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Publications of the members of the Group Siemers

  2010  

Estok P, Zsebok S, Siemers BM: Great tits search for, catch, kill and eat hibernating bats. Biology Letters 6, 59-62 (2010)

  2009  

Estok P, Siemers BM: Calls of a bird eater: echolocation behaviour of the enigmatic greater noctule, Nyctalus lasiopterus. Acta Chiropterologica 11, 405-414 (2009)

Kindermann T, Siemers BM, Fendt M: Innate or learned acoustic recognition of avian predators in rodents? Journal of Experimental Biology, 212: 506-513 (2009)

Ruczynski I, Kalko EKV, Siemers BM: Calls in the forest: a comparative approach to how bats find tree cavities. Ethology, 115: 167-177 (2009)

Safi K, Siemers BM: Implications of sensory ecology for species coexistence: Biased perception links predator diversity to prey size distribution. Evolutionary Ecology in press (2009)

Siemers BM and Page R: Behavioral studies of bats in captivity: methodology, training, and experimental design. In: Kunz T, Parsons S (Eds.) Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats. Johns Hopkins University Press, in press (2009)

Siemers, B.M., Schauermann, G., Turni, H., von Merten, S.: Why do shrews twitter? Communication or simple echo-based orientation. Biology Letters 5: 593-596 (2009)

Whitaker JO Jr., McCracken G and Siemers BM: Food habits analysis of insectivorous bats. In: Kunz T, Parsons S (Eds.) Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats. Johns Hopkins University Press, in press (2009)

  2008  

Czech NU, Klauer G, Dehnhardt G, Siemers BM: Fringe for foraging? Histology of the bristle-like hairs on the tail membrane of the gleaning bats, Myotis nattereri. Acta Chiropterologica, 10 (2): 303-311 (2008)

Firzlaff U., M. Schuchmann, G. Schuller and L. Wiegrebe: Object-oriented Echo Perception and Cortical Representation in Echolocating Bats. PLOS Biology (in press)

Goerlitz HR, Greif S, Siemers BM: Cues for acoustic detection of prey: Insect rustling sounds and the influence of walking substrate. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211: 2799-2806 (2008)

Hoffmann S., L. Baier, F. Borina, G. Schuller, L. Wiegrebe and Firzlaff, U.: Psychophysical and Neurophysiological Hearing Thresholds in the Bat Phyllostomus discolor. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 194: 39-47 (2008)

Jenkins RKB, Kofoky AF, Russ JM, Andriafidison D, Siemers BM, Randrianandrianina F, Mbohoahy T, Rahaingondrahety VN, Racey PA: Ecology and conservation of bats in the southern Anosy region. In: Vincelette M, Ganzhorn JU, Goodman SM (eds.) Biodiversity, ecology, and conservation of littoral ecosystems in the region of Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin), Southeastern Madagascar. Biological Society of Washington (2008)

Page, R.A. and M.J. Ryan: The effect of signal complexity on localization performance in bats that localize frog calls. Animal Behaviour 76: 761-769 (2008)

Piep M, Radespiel U, Zimmermann E, Schmidt S and Siemers BM: The sensory basis of prey detection in captive-born grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). Animal Behaviour 75, 3: 871-878 (2008)

Schaub A, Ostwald J, Siemers BM: Foraging bats avoid noise. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211: 3174-3180 (2008)

Voigt CC, Baier L, Speakman JR, Siemers BM: Stable carbon isotopes in exhaled breath as tracers for dietary information in birds and mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211: 2233-2238 (2008)

  2007  

Bernal, X.E., Page, R.A., Rand, A.S., and Ryan, M.J.: Cues for eavesdroppers: do frog calls indicate prey density and quality? American Naturalist 169: 409-415 (2007)

Dietz C, Dietz I and Siemers BM: Growth of horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in temperate continental conditions and the influence of climate. Mammalian Biology, 72 (3): 129-144 (2007)

