John Morgan Ratcliffe - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 
Area:
Bats, acoustic communication, insects

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2022 Drinkwater E, Allen WL, Endler JA, Hanlon RT, Holmes G, Homziak NT, Kang C, Leavell BC, Lehtonen J, Loeffler-Henry K, Ratcliffe JM, Rowe C, Ruxton GD, Sherratt TN, Skelhorn J, et al. A synthesis of deimatic behaviour. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 97: 2237-2267. PMID 36336882 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12891  0.603
2020 Guy C, Ratcliffe JM, Mideo N. The influence of bat ecology on viral diversity and reservoir status. Ecology and Evolution. 10: 5748-5758. PMID 32607188 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6315  0.328
2020 Mayberry HW, McMillan MR, Chochinov AV, Hinds JC, Ratcliffe JM. Potential foraging niche release in insectivorous bat species relatively unaffected by white-nose syndrome? Canadian Journal of Zoology. 98: 667-680. DOI: 10.1139/CJZ-2019-0231  0.327
2020 Hone DWE, Ratcliffe JM, Riskin DK, Hermanson JW, Reisz RR. Unique near isometric ontogeny in the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus suggests hatchlings could fly Lethaia. DOI: 10.1111/Let.12391  0.314
2019 Mayberry HW, Faure PA, Ratcliffe JM. Sonar strobe groups and buzzes are produced before powered flight is achieved in the juvenile big brown bat, . The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 31548288 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.209163  0.653
2019 Gordon R, Ivens S, Ammerman LK, Fenton MB, Littlefair JE, Ratcliffe JM, Clare EL. Molecular diet analysis finds an insectivorous desert bat community dominated by resource sharing despite diverse echolocation and foraging strategies. Ecology and Evolution. 9: 3117-3129. PMID 30962885 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.4896  0.702
2019 Guy C, Thiagavel J, Mideo N, Ratcliffe JM. Phylogeny matters: revisiting 'a comparison of bats and rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic viruses'. Royal Society Open Science. 6: 181182. PMID 30891262 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181182  0.394
2019 Dixon MM, Hulgard K, Ratcliffe JM, Page RA. Habituation and ecological salience: insights into the foraging ecology of the fringed-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 73. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-019-2700-1  0.457
2018 Carter GG, Forss S, Page RA, Ratcliffe JM. Younger vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) are more likely than adults to explore novel objects. Plos One. 13: e0196889. PMID 29723260 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0196889  0.344
2018 Patriquin KJ, Kohles JE, Page RA, Ratcliffe JM. Bats without borders: Predators learn novel prey cues from other predatory species. Science Advances. 4: eaaq0579. PMID 29568801 DOI: 10.1126/Sciadv.Aaq0579  0.305
2018 Thiagavel J, Cechetto C, Santana SE, Jakobsen L, Warrant EJ, Ratcliffe JM. Auditory opportunity and visual constraint enabled the evolution of echolocation in bats. Nature Communications. 9: 98. PMID 29311648 DOI: 10.1038/S41467-017-02532-X  0.345
2018 Krauel J, Ratcliffe J, Westbrook J, McCracken G. Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) adjust foraging behaviour in response to migratory moths Canadian Journal of Zoology. 96: 513-520. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0284  0.386
2018 Ratcliffe JM, Jakobsen L. Don’t believe the mike: behavioural, directional, and environmental impacts on recorded bat echolocation call measures1 Canadian Journal of Zoology. 96: 283-288. DOI: 10.1139/Cjz-2017-0219  0.455
2017 Fenton MB, Ratcliffe JM. Sensory biology: Bats united by cochlear development. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1: 46. PMID 28812607 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-016-0046  0.693
2017 Brinkløv S, Elemans CPH, Ratcliffe JM. Oilbirds produce echolocation signals beyond their best hearing range and adjust signal design to natural light conditions. Royal Society Open Science. 4: 170255. PMID 28573036 DOI: 10.1098/Rsos.170255  0.384
