Range expansion due to urbanization: Increased food resources attract Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) to Melbourne

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-198

  Williams, Nicholas S G ^a   McDonnell, Mark J ^a   Phelan, Gemma K ^b   Keim, Lauren D ^a   Van Der Ree, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Grey headed Flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) food resource availability; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; RANGE EXPANSION; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS;

EID: 33644652437     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01590.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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