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How an animal interacts with its biotic and a-biotic environment, and how individuals and species interact with each other, are among the most important forces shaping the evolution of ecosystems. For that reason, animal behavior is one of the most central themes for the study of organismal biology. My research is focused on animal behavior through the lens of sensory biology as a way to understand how the animal perceives the world in order to interpret its responses correctly. Bats are the perfect study system for such questions, as they use active sensing - echolocation - which can be measured and analyzed to open a window into the bats' inner world.
Amichai, E., & Yovel, Y. (2021). Echolocating bats rely on an innate time reference. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 118 (19), (2021).
Amichai, E., Kronfeld-Schor, N. (2019). Artificial light at night promotes activity throughout the night in nesting common swifts (Apus apus). Sci. Rep. 9, 11052, (2019).
Amichai, E., Tal, S., Boonman, A. & Yovel, Y. (2019). Ultrasound imaging reveals accelerated in-uterodevelopment of sensory organs in echolocating bats. Sci. Rep. 9, 5275 (2019).
Amichai, E., Blumrosen, G. & Yovel, Y. (2015). Calling louder and longer: how bats use biosonar under severe acoustic interference from other bats. Proc. R. Soc. B 282, (2015).
Amichai, E., Levin, E., Kronfeld-Schor, N., Roll, U. & Yom-Tov, Y. (2013). Natural history, physiology and energetic strategies of Asellia tridens (Chiroptera). Mammal. Biol. 78, 94-103 (2013).