
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fullard, JH 
A1  - Koehler, C 
A1  - Surlykke, A 
A1  - Mckenzie, NL 
T1  - Echolocation Ecology and Flight Morphology of Insectivorous Bats (Chiroptera) in South-Western Australia
JF  - Australian Journal of Zoology
JO  - Aust. J. Zool.
Y1  - 1991
VL  - 39
IS  - 4
SP  - 427
EP  - 438
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9910427 
N2  - 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. 
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