Indian flying fox Pteropus giganteus colony in Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka

A colony of Indian flying foxes in Peradeniya Botanical Gardens near Kandy, Sri Lanka, was spread over 20 hectares and numbered 24,480 bats in September 2002. The number of bats per tree varied between ten and 1200. The median value was low (= 50 bats per tree) and half of the trees contained betwee...

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Main Author: Boris Krystufek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Teriologica Italiana 2009-11-01
Series:Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy
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Online Access:http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/view/4430