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Flying-fox colonies, extreme heat events and the need for empirically tested intervention methods: towards a temperature-humidity index for the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus
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Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2025)
Published: 02 June 2025
... initiated a collaborative research trial with Western Sydney University and Campbelltown City Council to investigate the effects of sprinklers on roost microclimate and behavioural responses in the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus . A sprinkler system for two treatment sites within a flying-fox...
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A management case study of a Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus camp on residential land
Open Access
Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2022) 42 (3): 752–769.
Published: 02 March 2022
...Matthew Mo; Lorraine Oliver; Kylie Coutts-McClelland; Nathaly Jones; Joshua Gregory ABSTRACT The management of a Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus camp in Berry, New South Wales, is a case study of the challenges faced by local councils and state environment agencies trying to address...
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (1): 124–138.
Published: 01 October 2020
...Matthew Mo; Mike Roache; Deb Lenson; Heidi Thomson; Mitchell Jarvis; Natalie Foster; Angie Radford; Lorraine Oliver; Damon L. Oliver; Joss Bentley ABSTRACT Flying-fox camps in urban areas are a contentious wildlife management issue. Since 2012, Grey-headed Flying-foxes Pteropus poliocephalus have...
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Predation on cicadas by an Australian Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus based on DNA evidence
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2020) 40 (4): 515–528.
Published: 01 June 2020
... collected and photographed oral ejecta pellets under trees with high flying-fox activity, some containing evidence of multiple masticated insects. Further genetic analysis proved that these pellets came from Grey-headed Flying-foxes Pteropus poliocephalus . We propose that flying-foxes use an array...
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The maternal behaviour and development of a Little Red Flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus in captivity
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 175–180.
Published: 17 March 2014
...Eva Gonzales; Robert Close The Little Red Flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus is the most widely distributed flying-fox in Australia yet is the least studied. An injured female was taken in captivity and gave birth to a male. Careful notes were taken of the development of the young and its relationship...
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The conservation status of the Spectacled Flying Fox Pteropus conspicillatus in Australia
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 38–54.
Published: 17 March 2014
... selection and resource use by flying foxes (genus Pteropus). Ecology 79: 1949-967. Diet selection and resource use by flying foxes (genus Pteropus Ecology 79 1949 967 Bull, C. H., 1993. Colony structure, population estimates and roast fidelity of selected colonies of Spectacled Flying Foxes...
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 240–253.
Published: 17 March 2014
...Peggy Eby; Greg Richards; Linda Collins; Kerryn Parry-Jones The Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus has an expansive range. However, the species actually occupies a relatively restricted and continuously changing habitat area, which is primarily defined by irregular patterns of nectar...
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Vocal communication in the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (3): 447–457.
Published: 17 March 2014
...Linda Christesen; John Nelson The vocalisations emitted by adult and juvenile Grey-headed Flying-foxes Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) within daytime camps and night nurseries were studied using audio and video data. The calls were differentiated via discriminant analysis...
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A new flying-fox of the genus Pteropus ( Chiroptera: Pteropodidae ) from Torres Strait, Australia
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (1): 69–75.
Published: 17 March 2014
...G. C. Richards; L. S. Hall A new species of flying-fox (genus Pteropus) is described as P. banakrisi . This species is similar in appearance to P. alecto which is seasonally sympatric in the type locality, but P. banakrisi is much smaller and differs in dental characteristics. P banakrisi is also...
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On the intrinsic capacity for increase of Australian flying-foxes ( Pteropus spp., Megachiroptera )
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (1): 76–100.
Published: 17 March 2014
... in the fluying fox Pteropus scapulatus. Zoological Science 7: 871-877. Stress effects on late pregnancy in the fluying fox Pteropus scapulatus Zoological Science 7 871 877 Eby, P., 1998. An analysis of diet specialization in frugivorous Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera) in Australian...
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Posture and pauses during parturition in flying-foxes (Genus Pteropus , suborder Megachiroptera)
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (4): 437–442.
Published: 17 March 2014
...Len Martin Observations of births in wild and captive Pteropus confirm that the usual birthing posture of the mother is hanging from the hind-legs, and not, as was asserted in a recent report, hanging by the thumbs. Observations of births in wild and captive Pteropus show that after emergence...
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (4): 443–448.
Published: 17 March 2014
... Pteropus, suborder Megachiroptera): cautionary tales for carers Len Martin' 'Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Queensland 4072 ABSTRACT Observations on the roosting posture of adult and mother-raised-young flying-10x8s demonstrate that there is no good reason lor neonate and infant...
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 698–710.
Published: 20 October 2011
.... Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus shooting orchard humane killing animal welfare AWAC. 2008. Animal Welfare Advisory Committee's Recommendations. Advice to the Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries, The Honourable Tim Mulherin Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (Qld) Queensland...
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Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 341–348.
Published: 14 October 2011
...M. Bennett; M. Forwood Fluorochrome labelling of bone formation was used to examine the effect of exercise (flight) on the wing skeleton of fruit bats, Pteropus poliocephalus , over a 194 day period. The bats in this study had been born and raised in captivity and it was hypothesised that the large...
Journal Articles
Journal:
Australian Zoologist
Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (2): 119–124.
Published: 10 October 2011
...Peter Phillips; Philip Hauser; Mike Letnic This paper reports upon an operation to displace camps of Black Flying-foxes Pteropus alecto using non-lethal methods from the town of Batchelor. The flying-foxes showed a preference for camping in African Mahogany trees Khala senegalensis . Flying-foxes...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.009
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... Roost trees at three Pteropus conspicillatus camps in the Australian Wet Tropics were monitored for the presence and absence of individuals over a four month period. The number of individual P. conspicillatus in roost trees varied on a variety of time scales, with seasonal changes...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.011
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... This study was undertaken to gain some knowledge of Flying-fox (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae) learning ability, using 10 Spectacled Flying-foxes Pteropus conspicillatus in a free-operant conditioning paradigm. The subjects were trained to pull levers for a juice reward in the controlled...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.019
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.020
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... Determining the population dynamics of the vulnerable Grey-headed Flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus requires accurate methods of estimating the age of wild animals. Traditionally, wild juvenile P. poliocephalus have been aged by comparing their forearm measurements to those of known-aged...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.036
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
... and individuals that is being co-ordinated by Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. The project aims to undertake actions to benefit the conservation of the four species of flying-fox found on mainland Australia: Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus , Spectacled Flying-fox P. conspicillatus , Black...
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