A magnetic compass guides the direction of foraging in a bat.
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Tian, Lanxiang; Zhang, Bingfang; Zhang, Jinshuo; Zhang, Tongwei; Cai, Yao; Qin, Huafeng; Metzner, Walter; Pan, Yongxin |
| 刊名 | Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology
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| 出版日期 | 2019-08-01 |
| 卷号 | 205期号:4页码:619-627 |
| ISSN号 | 0340-7594 |
| 英文摘要 | Previously, two studies have provided evidence that bats can use magnetic field cues for homing or roosting. For insectivorous bats, it is well established that foraging represents one of the most fundamental behaviors in animals relies on their ability to echolocate. Whether echolocating bats can also use magnetic cues during foraging remains unknown, however. Here, we tested the orientation behavior of Chinese noctules (Nyctalus plancyi) during foraging in a plus-shaped, 4-channel apparatus under different magnetic field conditions. To minimize the effects of spatial memory on orientation from repeated experiments, naive bats were tested only once in each experimental condition. As expected, under geomagnetic field and a food resource offered conditions, the bats significantly preferred to enter the channel containing food, indicating that they primarily relied on direct sensory signals unrelated to magnetic cues. In contrast, when we offered food simultaneously in all four channels and minimized any differences in all other sensory signals available, the bats exhibited a clear directional preference to forage along the magnetic field direction under either geomagnetic field or a magnetic field in which the horizontal component was rotated by 90[degree]. Our study offers a novel evidence for the importance of a geomagnetic field during foraging. |
| WOS研究方向 | Zoology ; Nutrition & Dietetics ; Behavioral Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:ZOOR15512081480 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/95713]  |
| 专题 | 地质与地球物理研究所_中国科学院地球与行星物理重点实验室 |
| 作者单位 | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing, 100029, China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tian, Lanxiang,Zhang, Bingfang,Zhang, Jinshuo,et al. A magnetic compass guides the direction of foraging in a bat.[J]. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology,2019,205(4):619-627. |
| APA | Tian, Lanxiang.,Zhang, Bingfang.,Zhang, Jinshuo.,Zhang, Tongwei.,Cai, Yao.,...&Pan, Yongxin.(2019).A magnetic compass guides the direction of foraging in a bat..Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology,205(4),619-627. |
| MLA | Tian, Lanxiang,et al."A magnetic compass guides the direction of foraging in a bat.".Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 205.4(2019):619-627. |
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