Bats and moths: sonic battles in the natural world
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2016 · Education
Martin Stevens, Associate Professor of Sensory and Evolutionary Ecology at the University of Exeter and author of Cheats and Deceits, tells the story of the evolutionary arms race between bats and their prey. Some moths, for example, emit a burst of sound that startles predators or prevents them from detecting their location. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/9780198707899 © Oxford University Press Martin Stevens is Associate Professor of Sensory and Evolutionary Ecology in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter. He has authored many research papers, in addition to two textbooks.
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