Demographic indications of decline in the spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) on the Atherton Tablelands of northern Queensland

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 417-424

  Fox, Samantha ^a,d   Luly, Jon ^a   Mitchell, Catlin ^a   MacLean, Jenny ^b   Westcott, David A ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Tolga Bat Rescue and Research Inc   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BAT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOOTH; VULNERABILITY;

ATHERTON TABLELAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

MAMMALIA; PTEROPUS CONSPICILLATUS;

EID: 49949090061     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07127     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Atwell, R. B., Campbell, F. E., and Evans, E. A. (2001). Prospective survey of tick paralysis in dogs. Australian Veterinary Journal 79(6), 412-418. doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.2001.tb12986.x
2. Austad, S. N., and Fischer, K. E. (1991). Mammalian aging, metabolism, and ecology: evidence from the bats and marsupials. Journal of Gerontology 46, B47-B53.
3. Barclay, R. M. R., and Harder, L. D. (2003). Life histories of bats: life in the slow lane. In 'Bat Ecology'. (Eds T. H. Kunz and M. Brock Fenton.) pp. 209-256. (University of Chicago Press: Chicago, IL.)
4. Barclay, R. M. R., Ulmer, J., MacKenzie, C. J. A., Thompson, M. S., Olson, L., McCool, J., Cropley, E., and Poll, G. (2004). Variation in the reproductive rate of bats. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82, 688-693. doi:10.1139/z04-057
5. Brunet-Rossinni, A. K., and Austad, S. N. (2004). Aging studies on bats: a review. Biogerontology 5, 211-222. doi:10.1023/B:BGEN. 0000038022.65024.d8
6. Cailliet, G. M. (1992). Demography of the central California population of the leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43, 183-193. doi:10.1071/MF9920183
7. Caughley, G. (1977). 'Analysis of Vertebrate Populations.' (John Wiley and Sons: Chichester.)
8. Caughley, G., and Gunn, A. (1996). 'Conservation Biology in Theory and Practice.' (Blackwell Science: Cambridge, MA.)
9. Cool, S. M., Bennett, M. B., and Romaniuk, K. (1994). Age estimation of pteropodid bats (Megachiroptera) from hard tissue parameters. Wildlife Research 21, 353-364. doi:10.1071/WR9940353
10. Cousins, J. A., and Compton, S. G. (2005). The Tongan flying fox Pteropus tonganus: status, public attitudes and conservation in the Cook Islands. Oryx 39, 196-203. doi:10.1017/S003060530500044X
11. Cox, P. A., Elmqvist, T., Pierson, E. D., and Rainey, W. E. (1991). Flying foxes as strong interactors in South Pacific Island ecosystems: a conservation hypothesis. Conservation Biology 5, 448-454. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.1991.tb00351.x
12. Cox, P. A., Elmqvist, T., Pierson, E. D., and Rainey, W. E. (1992). Flying-foxes as pollinators and seed dispersers in Pacific Island ecosystems. In 'Pacific Island Flying-foxes: Proceedings of an International Conservation Conference'. (Eds D. E. Wilson and G. L. Graham.) p. 176. (US Fish and Wildlife Service: Honolulu, HI.)
13. Divljan, A., Parry-Jones, K., and Wardle, G. M. (2006). Age determination in the grey-headed flying-fox. The Journal of Wildlife Management 70, 607-611. doi:10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[607:ADITGF]2.0.CO;2
14. Eby, P. (1991). Seasonal movements of grey-headed flying-foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), from two maternity camps in northern New South Wales. Wildlife Research 18(5), 547-559. doi:10.1071/WR9910547
15. Eby, P., Richards, G., Collins, L., and Parry-Jones, K. (1999). The distribution, abundance and vulnerability to population reduction of a nomadic nectarivore, the Grey-headed flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus in New South Wales, during a period of resource concentration. Australian Zoologist 31, 240-253.
16. Eggert, C. (1994). Is tick paralysis in the spectacled flying fox, Pteropus conspicillatus, related to a change in the foraging behaviour of P. conspicillatus? Honours Thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore.
17. Esselstyn, J. A., Amar, A., and Janeke, D. (2006). Impact of post-typhoon hunting on Mariana fruit bats (Pteropus mariannus). Pacific Science 60, 531-539. doi:10.1353/psc.2006.0027
18. Graham, G. L. (1992). Conservation and subsistence harvesting of Pacific Island flying-foxes. In 'Pacific Island Flying-foxes: Proceedings of an International Conservation Conference'. (Eds D. E Wilson and G. L. Graham.) p. 176. (US Fish and Wildlife Service: Honolulu, HI.)
19. Hall, L., and Richards, G. (2000). 'Flying Foxes: Fruit and Blossom Bats of Australia.' (UNSW Press: Sydney.)
20. Hanski, I. (1999). 'Metapopulation Ecology.' (Oxford University Press: New York.)
21. Heppell, S. S., Caswell, H., and Crowder, L. B. (2000). Life histories and elasticity patterns: perturbation analysis for species with minimal demographic data. Ecology 81, 654-665.
22. Jones, K. E., Purvis, A., and Gittleman, J. L. (2003). Biological correlates of extinction risk in bats. American Naturalist 161, 601-614. doi:10.1086/368289
23. Jonsson, A., and Ebenman, B. (2001). Are certain life histories particularly prone to local extinction? Journal of Theoretical Biology 209, 455-463. doi:10.1006/jtbi.2001.2280