Goerlitz HR and Siemers BM: Sensory ecology of prey rustling sounds: acoustical features and their classification by wild Grey Mouse Lemurs. Functional Ecology, 21: 143-153 (2007)

Guilbert J.M., M. M. Walker, S. Greif, and S. Parsons: Evidence of homing following translocation of long-tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) at Grand Canyon Cave, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34: 239-246 (2007)

Hoffmann FF, Hejduk J, Caspers B, Siemers BM and Voigt CC: In the mating system of the bat Saccopteryx bilineata (Chiroptera; Emballonuridae) bioacoustic constraints impede male eavesdropping on female echolocation calls for their surveillance. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 85: 863-872 (2007)

Page, R.A.: Prey-predator communication: for your sensors only. Dispatch for Current Biology 17: R965-R966 (2007)

Ruczynski I, Kalko EKV and Siemers BM: The sensory basis of roost finding in a forest bat, Nyctalus noctula. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210: 3607-3615 (2007)

Siemers BM, Goerlitz HR, Robsomanitrandrasana E, Piep M, Ramanamanjato JB, Rakotondravony D, Ramilijaona O and Ganzhorn JU: Sensory basis of food detection in wild Microcebus murinus. International Journal of Primatology, 28: 291-304 (2007)

  2006  

Dietz C, Dietz I and Siemers BM: Wing measurement variations in the five European horseshoe bat species (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 87 (6): 1241-1251 (2006)

Dietz C, Dietz I, Ivanova T and Siemers BM: Effects of forearm bands on horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Acta Chiropterologica, 8 (2): 523-535 (2006)

Page, R.A. and Bernal X.E.: Túngara frogs. Quick guide for Current Biology 16: R979-980 (2006)

Page, R.A. and Ryan M.J.: Social transmission of novel foraging behavior in bats: frog calls and their referents. Current Biology, 16: 1201-1205 (2006)

Schuchmann M., M. Hübner and L. Wiegrebe: The Absence of Spatial Echo Suppression in the Echolocating Bats Megaderma lyra and Phyllostomus discolor. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 209: 152-157 (2006)

Siemers BM and Güttinger R: Prey conspicuousness can explain apparent prey selectivity. Current Biology, 16: R157-R159 (2006)

Siemers BM and Kerth G: Do echolocation calls of the colony-living Bechstein’s bats (Myotis bechsteinii) provide individual-specific signatures? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59: 443-454 (2006)

Siemers BM and Page R: Behavioral studies of bats in captivity: methodology, training, and experimental design. In: Kunz T, Parsons S (Eds.) Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats. Johns Hopkins University Press, in press (2006)

Siemers BM and Swift SM: Differences in sensory ecology contribute to resource partitioning in the bats Myotis bechsteinii and Myotis nattereri (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59: 373-380 (2006)

Siemers BM: Bats: communication by ultrasound. In: Brown K (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Elsevier, pp 699-704 (2006)

Whitaker JO Jr., McCracken G and Siemers BM: Food habits analysis of insectivorous bats. In: Kunz T, Parsons S (Eds.) Ecological and behavioral methods for the study of bats. Johns Hopkins University Press, in press (2006)

  2005  

Kolar B, Nerz R, Ivanova T and Siemers BM: Long distance vocalizations of golden jackals (Canis aureus, L. 1758, Mammalia: Carnivora, Canidae) in Bulgaria. Acta zoologica bulgarica 57: 313-320 (2005)

Page, R.A. and Ryan, M.J.: Flexibility in assessment of prey cues: frog-eating bats and frog calls. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 272: 841-847 (2005)

Siemers BM, Baur E and Schnitzler HU: Acoustical mirror effect increases prey detection distance in trawling bats. Naturwissenschaften, 92: 272-276 (2005)

Siemers BM, Beedholm K, Dietz C, Dietz I and Ivanova T: Is species identity, sex, age or individual quality conveyed by echolocation call frequency in European horseshoe bats? Acta Chiropterologica, 7: 259-274 (2005)

