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<journal-id>2007-3364</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Therya]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Therya]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-3364</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-33642019000100055</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12933/therya-19-656</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Variation in echolocation calls produced by Myotis velifer (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) during postnatal development]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Varela-Boydo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabrizio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ávila-Torresagatón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Gerardo]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rizo-Aguilar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Areli]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guerrero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Antonio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cuernavaca Morelos]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>55</fpage>
<lpage>58</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-33642019000100055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-33642019000100055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-33642019000100055&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This work describes the echolocation pulses produced by Myotis velifer during postnatal development. The aim was to record the changes of these calls during the development of this bat species and investigate the underlying causes. Bat specimens were sampled in El Salitre cave, Morelos, Mexico, during May and June 2016, where juvenile bats were captured and sorted into five age classes. Forearm length was used as reference for offspring growth. Each juvenile bat was induced to fly and the echolocation calls produced were recorded using an ultrasound detector. Six quantitative characteristics of the echolocation pulses of each call were measured, which served as reference to explore the development of this system during growth through a linear regression. A steady increase in the frequency parameters associated with bat growth was observed, coupled with a decrease in the temporal parameters. The final pulse frequency was the only parameter that remained unchanged during postnatal growth. The major changes in the characteristics of echolocation pulses during postnatal growth in M. velifer follow the pattern observed in other species previously studied. These changes are likely related to the development of organs and muscles involved in the emission and reception of sound, and to the learning process involved in the use of this adaptation.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En este trabajo realizamos grabaciones de los sonidos de ecolocalización de Myotis velifer con el propósito de describir los cambios que ocurren en las caractetrísticas de los pulsos durante su crecimiento postnatal. Realizamos muestreos en la cueva El Salitre, Morelos, México durante mayo y junio del 2016, donde se capturaron las crías y se clasificaron en cinco clases de edad. La longitud del antebrazo se utilizó como indicador del crecimiento de las crías. Fuera de la cueva, los individuos fueron liberados o forzados a intentar el vuelo para obtener las grabaciones de sus ultrasonidos utilizando un detector ultrasónico. Se midieron seis características cuantitativas de los pulsos de ecolocalización de cada individuo, las cuales sirvieron como referencia para estudiar el desarrollo de este sistema durante el crecimiento por medio de una regresión lineal. Los resultados mostraron un aumento progresivo en los parámetros de frecuencia asociado al crecimiento de las crías, así como una disminución en los parámetros temporales. La frecuencia final fue el único parámetro que no mostró modificaciones significativas durante el crecimiento postnatal. Los cambios notables en las características de los pulsos de ecolocalización durante el crecimiento posnatal de M. velifer siguen el patrón observado de especies anteriormente estudiadas. Es posible que estos cambios estén relacionados con el desarrollo de los órganos y músculos involucrados en la emisión y recepción del sonido y el aprendizaje del uso de esta adaptación.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ontogeny]]></kwd>
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