Auditory opportunity and visual constraint enabled the evolution of echolocation in bats
Substantial evidence now supports the idea that the ancestral bat was a small, night flying predator capable of laryngeal echolocation. Here, the authors confirm this hypothesis using phylogenetic comparative analyses and further suggest an underlying tradeoff between echolocation and vision in both...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/3827926073c74200925b67a0c14b740a |
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