Flight behaviour and short-distance homing by nomadic grey-headed flying-foxes: a pilot study
Our findings suggest that approximately half of the displaced animals were aware of where they were with respect to 'home' the night after release, whereas other individuals took at least a further night to orient themselves. While our results are consistent with previous work suggesting that non-echolocating bats may use a large-scale navigational map based on vision, sensory manipulations would be needed to confirm this.
Authors
- Adam McKeown
- Christopher Turbill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9810-7102)
- Jessica Meade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1082-9907)
- John M. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8558-6482)
- Wayne Boardman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1746-0682)
- Justin A. Welbergen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8085-5759)
- Melissa Jane Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7360-2868)
Institutions
- Deakin University (AU)
- Ecological Consulting (Czechia) (CZ)
- CSIRO Land and Water (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Movement Ecology
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-025-00532-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.03
Funders
- Australian Research Council