The role of olfactory cues in mother–pup, groupmate, and sex recognition of lesser flat‐headed bats, <i>Tylonycteris pachypus</i>

Liang, Jie; Yang, Jian; Chen, Yi; Zhang, Libiao

doi:10.1002/ece3.8249

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“…It is difficult for mothers to use spatial memory to find their pups because the offspring may climb to other places. Olfaction is also likely to be insufficient for a successful mother–pup reunion because it is usually used by bats for closed‐up recognition (Liang et al, 2021; Mccracken, 1993).…”

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“…A possible reason for this result is that the selection pressure on the bat species studied was not great. Although they are distributed in groups, individuals have their own territorial space, and other clues can be used in the process of mother–infant recognition, such as olfaction (Liang et al, 2021), touch, and spatial memory (Gustin & McCracken, 1987). Other studies have explored whether offspring can recognize their mother's acoustic signals (Balcombe & Mccracken, 1992; DeFanis & Jones, 1995b; Esser, 1998).…”

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Mutual mother‐pup acoustic identification in Asian particolored bats

Tan

Liu

Sun

et al. 2022

Ecology and Evolution

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In many vertebrates, vocal communication is crucial in parent–offspring interactions, and parents are often able to discriminate between the calls of their own and others' offspring. There are many reports on the unidirectional recognition of isolation calls of pups by maternal bats, but few studies on the ability of bat pups to recognize maternal acoustic signals. In this study, we investigated whether the echolocation pulses of female Asian particolored bats (Vespertilio sinensis) and isolation calls of pups differ statistically among individuals. We used two‐choice playback experiments to test whether the mothers and pups of V. sinensis can recognize each other by acoustic signals. Both the echolocation pulses of mother bats and the isolation calls of pups contained sufficient individual characteristics. Playback experiments showed that mothers were able to recognize isolation calls of pups, and most pups greater than 12 days old were able to distinguish echolocation pulses of their own mother from those of other mothers. This is the first use of two‐choice acoustic signal playback experiments to confirm that pups can recognize their mothers by echolocation calls. The results provide behavioral evidence for bidirectional recognition of acoustic signals between mothers and infants in frequency‐modulated type bats.

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Mutual mother‐pup acoustic identification in Asian particolored bats

Tan

Liu

Sun

et al. 2022

Ecology and Evolution

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“…For example, ornithologists, mammalogists, and entomologists have asked how parents find and identify their own offspring in massive breeding colonies. Their results point to a keen ability for individual recognition via odour ( Caspers et al, 2013 ; Leedale et al, 2021 ; Liang et al, 2021 ; Loughry and McCracken, 1991 ), vocalisations ( Knörnschild et al, 2020 ; Lefevre et al, 1998 ; Lengagne et al, 2001 ; Wilkinson, 2003 ), or colour/pattern ( Quach et al, 2021 ; Stoddard et al, 2014 ; Tibbetts and Dale, 2007 ). The selective pressures of discriminating among hundreds to thousands of relatively similar stimuli generate testable hypotheses about the mechanisms and limitations of sensory tuning.…”

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Sensory collectives in natural systems

Williams,

Sridhar,

Hurme

et al. 2023

eLife

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Groups of animals inhabit vastly different sensory worlds, or umwelten, which shape fundamental aspects of their behaviour. Yet the sensory ecology of species is rarely incorporated into the emerging field of collective behaviour, which studies the movements, population-level behaviours, and emergent properties of animal groups. Here, we review the contributions of sensory ecology and collective behaviour to understanding how animals move and interact within the context of their social and physical environments. Our goal is to advance and bridge these two areas of inquiry and highlight the potential for their creative integration. To achieve this goal, we organise our review around the following themes: (1) identifying the promise of integrating collective behaviour and sensory ecology; (2) defining and exploring the concept of a ‘sensory collective’; (3) considering the potential for sensory collectives to shape the evolution of sensory systems; (4) exploring examples from diverse taxa to illustrate neural circuits involved in sensing and collective behaviour; and (5) suggesting the need for creative conceptual and methodological advances to quantify ‘sensescapes’. In the final section, (6) applications to biological conservation, we argue that these topics are timely, given the ongoing anthropogenic changes to sensory stimuli (e.g. via light, sound, and chemical pollution) which are anticipated to impact animal collectives and group-level behaviour and, in turn, ecosystem composition and function. Our synthesis seeks to provide a forward-looking perspective on how sensory ecologists and collective behaviourists can both learn from and inspire one another to advance our understanding of animal behaviour, ecology, adaptation, and evolution.

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Mother–Young Bonding: Neurobiological Aspects and Maternal Biochemical Signaling in Altricial Domesticated Mammals

Bienboire-Frosini

Marcet-Rius

Orihuela

et al. 2023

Animals

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Mother–young bonding is a type of early learning where the female and their newborn recognize each other through a series of neurobiological mechanisms and neurotransmitters that establish a behavioral preference for filial individuals. This process is essential to promote their welfare by providing maternal care, particularly in altricial species, animals that require extended parental care due to their limited neurodevelopment at birth. Olfactory, auditory, tactile, and visual stimuli trigger the neural integration of multimodal sensory and conditioned affective associations in mammals. This review aims to discuss the neurobiological aspects of bonding processes in altricial mammals, with a focus on the brain structures and neurotransmitters involved and how these influence the signaling during the first days of the life of newborns.

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The role of olfactory cues in mother–pup, groupmate, and sex recognition of lesser flat‐headed bats, Tylonycteris pachypus

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Mutual mother‐pup acoustic identification in Asian particolored bats

Mutual mother‐pup acoustic identification in Asian particolored bats

Sensory collectives in natural systems

Mother–Young Bonding: Neurobiological Aspects and Maternal Biochemical Signaling in Altricial Domesticated Mammals

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