
%0 Journal Article
%A Fullard, JH 
%A Koehler, C 
%A Surlykke, A 
%A Mckenzie, NL 
%T Echolocation Ecology and Flight Morphology of Insectivorous Bats (Chiroptera) in South-Western Australia
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1991/08/01
%V 39
%N 4
%P 427-438
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9910427
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9910427 
%X A small community of obligate insectivorous microchiropterans in the Perup forest reserve of southwestern Australia was sampled to determine species flight morphologies, diets and echolocation call designs. The aspect ratio:wing loading relationships of the seven species analysed indicate a loose clustering of species into closed, edge and open microhabitats with substantial interspecific overlap. Non-parametric correlations of the bats' aspect ratios and wing loadings with their echolocation call characteristics support these foraging zone classifications. Diet analyses indicate that this community of bats forages on a wide variety of insects, although certain preferences for Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Coleoptera were noted. We use these results and observations of the same species from other sites to propose a microhabitat separation for the bats of the Perup forest. 
