The Role of Vision in Vespertilionid Bats
- 1 April 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Midland Naturalist
- Vol. 79 (2) , 524-+
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2423200
Abstract
Vision may be retained by vespertilionid bats to facilitate the avoidance of diurnal flight and predation by hawks. The possible role of vision in the homing of bats is discussed.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The homing ability of the neotropical bat Phyllostomus hastatus, with evidence for visual orientationAnimal Behaviour, 1966
- The free running period of the bat clock; seasonal variations at low body temperatureJournal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology, 1961