2017 Thiagavel J, Santana SE, Ratcliffe JM. Body Size Predicts Echolocation Call Peak Frequency Better than Gape Height in Vespertilionid Bats. Scientific Reports. 7: 828. PMID 28400604 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-017-00959-2  0.403
2016 Ter Hofstede HM, Ratcliffe JM. Evolutionary escalation: the bat-moth arms race. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 219: 1589-602. PMID 27252453 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.086686  0.438
2016 Hulgard K, Ratcliffe JM. Sonar sound groups and increased terminal buzz duration reflect task complexity in hunting bats. Scientific Reports. 6: 21500. PMID 26857019 DOI: 10.1038/srep21500  0.338
2015 Fawcett K, Jacobs DS, Surlykke A, Ratcliffe JM. Echolocation in the bat, Rhinolophus capensis: the influence of clutter, conspecifics and prey on call design and intensity. Biology Open. 4: 693-701. PMID 25987587 DOI: 10.1242/Bio.201511908  0.75
2015 Wisniewska DM, Ratcliffe JM, Beedholm K, Christensen CB, Johnson M, Koblitz JC, Wahlberg M, Madsen PT. Range-dependent flexibility in the acoustic field of view of echolocating porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Elife. 4: e05651. PMID 25793440 DOI: 10.7554/Elife.05651  0.409
2015 Fawcett K, Ratcliffe JM. Clutter and conspecifics: a comparison of their influence on echolocation and flight behaviour in Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentonii. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 201: 295-304. PMID 25552318 DOI: 10.1007/S00359-014-0977-0  0.682
2015 Ratcliffe J. Ultrasonic and superfast: Design constraints on echolocation in bats Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 138: 1931-1931. DOI: 10.1121/1.4934086  0.372
2014 Fenton MB, Ratcliffe JM. Sensory biology: echolocation from click to call, mouth to wing. Current Biology : Cb. 24: R1160-2. PMID 25514006 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.073  0.686
2014 Hulgard K, Ratcliffe JM. Niche-specific cognitive strategies: object memory interferes with spatial memory in the predatory bat Myotis nattereri. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 3293-300. PMID 25013105 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.103549  0.303
2014 Clarin TMA, Borissov I, Page RA, Ratcliffe JM, Siemers BM. Social learning within and across species: Information transfer in mouse-eared bats Canadian Journal of Zoology. 92: 129-139. DOI: 10.1139/Cjz-2013-0211  0.318
2013 ter Hofstede HM, Goerlitz HR, Ratcliffe JM, Holderied MW, Surlykke A. The simple ears of noctuoid moths are tuned to the calls of their sympatric bat community. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 3954-62. PMID 23913945 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.093294  0.667
2013 Brinkløv S, Fenton MB, Ratcliffe JM. Echolocation in Oilbirds and swiftlets. Frontiers in Physiology. 4: 123. PMID 23755019 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00123  0.716
2013 Ratcliffe JM, Elemans CP, Jakobsen L, Surlykke A. How the bat got its buzz. Biology Letters. 9: 20121031. PMID 23302868 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2012.1031  0.636
2013 Jakobsen L, Ratcliffe JM, Surlykke A. Convergent acoustic field of view in echolocating bats. Nature. 493: 93-6. PMID 23172147 DOI: 10.1038/Nature11664  0.673
2012 Fenton MB, Faure PA, Ratcliffe JM. Evolution of high duty cycle echolocation in bats. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 2935-44. PMID 22875762 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.073171  0.766
2011 Ratcliffe JM, Jakobsen L, Kalko EK, Surlykke A. Frequency alternation and an offbeat rhythm indicate foraging behavior in the echolocating bat, Saccopteryx bilineata. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 197: 413-23. PMID 21327333 DOI: 10.1007/S00359-011-0630-0  0.645
2011 Brinkløv S, Jakobsen L, Ratcliffe JM, Kalko EK, Surlykke A. Echolocation call intensity and directionality in flying short-tailed fruit bats, Carollia perspicillata (Phyllostomidae). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 129: 427-35. PMID 21303022 DOI: 10.1121/1.3519396  0.614
