Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China; Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of Education Ministry, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China.
College of Life Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China.
STAR Protoc. 2023 Sep 15;4(3):102494. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102494. Epub 2023 Aug 6.
The nocturnal and cryptic nature of bats makes it difficult to determine their foraging behavior and predatory sensory cues. Here, we present a protocol for determining the behavioral strategies and sensory cues of bat predation on airborne prey. We describe steps for indoor foraging behavior simulation, dual-choice acoustic playback, and visual presentation experiments. This protocol was used to study the avivorous bat, Ia io, but it can be adapted for studying other aerial-hawking bats and even other taxa. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Gong et al. (2022)..
蝙蝠夜间和隐匿的生活习性使得确定其觅食行为和捕食感官线索变得困难。在这里，我们提出了一个确定蝙蝠对空中猎物捕食的行为策略和感官线索的方案。我们描述了室内觅食行为模拟、双选择声回放和视觉呈现实验的步骤。该方案用于研究食虫蝙蝠 Ia io，但也可以用于研究其他空中捕食蝙蝠，甚至其他分类群。有关该方案使用和执行的完整详细信息，请参阅 Gong 等人（2022 年）。
