Roost use by Two Sympatric Species of Scotophilus in A Natural Environment Academic Article

abstract

• Roost use by African bats is poorly known, particularly for those using cavities in trees. Two sympatric species of Scotophilus were fitted with transmitters and tracked to their respective roosts in a natural savanna site in Swaziland. Both species roosted exclusively in trees, apparently preferring Combretum imberbe trees with large girths. The conservation of such roosting trees may be critical to the continued persistence of cavity-nesting insectivorous bats in African savannas.

authors

• Silvy, Nova

published proceedings

• South African Journal of Wildlife Research

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Monadjem, A., Raabe, T., Dickerson, B., Silvy, N., & McCleery, R.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Monadjem, Ara||Raabe, Tara||Dickerson, Brian||Silvy, Nova||McCleery, Robert

publication date

• April 2010

publisher

• Southern African Wildlife Management Association  Publisher

published in

• South African Journal of Wildlife Research  Journal

keywords

• 15 Life On Land

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3957/056.040.0108

start page

• 73

end page

• 76

volume

• 40

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3957/056.040.0108

user-defined tag

• 15 Life on Land