Publications of Björn Martin Siemers

Safi, K.; Siemers, B. M.: Implications of sensory ecology for species coexistence: Biased perception links predator diversity to prey size distribution. Evolutionary Ecology 24 (4), pp. 703 - 713 (2010)

Schmieder, D. A.; Kingston, T.; Hashim, R.; Siemers, B. M.: Breaking the trade-off: Rainforest bats maximize bandwidth and repetition rate of echolocation calls as they approach prey. Biology Letters 6 (5), pp. 604 - 609 (2010)

Schuchmann, M.; Siemers, B. M.: Variability in echolocation call intensity in a community of horseshoe bats: A role for resource partitioning or communication? PLoS One 5 (9), e12842 (2010)

Schuchmann, M.; Siemers, B. M.: Behavioral evidence for community-wide species discrimination from echolocation calls in bats. American Naturalist 176 (1), pp. 72 - 82 (2010)

Voigt, C. C.; Clarin, B.-M.; Greif, S.; Siemers, B. M.: Perch-hunting in insectivorous Rhinolophus bats is related to the high energy costs of manoeuvring in flight. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 180 (7), pp. 1079 - 1088 (2010)

Dietz, C.; Dietz, I.; Ivanova, T.; Siemers, B. M.: Seasonal and regional scale movements of horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus, Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in northern Bulgaria. Nyctalus (N. F.) 14 (1-2), p. 52-64 (2009)

Estok, P.; Siemers, B. M.: Calls of a bird-eater: The echolocation behaviour of the enigmatic greater noctule, Nyctalus lasiopterus. Acta Chiropterologica 11 (2), pp. 405 - 414 (2009)

Ruczynski, I.; Kalko, E. K. V.; Siemers, B. M.: Calls in the forest: A comparative approach to how bats find tree cavities. Ethology 115 (2), pp. 167 - 177 (2009)

Siemers, B. M.; Schauermann, G.; Turni, H.; von Merten, S.: Why do shrews twitter? Communication or simple echo-based orientation. Biology Letters 5 (5), pp. 593 - 596 (2009)

Czech, N. U.; Klauer, G.; Dehnhardt, G.; Siemers, B. M.: Fringe for foraging? Histology of the bristle-like hairs on the tail membrane of the gleaning bat, Myotis nattereri. Acta Chiropterologica 10 (2), pp. 303 - 311 (2008)

Goerlitz, H. R.; Greif, S.; Siemers, B. M.: Cues for acoustic detection of prey: Insect rustling sounds and the influence of walking substrate. The Journal of Experimental Biology 211 (17), pp. 2799 - 2806 (2008)

Piep, M.; Radespiel, U.; Zimmermann, E.; Schmidt, S.; Siemers, B. M.: The sensory basis of prey detection in captive-born grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus. Animal Behaviour 75 (3), pp. 871 - 878 (2008)

Schaub, A.; Ostwald, J.; Siemers, B. M.: Foraging bats avoid noise. The Journal of Experimental Biology 211 (19), pp. 3174 - 3180 (2008)

Siemers, B. M.: Wie "sehen" Fledermäuse die Welt? Jahrbuch - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (2008)

Voigt, C. C.; Baier, L.; Speakman, J. R.; Siemers, B. M.: Stable carbon isotopes in exhaled breath as tracers for dietary information in birds and mammals. The Journal of Experimental Biology 211 (14), pp. 2233 - 2238 (2008)

Goerlitz, H. R.; Siemers, B. M.: Sensory ecology of prey rustling sounds: Acoustical features and their classification by wild Grey Mouse Lemurs. Functional Ecology 21 (1), pp. 143 - 153 (2007)

Hoffmann, F. F.; Hejduk, J.; Caspers, B.; Siemers, B. M.; Voigt, C. C.: In the mating system of the bat Saccopteryx bilineata, bioacoustic constraints impede male eavesdropping on female echolocation calls for their surveillance. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 85 (8), pp. 863 - 872 (2007)

Ruczynski, I.; Kalko, E. K. V.; Siemers, B. M.: The sensory basis of roost finding in a forest bat, Nyctalus noctula. The Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (20), pp. 3607 - 3615 (2007)

Siemers, B. M.; Goerlitz, H. R.; Robsomanitrandrasana, E.; Piep, M.; Ramanamanjato, J.-B.; Rakotondravony, D.; Ramilijaona, O.; Ganzhorn, J. U.: Sensory basis of food detection in wild Microcebus murinus. International Journal of Primatology 28 (2), pp. 291 - 304 (2007)

Siemers, B. M.: The sensory ecology of foraging for animal prey. In: Leaping ahead: Advances in prosimian biology, pp. 257 - 263 (Eds. Masters, J.; Gamba, M.; Genin, F.). Springer, New York, Heidelberg (2013)