24. Krebs, C. J. (2001). 'Ecology.' (Benjamin Cummings: San Francisco, CA.)
25. McConkey, K. R., and Drake, D. R. (2006). Flying foxes cease to function as seed dispersers long before they become rare. Ecology 87, 271-276. doi:10.1890/05-0386
26. McIllwee, A. P., and Martin, L. (2002). On the intrinsic capacity for increase of Australian flying-foxes (Pteropus spp., Megachiroptera). Australian Zoologist 32, 76-100.
27. Nelson, J. E. (1965). Movements of Australian flying foxes (Pteropodidae: Megachiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 13, 53-73. doi:10.1071/ZO9650053
28. Oli, M. K. (2004). The fast-slow continuum and mammalian life-history patterns: an empirical evaluation. Basic and Applied Ecology 5, 449-463. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2004.06.002
29. Palmer, C., Price, O., and Bach, C. (2000). Foraging ecology of the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) in the seasonal tropics of the Northern Territory Australian Wildlife Research 27, 169-178. doi:10.1071/WR97126
30. Parsons, J. G., Cairns, A., Johnson, C. N., Robson, S. K. A., Shilton, L. A., and Westcott, D. A. (2006). Dietary variation in spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) of the Australian Wet Tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 54, 417-428. doi:10.1071/ZO06092
31. Partridge, L., and Harvey, P. H. (1988). The ecological context of life history evolution. Science 241, 1449-1455. doi:10.1126/science. 241.4872.1449
32. Pierson, E. D., and Rainey, W. E. (1992). The biology of flying-foxes of the genus Pteropus: a review. In 'Pacific Island Flying-foxes: Proceedings of an International Conservation Conference'. (Eds D. E. Wilson and G. L. Graham.) p. 176. (US Fish and Wildlife Service: Honolulu, HI.)
33. Purvis, A., and Harvey, P. H. (1995). Mammal life history evolution - a comparative tests of Charnovs model. Journal of Zoology 237, 259-283.
34. Purvis, A., Gittleman, J. L., Cowlishaw, G., and Mace, G. M. (2000). Predicting extinction risk in declining species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences 267, 1947-1952. doi:10.1098/rspb.2000.1234
35. Racey, P. A., and Entwhistle, A. C. (2000). Life-history and reproductive strategies of bats. In ' Reproductive Biology of Bats'. (Eds E. G. Crichton and P. H. Krutzsch.) pp. 363-414. (Academic Press: London.)
36. Ransome, R. D. (1995). Earlier breeding shortens life in female greater horseshoe bats. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 350, 153-161. doi:10.1098/rstb.1995.0149
37. Ratcliffe, F. (1932). Notes on the fruit bats (Pteropus spp) of Australia. Journal of Animal Ecology 1, 32-57. doi:10.2307/993
38. Read, A. F., and Harvey, P. H. (1989). Life-history differences among the eutherian radiations. Journal of Zoology 219, 329-353.
39. Richard, A. F., Dewar, R. E., Schwartz, M., and Ratssirarson, J. (2002). Life in the slow lane? Demography and life histories of male and female sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi). Journal of Zoology 256, 421-436.
40. Richards, G., and Hall, L. (1998). Conservation biology of Australian bats: are recent advances solving our problems? In 'Bat Biology and Conservation'. (Eds T. H. Kunz and P. A. Racey.) p. 365. (Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, DC.)
41. Ricker, W. E. (1975). 'Computation and Interpretation of Biological Statistics of Fish Populations.' (Department of the Environment Fisheries and Marine Service: Ottawa, Canada.)
42. Saether, B. E., Ringsby, T. H., and Roskaft, E. (1996). Life history variation, population processes and priorities in species conservation: towards a reunion of research paradigms. Oikos 77, 217-226. doi:10.2307/3546060
43. Sibly, R. M., Collett, D., Promislow, D. E. L., Peacock, D. J., and Harvey, P. H. (1997). Mortality rates of mammals. Journal of Zoology 243, 1-12.
44. Stearns, S. C. (1992). 'The Evolution of Life Histories.' (Oxford University Press: Oxford.)
45. Vardon, M. J., and Tidemann, C. R. (1998). Reproduction, growth and maturity in the black flying-fox, Pteropus alecto (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 46, 329-344. doi:10.1071/ZO98023
46. Vardon, M. J., and Tidemann, C. (2000). The black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) in north Australia: juvenile mortality and longevity. Australian Journal of Zoology 48, 91-97. doi:10.1071/ZO99060
47. West, C. C. (1986). Reproductive biology of Pteropus rodricensis. Myotis 23-24, 137-141.
48. Westcott, D. A., Dennis, A. J., Bradford, M. G., and Margules, C. R. (2001). 'The Spectacled Flying fox, Pteropus conspicillatus, In the Context of the World Heritage Values of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.' (Environment Australia: Atherton, Qld.)
49. Wiles, G. J., and Fujita, M. S. (1992). Food plants and economic importance of flying-foxes on Pacific Islands. In ' Pacific Island Flying-foxes: Proceedings of an International Conservation Conference'. (Eds D. E. Wilson and G. L. Graham.) p. 176. (US Fish and Wildlife Service: Honolulu, HI.)
50. Wilkinson, G. S., and South, J. M. (2002). Life history, ecology and longevity in bats. Aging Cell 1, 124-131. doi:10.1046/j.1474-9728. 2002.00020.x
51. Zar, J. H. (1998). 'Biostatistical Analysis.' (Prentice Hall International: Englewood Cliffs, NJ.)