Structure and variability of bat social calls: implications for specificity and individual recognition

By Guido Pfalzer, J. Kusch. 2003

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Spatiotemporal variation in activity of bat species differing in hunting tactics: effects of weather, moonlight, food abundance, and structural clutter (2007, methodology): “Additionally, we counted social calls emitted by Pipistrellus species that were associated with mating and territorial behaviours (Pfalzer and Kusch 2003); however, because only a small portion of those signals (mainly time-expanded) were recognizable to the species level, they were pooled together.”
Mating Behavior as a Possible Cause of Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines (2008, background): “During peak mating periods, males of these species are known to engage in songflight, vocalizations that presumably advertise their territories to receptive females and competitors (von Helversen and von Helversen 1994, Barlow and Jones 1997, Pfalzer and Kusch 2003, Zagmajster 2003).”
Individual specific contact calls of pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus) attract conspecifics at roosting sites (2011, unknown): “In contrast, several studies that have analyzed variation in acoustic structure of social calls in adult bats have found evidence for individual signatures (Balcombe and McCracken 1992; Pfalzer and Kusch 2003; Carter et al. 2008).”