Growing up to be supersonic: bat echolocation origins and mechanics

成长为超音速：蝙蝠回声定位的起源和机制

• 批准号: FT200100822
• 负责人: A/Prof Laura Wilson
• 金额: $ 56.93万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-06-14 至 2025-06-13
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT200100822
• 关键词: Growing; up; supersonic; bat; echolocation

This project aims to address the unresolved evolutionary origins of bat echolocation. Using a unique combination of development, evolution and novel engineering testing, this project expects to generate new insights into how features of the skull have evolved to allow bats to use their senses to interact with the environment. Expected outcomes include the identification of skull features that are unique to echolocating bats and tests of how these relate to the frequency and detection range of sounds produced. Benefits include improved conservation planning for urban and rural bat populations, and potential commercial advances through engineering applications that mimic the biological process of echolocation.

该项目旨在解决蝙蝠回声定位尚未解决的进化起源问题。通过将发展、进化和新颖的工程测试独特地结合起来，该项目期望能够对头骨特征如何进化以允许蝙蝠利用其感官与环境互动产生新的见解。预期结果包括识别回声定位蝙蝠特有的头骨特征，并测试这些特征与产生的声音的频率和检测范围之间的关系。好处包括改善城市和农村蝙蝠种群的保护规划，以及通过模仿回声定位生物过程的工程应用带来潜在的商业进步。