Roost‐site selection among flat‐haded bats (Tylonycteris spp.)

Authors

Lord Medway
Adrian G. Marshall

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1970

Abstract

During six years, 1962–68, the biology of the bats Tylonycteris pachypus and T. robustula has been studied at the University of malaya Field Studies Centre, Ulu Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. Both species were often found roosting within internodes of the bamboo Gigantochloa scortechinii, entering and leaving through narrow vertical slits caused by the beetle Lasiochila goryi. In this paper the roost sites are described and evidence is presented that each species of bat actively selected roosts of a different range of dimensions. The ecological implications of the separation of the species by this factor are discussed. Copyright © 1970, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

Keywords

Roost‐site, flat‐haded bats, Tylonycteris spp.

Divisions

InstituteofBiologicalSciences

Publication Title

Journal of Zoology

Volume

161

Issue

2

Publisher

Wiley