Publications of Björn Martin Siemers

Page, R. A.; von Merten, S.; Siemers, B. M.: Associative memory or algorithmic search: A comparative study on learning strategies of bats and shrews. Animal Cognition 15 (4), pp. 495 - 504 (2012)

Schmieder, D. A.; Kingston, T.; Hashim, R.; Siemers, B. M.: Sensory constraints on prey detection performance in an ensemble of vespertilionid understorey rain forest bats. Functional Ecology 26 (5), pp. 1043 - 1053 (2012)

Schuchmann, M.; Puechmaille, S. J.; Siemers, B. M.: Horseshoe bats recognise the sex of conspecifics from their echolocation calls. Acta Chiropterologica 14 (1), pp. 161 - 166 (2012)

Siemers, B. M.; Kriner, E.; Kaipf, I.; Simon, M.; Greif, S.: Bats eavesdrop on the sound of copulating flies. Current Biology 22 (14), pp. R563 - R564 (2012)

von Merten, S.; Siemers, B. M.: Exploratory behaviour in shrews: Fast-lived Sorex versus slow-lived Crocidura. Animal Behaviour 84 (1), pp. 29 - 38 (2012)

Walters, C. L.; Freeman, R.; Collen, A.; Dietz, C.; Fenton, M. B.; Jones, G.; Obrist, M. K.; Puechmaille, S. J.; Sattler, T.; Siemers, B. M. et al.; Parsons, S.; Jones, K. E.: A continental-scale tool for acoustic identification of European bats. Journal of Applied Ecology 49 (5), pp. 1064 - 1074 (2012)

Alem, S.; Koselj, K.; Siemers, B. M.; Greenfield, M. D.: Bat predation and the evolution of leks in acoustic moths. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65 (11), pp. 2105 - 2116 (2011)

Jones, G.; Siemers, B. M.: The communicative potential of bat echolocation pulses. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 197 (5), pp. 447 - 457 (2011)

Jones, P. L.; Page, R. A.; Hartbauer, M.; Siemers, B. M.: Behavioral evidence for eavesdropping on prey song in two Palearctic sibling bat species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65 (2), pp. 333 - 340 (2011)

Koselj, K.; Schnitzler, H.-U.; Siemers, B. M.: Horseshoe bats make adaptive prey-selection decisions, informed by echo cues. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1721), pp. 3034 - 3041 (2011)

Ruczynski, I.; Siemers, B. M.: Hibernation does not affect memory retention in bats. Biology Letters 7 (1), pp. 153 - 155 (2011)

Ruczynski, I.; Szarlik, A.; Siemers, B. M.: Conspicuous visual cues can help bats to find tree cavities. Acta Chiropterologica 13 (2), pp. 385 - 389 (2011)

Siemers, B. M.; Greif, S.; Borissov, I. M.; Voigt-Heucke, S. L.; Voigt, C. C.: Divergent trophic levels in two cryptic sibling bat species. Oecologia 166 (1), pp. 69 - 78 (2011)

Siemers, B. M.; Schaub, A.: Hunting at the highway: Traffic noise reduces foraging efficiency in acoustic predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1712), pp. 1646 - 1652 (2011)

Siemers, B. M.; Wiegrebe, L.; Grothe, B.: Ecology and neuroethology of bat echolocation: A tribute to Gerhard Neuweiler. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 197 (5), pp. 399 - 402 (2011)

Driessens, T.; Siemers, B. M.: Cave-dwelling bats do not avoid TMT and 2-PT - components of predator odour that induce fear in other small mammals. The Journal of Experimental Biology 213 (14), pp. 2453 - 2460 (2010)

Estok, P.; Zsebök, S.; Siemers, B. M.: Great tits search for, capture, kill and eat hibernating bats. Biology Letters 6 (1), pp. 59 - 62 (2010)

Greif, S.; Siemers, B. M.: Innate recognition of water bodies in echolocating bats. Nature Communications 1, 107 (2010)

Hartbauer, M.; Ofner, E.; Grossauer, V.; Siemers, B. M.: The cercal organ may provide singing tettigoniids a backup sensory system for the detection of eavesdropping bats. PLoS One 5 (9), e12698 (2010)

Holland, R. A.; Borissov, I. M.; Siemers, B. M.: A nocturnal mammal, the greater mouse-eared bat, calibrates a magnetic compass by the sun. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (15), pp. 6941 - 6945 (2010)