Publications of Björn Martin Siemers
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Journal Article (59)
2020
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Shrew twittering call rate is high in novel environments. A lab-study. Mammal Research 65 (3), pp. 469 - 479 (2020)
2019
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Preliminary results on the molecular study of fish-eating by "trawling Myotis" bat species in Europe. Vertebrate Zoology 69 (1), pp. 83 - 92 (2019)
2017
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Acoustic mirrors as sensory traps for bats. Science 357 (6355), pp. 1045 - 1047 (2017)
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Does similarity in call structure or foraging ecology explain interspecific information transfer in wild Myotis bats? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71 (11), 168 (2017)
2015
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How anthropogenic noise affects foraging. Global Change Biology 21 (9), pp. 3278 - 3289 (2015)
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Beyond size - Morphological predictors of bite force in a diverse insectivorous bat assemblage from Malaysia. Functional Ecology 29 (11), pp. 1411 - 1420 (2015)
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Acoustic species identification of shrews: Twittering calls for monitoring. Ecological Informatics 27, pp. 1 - 10 (2015)
2014
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Personal messages reduce vandalism and theft of unattended scientific equipment. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5 (2), pp. 125 - 131 (2014)
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Social learning within and across species: Information transfer in mouse-eared bats. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 92 (2), pp. 129 - 139 (2014)
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An integrative approach to detect subtle trophic niche differentiation in the sympatric trawling bat species Myotis dasycneme and Myotis daubentonii. Molecular Ecology 23 (15), pp. 3657 - 3671 (2014)
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Are torpid bats immune to anthropogenic noise? The Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (7), pp. 1072 - 1078 (2014)
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Global warming alters sound transmission: Differential impact on the prey detection ability of echolocating bats. Interface: Journal of the Royal Society 11 (91), 20130961 (2014)
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Female mate choice can drive the evolution of high frequency echolocation in bats: A case study with Rhinolophus mehelyi. PLoS One 9 (7), e103452 (2014)
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Do greater mouse-eared bats experience a trade-off between energy conservation and learning? The Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (22), pp. 4043 - 4048 (2014)
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The tail plays a major role in the differing manoeuvrability of two sibling species of mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii). Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 92 (11), pp. 965 - 977 (2014)
2013
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Foraging ecology predicts learning performance in insectivorous bats. PLoS One 8 (6), e64823 (2013)
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Interspecific acoustic recognition in two European bat communities. Frontiers in Physiology 4, 192 (2013)
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Advantages of using fecal samples for stable isotope analysis in bats: Evidence from a triple isotopic experiment. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 27 (17), pp. 1945 - 1953 (2013)
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Did tool-use evolve with enhanced physical cognitive abilities? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 368 (1630), 20120418 (2013)
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Trawling bats exploit an echo-acoustic ground effect. Frontiers in Physiology 4, 65 (2013)
2012
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Associative memory or algorithmic search: A comparative study on learning strategies of bats and shrews. Animal Cognition 15 (4), pp. 495 - 504 (2012)
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Sensory constraints on prey detection performance in an ensemble of vespertilionid understorey rain forest bats. Functional Ecology 26 (5), pp. 1043 - 1053 (2012)
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Horseshoe bats recognise the sex of conspecifics from their echolocation calls. Acta Chiropterologica 14 (1), pp. 161 - 166 (2012)
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Bats eavesdrop on the sound of copulating flies. Current Biology 22 (14), pp. R563 - R564 (2012)
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Exploratory behaviour in shrews: Fast-lived Sorex versus slow-lived Crocidura. Animal Behaviour 84 (1), pp. 29 - 38 (2012)
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A continental-scale tool for acoustic identification of European bats. Journal of Applied Ecology 49 (5), pp. 1064 - 1074 (2012)
2011
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Bat predation and the evolution of leks in acoustic moths. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65 (11), pp. 2105 - 2116 (2011)
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The communicative potential of bat echolocation pulses. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 197 (5), pp. 447 - 457 (2011)
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Behavioral evidence for eavesdropping on prey song in two Palearctic sibling bat species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65 (2), pp. 333 - 340 (2011)
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Horseshoe bats make adaptive prey-selection decisions, informed by echo cues. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1721), pp. 3034 - 3041 (2011)
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Hibernation does not affect memory retention in bats. Biology Letters 7 (1), pp. 153 - 155 (2011)
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Conspicuous visual cues can help bats to find tree cavities. Acta Chiropterologica 13 (2), pp. 385 - 389 (2011)
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Divergent trophic levels in two cryptic sibling bat species. Oecologia 166 (1), pp. 69 - 78 (2011)
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Hunting at the highway: Traffic noise reduces foraging efficiency in acoustic predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1712), pp. 1646 - 1652 (2011)
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Ecology and neuroethology of bat echolocation: A tribute to Gerhard Neuweiler. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 197 (5), pp. 399 - 402 (2011)
2010
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Cave-dwelling bats do not avoid TMT and 2-PT - components of predator odour that induce fear in other small mammals. The Journal of Experimental Biology 213 (14), pp. 2453 - 2460 (2010)
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Great tits search for, capture, kill and eat hibernating bats. Biology Letters 6 (1), pp. 59 - 62 (2010)
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Innate recognition of water bodies in echolocating bats. Nature Communications 1, 107 (2010)
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The cercal organ may provide singing tettigoniids a backup sensory system for the detection of eavesdropping bats. PLoS One 5 (9), e12698 (2010)
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A nocturnal mammal, the greater mouse-eared bat, calibrates a magnetic compass by the sun. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (15), pp. 6941 - 6945 (2010)
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Implications of sensory ecology for species coexistence: Biased perception links predator diversity to prey size distribution. Evolutionary Ecology 24 (4), pp. 703 - 713 (2010)
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Breaking the trade-off: Rainforest bats maximize bandwidth and repetition rate of echolocation calls as they approach prey. Biology Letters 6 (5), pp. 604 - 609 (2010)
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Variability in echolocation call intensity in a community of horseshoe bats: A role for resource partitioning or communication? PLoS One 5 (9), e12842 (2010)
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Behavioral evidence for community-wide species discrimination from echolocation calls in bats. American Naturalist 176 (1), pp. 72 - 82 (2010)
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Perch-hunting in insectivorous Rhinolophus bats is related to the high energy costs of manoeuvring in flight. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 180 (7), pp. 1079 - 1088 (2010)
2009
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Seasonal and regional scale movements of horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus, Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in northern Bulgaria. Nyctalus (N. F.) 14 (1-2), p. 52-64 (2009)
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Calls of a bird-eater: The echolocation behaviour of the enigmatic greater noctule, Nyctalus lasiopterus. Acta Chiropterologica 11 (2), pp. 405 - 414 (2009)
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Calls in the forest: A comparative approach to how bats find tree cavities. Ethology 115 (2), pp. 167 - 177 (2009)
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Why do shrews twitter? Communication or simple echo-based orientation. Biology Letters 5 (5), pp. 593 - 596 (2009)
2008
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Fringe for foraging? Histology of the bristle-like hairs on the tail membrane of the gleaning bat, Myotis nattereri. Acta Chiropterologica 10 (2), pp. 303 - 311 (2008)