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Extracting Interactions between Flying Bat Pairs Using Model-Free Methods.

Subhradeep Roy¹, Kayla Howes², Rolf Müller^3,4

¹Physical Computing Lab., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.

Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)

|December 3, 2020

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Bats flying in pairs exchange information, showing coordinated turning behavior. This study quantifies bat interactions using flight patterns and dynamical systems to reveal social communication in echolocating species.

Keywords:

bat interaction convergent cross map curvature transfer entropy

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Area of Science:

Behavioral Ecology
Animal Communication
Sensory Biology

Background:

Social animals coordinate group movements.
Bats use echolocation, a unique active sensing method.
Peer acoustic interference may influence bat flight behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and apply quantitative methods for analyzing bat pair flight interactions.
To determine if bats flying together exhibit interdependent or independent movement.
To investigate information exchange and coupling in bat flight dynamics.

Main Methods:

Utilized field data of bats in flight.
Applied model-free methods from dynamical systems and information theory to quantify pairwise coupling strength.
Employed a control condition to isolate interaction effects from environmental geometry.

Main Results:

Demonstrated evidence of information exchange between flying bat pairs.
Identified significant rear-to-front coupling in bat turning behavior during flight.
Confirmed consistency between different data-driven methods for quantifying interaction.

Conclusions:

Bats exhibit directed communication and coordinated behavior during flight.
Echolocation and social dynamics play crucial roles in bat collective movement.
Quantitative analysis of flight patterns provides insights into animal interactions.