
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Law, B.S. 
T1  - Sugar preferences ofthe Queensland Blossom Bat, Syconycteris australis: a pilot study.
JF  - Australian Mammalogy
JO  - Aust. Mammalogy
Y1  - 1993
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
SP  - 17
EP  - 21
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AM93003 
N2  - Preferences of captive blossom bats for sugar types and concentrations were investigated. Blossom bats did not display a clear preference when presented pure sucrose or glucose solutions or an equal volume mixture of sucrose, glucose and fructose. However, a trend for avoidance of pure fructose solutions was evident. In contrast, blossom bats were very sensitive to variations in sugar concentration, preferring the most concentrated sugar solution (40 %) to the almost complete exclusion of others. These results suggest flowers may be chosen on the basis of sugar concentration and are discussed in reference to the highly specialised nectar/pollen diet of blossom bats. 
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