Friday 30 May 2014

'Listening' helps scientists track bats without exposing animals to disease

Date:
May 29, 2014

Source:
Virginia Tech

Summary:
A sampling technique known as acoustic monitoring -- listening to bats in their environment -- has been improved, thanks to new research. The noninvasive tracking technique avoids transmission of diseases that could occur with handling bats. Acoustic monitoring -- listening to bats in their environment as they commute between feeding areas using echolocation to "see" their surroundings and find insect prey -- has become commonplace over the last decade.


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