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Audio recordings help ID urban bats
October 30, 2023
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Susan Flowers
Audio recordings help ID urban bats
Susan Flowers
October 30, 2023
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Audio recordings help ID urban bats

Susan Flowers
October 30, 2023
News

Oct 30, 2023

In recent years, WashU researchers working with the St. Louis Wildlife Project have started using acoustic recorders at their wildlife monitoring stations to detect bats for the first time.

Read more at The Source below.

Source:https://source.wustl.edu/2023/10/not-so-spooky-sounds-audio-recordings-help-id-urban-bats/

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