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Unique Insights into Dispersion Distances Among Calling Males of Wahlberg’s Epauletted Fruit Bat in Kruger National Park, South Africa-2013 Rick A. Adams and Emily R. Snode We used a novel technique to quantify dispersion patterns among a large group of calling male Epomophorus wahlbergi congregated around five neighboring and synchronously fruiting sycamore fig trees (Ficus sycomorus) in Kruger National Park, South Africa by using the physics of sound attenuation over distance to monitor and map positions of calling males without disturbing their mating behavior. Our data give previously unobserved insights into how male Wahlbergs epauletted fruit bats position their calling roosts in relation to one another and fruiting fig trees under conditions of extreme drought and limited local food availability.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:49:54 +0000

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