Echolocating bats prefer a high risk-high gain foraging strategy to increase prey profitability
L. Stidsholt, A. Hubancheva, S. Greif, H. R. Goerlitz, M. P. Johnson, Y. Yovel, P. T. Madsen
The paper quantifies the foraging strategies of greater mouse-eared bats, showing they capture more energy from ground prey despite lower success rates due to higher prey biomass.
bioRxiv · Oct 25, 2022Animal Behavior & Cognition