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ArticleRoyal Society open science2020

Do bats use guano and urine stains to find new roosts? Tests with three group-living bats.

Bridget K G Brown, Lauren Leffer, Yesenia Valverde, Nia Toshkova, Jessica Nystrom, Rachel A Page, Gerald G Carter

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Bridget K G BrownDepartment of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9774-3887
Lauren LefferUniversity of Maryland, 4094 Campus Drive, College Park, MD, USA.
Yesenia ValverdeSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama.
Nia ToshkovaSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama.
Jessica NystromDepartment of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA.
Rachel A PageSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama.ORCID 0000-0001-7072-0669
Gerald G CarterDepartment of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6933-5501

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many animals use social cues to find refuges. Bats can find roosts using the echolocation and social calls of conspecifics, but they might also use scent cues, a possibility which is less studied. The entrances of bat roosts are often marked by guano and urine, providing possible scent cues. We conducted eight experiments to test whether bats use the scent of guano and urine to find potential roosts. In field experiments, we tested if

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