2011 McGuire LP, Ratcliffe JM. Light enough to travel: migratory bats have smaller brains, but not larger hippocampi, than sedentary species. Biology Letters. 7: 233-6. PMID 20880862 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0744  0.371
2011 Ratcliffe JM, Fullard JH, Arthur BJ, Hoy RR. Adaptive auditory risk assessment in the dogbane tiger moth when pursued by bats. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 278: 364-70. PMID 20719772 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1488  0.773
2010 Fenton MB, Ratcliffe JM. Bats. Current Biology : Cb. 20: R1060-2. PMID 21172620 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.10.037  0.64
2010 Carter GG, Ratcliffe JM, Galef BG. Flower bats (Glossophaga soricina) and fruit bats (Carollia perspicillata) rely on spatial cues over shapes and scents when relocating food. Plos One. 5: e10808. PMID 20520841 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0010808  0.533
2010 Fullard JH, ter Hofstede HM, Ratcliffe JM, Pollack GS, Brigidi GS, Tinghitella RM, Zuk M. Release from bats: genetic distance and sensoribehavioural regression in the Pacific field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus. Die Naturwissenschaften. 97: 53-61. PMID 19777200 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-009-0610-1  0.791
2010 Ratcliffe JM, Fawcett K. Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats, 2nd edn Animal Behaviour. 80: 343. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2010.05.001  0.6
2009 Ratcliffe JM. Neuroecology and diet selection in phyllostomid bats. Behavioural Processes. 80: 247-51. PMID 20522315 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.12.010  0.392
2009 Ratcliffe JM, Fullard JH, Arthur BJ, Hoy RR. Tiger moths and the threat of bats: decision-making based on the activity of a single sensory neuron. Biology Letters. 5: 368-71. PMID 19324625 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0079  0.763
2009 Riskin DK, Bahlman JW, Hubel TY, Ratcliffe JM, Kunz TH, Swartz SM. Bats go head-under-heels: the biomechanics of landing on a ceiling. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 212: 945-53. PMID 19282491 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.026161  0.338
2008 Ratcliffe JM, Nydam ML. Multimodal warning signals for a multiple predator world. Nature. 455: 96-9. PMID 18769439 DOI: 10.1038/Nature07087  0.411
2008 Mandel JT, Ratcliffe JM, Cerasale DJ, Winkler DW. Laterality and flight: concurrent tests of side-bias and optimality in flying tree swallows. Plos One. 3: e1748. PMID 18335028 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0001748  0.379
2008 ter Hofstede HM, Ratcliffe JM, Fullard JH. Nocturnal activity positively correlated with auditory sensitivity in noctuoid moths. Biology Letters. 4: 262-5. PMID 18319206 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0617  0.782
2008 Fullard JH, Ratcliffe JM, Jacobs DS. Ignoring the irrelevant: auditory tolerance of audible but innocuous sounds in the bat-detecting ears of moths. Die Naturwissenschaften. 95: 241-5. PMID 18038121 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0323-2  0.766
2008 Ratcliffe JM, Soutar AR, Muma KE, Guignion C, Fullard JH. Anti-bat flight activity in sound-producing versus silent moths Canadian Journal of Zoology. 86: 582-587. DOI: 10.1139/Z08-024  0.714
2008 Jacobs DS, Ratcliffe JM, Fullard JH. Beware of bats, beware of birds: The auditory responses of eared moths to bat and bird predation Behavioral Ecology. 19: 1333-1342. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn071  0.779
2008 Ter Hofstede HM, Ratcliffe JM, Fullard JH. The effectiveness of katydid (Neoconocephalus ensiger) song cessation as antipredator defence against the gleaning bat Myotis septentrionalis Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 63: 217-226. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0652-y  0.78
2007 Fullard JH, Ratcliffe JM, Christie CG. Acoustic feature recognition in the dogbane tiger moth, Cycnia tenera. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 210: 2481-8. PMID 17601952 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.001909  0.743
