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CONTENTS<br />
INTRODUCTION.……………………………………………………...10<br />
VISION IN ECHOLOCATING BATS<br />
The microchiropteran eye………………………………………….. 12<br />
The bra<strong>in</strong> and the ret<strong>in</strong>al pathways………………………………… 15<br />
What <strong>bats</strong> can see…………………………………………………... 17<br />
<strong>Vision</strong> <strong>in</strong> orientation and navigation……………………………….. 24<br />
<strong>Vision</strong> <strong>in</strong> forag<strong>in</strong>g and prey detection…………………………….... 27<br />
Predator surveillance and social behaviour……………………….... 33<br />
Multimodality – vision and echolocation………………...…….… . 34<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS....…………….……………………….…... 38<br />
REFERENCES…………………………….…………………………… 39<br />
PAPER I. Eklöf, J. & Jones, G. 2003.<br />
Use of vision <strong>in</strong> prey detection by brown long-eared<br />
<strong>bats</strong> Plecotus auritus. - Animal Behaviour (In Press)..… 48<br />
PAPER II. Eklöf, J., Svensson, A. M. & Rydell, J. 2002.<br />
Northern <strong>bats</strong> (Eptesicus nilssonii) use vision but not<br />
flutter-detection when search<strong>in</strong>g for prey <strong>in</strong> clutter.<br />
- Oikos 99, 347-351….…………………………………. 62<br />
PAPER III. Rydell, J. & Eklöf, J. 2003.<br />
<strong>Vision</strong> complements echolocation <strong>in</strong> the aerial<br />
hawk<strong>in</strong>g northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii)<br />
- Submitted manuscript……………………………...…. 70<br />
PAPER IV. Eklöf, J. 2003.<br />
Visual acuity and eye size <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>sectivorous <strong>bats</strong>.<br />
- Manuscript………………………...…………………... 80<br />
PAPER V. Eklöf, J., Tranefors, T. & Vázquez, L-B. 2002.<br />
Precedence of visual cues <strong>in</strong> the emballonurid bat<br />
Balantiopteryx plicata. - Mammalian Biology 67,<br />
42-46……………………………………………………. 92<br />
PAPER VI. Karlsson, B-L., Eklöf, J. & Rydell, J. 2002.<br />
No lunar phobia <strong>in</strong> swarm<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>sectivorous <strong>bats</strong><br />
(family Vespertilionidae). - Journal of Zoology<br />
London 256, 473-477….……………………………….100<br />
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