose the greater mouse-eared bat ( Myotis myotis ) as a model species because it represents the especially vulnerable group of gleaning bats that rely on listening for prey rustling sounds to find food (i.e. `passive listening'). In a choice experiment with two...

.... We suggest that morphological adaptations in some bats may facilitate the economic production of echolocation calls at rest. bat Eptesicus serotinus Pipistrellus pygmaeus Myotis myotis echolocation respiration Vespertilionidae vocalisation electromyography. Electromyographic...