2007 Fullard JH, Ratcliffe JM, ter Hofstede H. Neural evolution in the bat-free habitat of Tahiti: partial regression in an anti-predator auditory system. Biology Letters. 3: 26-8. PMID 17443957 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0550  0.777
2006 Ratcliffe JM, Fenton MB. Animal behavior: who will croak next? Current Biology : Cb. 16: R455-6. PMID 16781999 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.05.030  0.676
2006 Ratcliffe JM, Fenton MB, Shettleworth SJ. Behavioral flexibility positively correlated with relative brain volume in predatory bats. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 67: 165-76. PMID 16415571 DOI: 10.1159/000090980  0.756
2005 Ratcliffe JM, Fullard JH. The adaptive function of tiger moth clicks against echolocating bats: an experimental and synthetic approach. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 208: 4689-98. PMID 16326950 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01927  0.764
2005 Fullard JH, Ratcliffe JM, Guignion C. Sensory ecology of predator-prey interactions: responses of the AN2 interneuron in the field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus to the echolocation calls of sympatric bats. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 191: 605-18. PMID 15886992 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0610-3  0.78
2005 Ratcliffe JM, Raghuram H, Marimuthu G, Fullard JH, Fenton MB. Hunting in unfamiliar space: Echolocation in the Indian false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, when gleaning prey Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58: 157-164. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0912-z  0.771
2004 Fullard JH, Ratcliffe JM, Soutar AR. Extinction of the acoustic startle response in moths endemic to a bat-free habitat. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 17: 856-61. PMID 15271085 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00722.x  0.789
2004 Fenton B, Ratcliffe J. Animal behaviour: eavesdropping on bats. Nature. 429: 612-3. PMID 15190335 DOI: 10.1038/429612A  0.316
2004 Biscardi S, Orprecio J, Fenton MB, Tsoar A, Ratcliffe JM. Data, sample sizes and statistics affect the recognition of species of bats by their echolocation calls Acta Chiropterologica. 6: 347-363. DOI: 10.3161/001.006.0212  0.701
2004 Biscardi S, Orprecio J, Fenton MB, Tsoar A, Ratcliffe JM. Data, Sample Sizes and Statistics Affect the Recognition of Species of Bats by Their Echolocation Calls Acta Chiropterologica. 6: 347-363. DOI: 10.3161/001.006.0212  0.629
2004 Ratcliffe JM, Ter Hofstede HM, Avila-Flores R, Fenton MB, McCracken GF, Biscardi S, Blasko J, Gillam E, Orprecio J, Spanjer G. Conspecifics influence call design in the Brazilian free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis Canadian Journal of Zoology. 82: 966-971. DOI: 10.1139/Z04-074  0.669
2003 Ratcliffe JM, Dawson JW. Behavioural flexibility: The little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus, and the northern long-eared bat, M. septentrionalis, both glean and hawk prey Animal Behaviour. 66: 847-856. DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2297  0.659
2003 Ratcliffe JM, Fenton MB, Galef BG. An exception to the rule: Common vampire bats do not learn taste aversions Animal Behaviour. 65: 385-389. DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2059  0.7
2003 Ter Hofstede HM, Miller J, Ratcliffe JM, Fenton MB. A healed fractured radius in a flying big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation. 26: 4-7.  0.547
2002 Fenton MB, Taylor PJ, Jacobs DS, Richardson EJ, Bernard E, Bouchard S, Debaeremaeker KR, Ter Hofstede H, Hollis L, Lausen CL, Lister JS, Rambaldini D, Ratcliffe JM, Reddy E. Researching little-known species: The African bat Otomops martiensseni (Chiroptera: Molossidae) Biodiversity and Conservation. 11: 1583-1606. DOI: 10.1023/A:1016807606593  0.673
2001 Fenton MB, Bernard E, Bouchard S, Hollis L, Johnston DS, Lausen CL, Ratcliffe JM, Riskin DK, Taylor JR, Zigouris J. The bat fauna of Lamanai, Belize: Roosts and trophic roles Journal of Tropical Ecology. 17: 511-524. DOI: 10.1017/S0266467401001389  0.681
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