G. G. Carter

Social effects of rabies infection in male vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus)

This study quantifies how rabies affects allogrooming and aggression in male vampire bats, finding reduced allogrooming but no increase in aggression.

Spatial learning overshadows learning novel odors and sounds in both a predatory and a frugivorous bat

This study compares spatial and feature cue learning in predatory and frugivorous bats, finding both species prioritize spatial cues over odors or sounds.

Long-term memory in frog-eating bats

The study tests long-term memory retention in wild-caught frog-eating bats by re-capturing them after 1-4 years and re-testing their response to novel acoustic cues.

Forced proximity promotes the formation of enduring cooperative relationships in vampire bats

This study shows that forcing vampire bats into close proximity increases their cooperative allogrooming rates, demonstrating a causal link between proximity and cooperation.

Social foraging in vampire bats is predicted by long-term cooperative relationships

The paper investigates whether long-term cooperative relationships in vampire bats influence foraging behavior, finding that nonrandom foraging encounters are linked to within-roost associations and cooperation histories.

Permutation tests for hypothesis testing with animal social data: problems and potential solutions

The paper introduces a 'double permutation' method to reduce type I and II errors in hypothesis testing with animal social network data by combining pre-network and node permutations.

Immune-challenged vampire bats produce fewer contact calls

This study shows that immune-challenged vampire bats produce fewer contact calls when isolated, potentially reducing social interactions.

Sickness behaviour reduces network centrality in wild vampire bats

This study shows that sickness behaviour in vampire bats reduces their social connectedness in a dynamic network, affecting pathogen transmission dynamics.

Evidence for unfamiliar kin recognition in vampire bats

The paper demonstrates unfamiliar kin recognition in vampire bats through social association preferences and genetic analysis.

Development of new food-sharing relationships among nonkin vampire bats

The paper shows that unfamiliar vampire bats escalate low-cost grooming before forming high-cost food-sharing relationships, suggesting a 'raising-the-stakes' strategy in social bonding.

Thinking small: next-generation sensor networks close the size gap in vertebrate biologging

This paper develops a wireless biologging network for tracking small vertebrates with high resolution and low tag weight, demonstrating its application in studying wild bats.