Recommendations for the recovery of the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus in New South Wales

2002 ◽  
pp. 268-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma M. O'Brien ◽  
Mary-Clare G. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Pteropus Poliocephalus ◽  
Flying Fox

Managing the Grey-Headed Flying-Fox as a Threatened Species in NSW. P. Eby and D. Lunney (Eds) A Review by Eleanor Wills.

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
E Wills
Keyword(s):  
Threatened Species ◽  
New South ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Zoological Society ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Pteropus Poliocephalus ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Flying Fox

THE grey-headed flying fox Pteropus poliocephalus is managed simultaneously under two contrasting paradigms in New South Wales (NSW), as a threatened species and as a pest in orchards and at camps in some urban centres. Many authors have called attention to the lack of understanding of the species and the obstacle this may pose for conservation efforts. Managing the grey-headed flying-fox as a threatened species in NSW was produced as a result of a forum held on the 28th of July 2001 by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. It provides a comprehensive and up-todate review of management strategies for the species, in the context of recent legislative changes.

scholarly journals Managing the Grey-headed Flying Fox as a threatened species in NSW

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Dorian Moro
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Migratory Species ◽  
Zoological Society ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Pteropus Poliocephalus ◽  
Flying Fox

ONCE again the Royal Zoological Society of NSW has collated a set of informative papers on a controversial wildlife management topic: how to manage the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus as a threatened species in New South Wales. The management of this migratory species poses a complex set of problems to government, conservation agencies, and the horticultural industry given a recent decision to upgrade this species from "protected" to "threatened".

Movements of Fruit-bats in eastern Australia, determined by using radio-tracking

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 463 ◽  
Author(s):  
HJ Spencer ◽  
C Palmer ◽  
K Parry-Jones
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Radio Tracking ◽  
Fruit Bats ◽  
Feeding Sites ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Pteropus Poliocephalus ◽  
Radio Transmitters

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.

Seasonal movements of grey-headed flying-foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera : Pteropodidae), from two maternity camps in northern New South Wales

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 547 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Eby
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Breeding Population ◽  
Mating Season ◽  
Seasonal Movements ◽  
Median Distance ◽  
South Wales ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Pteropus Poliocephalus ◽  
Sclerophyll Forest

Seasonal movements of 22 Pteropus poliocephalus, from two maternity camps in north-eastern New South Wales, were monitored from January to June 1989 using radiotelemetry. The animals moved independently in time and space among various communal roosts located 8-610 km from the maternity camp sites. Generally, P. poliocephalus from a camp near rainforest (Currie Park, Lismore) remained within 50 km of the maternity site. These localised movements were attributed to the continued availability of fruits in the rainforest throughout the study. Animals from a maternity camp surrounded by sclerophyll forest (Susan I., Grafton) undertook long migrations south (median distance 342.5 km, n = 11) to camps containing up to 200 000 P. poliocephalus of both sexes. These large aggregations formed during the mating season and comprised individuals drawn from various previous sites. Thus, P. poliocephalus in northern and central N.S.W. appear to function as a single breeding population and should be managed as such. After mid-May, animals from Susan I. returned to north-eastern N.S.W. There was high correlation between movements of P. poliocephalus from the camp at Susan I. and the flowering patterns of certain species of Myrtaceae and Proteaceae. It is hypothesised that flowering attractive to apiarists is also attractive to P. poliocephalus and that information from apiarists could be used by wildlife managers to predict large aggregations of the animals.

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