Long-distance and frequent movements of the flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus: Implications for management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Roberts, Billie J ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a   Eby, Peggy ^b   Kanowski, John ^a,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FLY; KNOWLEDGE; LATITUDE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPTERA; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PEST CONTROL; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS;

EID: 84864537232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042532     Document Type: Article

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