
%0 Journal Article
%A Spencer, HJ 
%A Palmer, C 
%A Parry-Jones, K 
%T Movements of Fruit-bats in eastern Australia, determined by using radio-tracking
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1991/07/01
%V 18
%N 4
%P 463-467
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9910463
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR9910463 
%X Results from a long-term radio-tracking study of pteropodid fruit-bats are reported. Grey-headed fruit bats (Pteropus poliocephalus) captured from seven colonies in eastern New South Wales, Australia, were fitted with collar-mounted radio transmitters to permit their movements to be monitored over the following year. The sheepskin-lined leather collars were well tolerated by the bats over periods of 6-18 months. Bats moved between major colony sites for distances of up to 750 km, with movements occurring in both northerly and southerly directions. One bat from Lismore had a feeding range of 25 km, whereas in Sydney bats flew up to 17 km each night to feeding sites. There was considerable interchange between bats in adjacent colonies. 
