Inga Geipel
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Inga Geipel is a behavioral ecologist whose research explores how animals, particularly bats, navigate and make decisions in complex, often noisy environments. Her work sits at the intersection of sensory ecology, predator-prey dynamics, and conservation, with a focus on understanding how anthropogenic noise disrupts natural information processing. In her highly cited 2016 study (117 citations), Geipel demonstrated that bats perceptually weight prey cues across sensory systems—such as echolocation and passive listening—when hunting in noise, revealing a sophisticated cognitive strategy to mitigate the negative effects of environmental disturbance. This finding has profound implications for predicting how species adapt to urbanization and other human-altered habitats. Geipel’s contributions have shaped our understanding of sensory flexibility and the hidden costs of noise pollution on wildlife. Her work is widely recognized for bridging fundamental sensory biology with applied conservation, making her a leading voice in the study of animal behavior under global change.
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- 1Bats perceptually weight prey cues across sensory systems when hunting in noise117 citations · 2016