  2004  

Siemers BM and Ivanova T: Ground gleaning in horseshoe bats: comparative evidence from Rhinolophus blasii, R. euryale and R. mehelyi. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 56: 464-471 (2004)

Siemers BM and Schnitzler HU: Echolocation signals reflect niche differentiation in five sympatric congeneric bat species. Nature, 429: 657-661 (2004)

Siemers BM: Bats in the field and in a flight cage: recording and analysis of their echolocation calls and behavior. In: Brigham RM et al. (Eds.) Bat Echolocation Research: tools, techniques and analysis. Bat Conservation International. Austin, Texas, pp 107-113 (2004)

Siemers BM: Review of Echolocation in bats and dolphins. By Thomas JA, Moss CF, Vater M. Acta Zoologica 85: 263 (2004)

Winter Y., S. von Merten and H.U. Kleindienst: Visual landmark orientation by flying bats at a large-scale touch and walk screen for bats, birds and rodents. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 141 (2): 283-290 (2004)

  1999-2003  

Gabor, C.R. and Page, R.A.: Female preference for large males in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna: the importance of predation pressure and reproductive status. Acta Ethologica 6: 7-12 (2003)

Dietz C, Schunger I, Nill D, Siemers BM and Ivanova T: First record of Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) for Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica, 14: 117-121 (2002)

Apfelbach R, Fendt M, Krämer S and Siemers BM: Advances in Ethology 36: Contributions to the XXVII Ethological Conference. Supplements to Ethology, Blackwell, Berlin, Vienna (2001)

Denzinger A, Siemers BM, Schaub A and Schnitzler HU: Echolocation by the barbastelle bat, Barbastella barbastellus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 187: 521-528 (2001)

Denzinger A., B.M. Siemers, A. Schaub and H.U. Schnitzler: Echolocation by the barbastelle bat, Barbastella barbastellus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 187: 521-528 (2001)

Nill D and Siemers B: Fledermäuse – eine Bildreise in die Nacht. 160 pp., BLV, München (2001) (french translation 2003: Grand guide encyclopédique des cauves-souris, Artémis, Chamalières)

Schaub A. and H.U. Schnitzler: Echolocation behavior of the bat Vespertilio murinus reveals the border between the habitat types "edge" and "open space". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, DOI 10.1007/s00265-006-0279-9

Siemers BM, Dietz C, Nill D and Schnitzler HU: Myotis daubentonii is able to catch small fish. Acta Chiropterologica, 3: 71-75 (2001)

Siemers BM, Kalko EKV and Schnitzler HU: Echolocation behavior and signal plasticity in the Neotropical bat Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) (Vespertilionidae): a convergent case with European species of Pipistrellus? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50: 317-328 (2001)

Siemers BM, Stilz P and Schnitzler HU: The acoustic advantage of hunting at low heights above water: behavioural experiments on the European 'trawling' bats Myotis capaccinii, M. dasycneme and M. daubentonii. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 204: 3843-3854 (2001)

Siemers BM: Finding prey by associative learning in gleaning bats: experiments with a Natterer’s bat Myotis nattereri. Acta Chiropterologica, 3: 211-215 (2001)

Siemers B and Nill D: Fledermäuse – das Praxisbuch. 128 pp., BLV, München (2. edition 2002) (2000)

Siemers BM and Schnitzler HU: Natterer’s bat (Myotis nattereri Kuhl, 1818) hawks for prey close to vegetation using echolocation signals of very broad bandwidth. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47: 400-412 (2000)

Siemers BM: Seasonal variation in food resource and forest strata use by brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) in a disturbed forest fragment. Folia Primatologica, 71: 181-184 (2000)

Siemers BM, Kaipf I and Schnitzler HU: The use of day roosts and foraging grounds by Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri Kuhl, 1818) from a colony in Southern Germany. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 64: 241-245 (1999)