Miniature GPS tags reveal extensive movements by a threatened narrow‐space bat and highlight sensitivity to forest clearing

• Published in: Austral ecology Vol. 49; no. 12
• Main Authors: Gonsalves, Leroy, Law, Brad, Brassil, Traecey, O'Loughlin, Christopher, Kerr, Isobel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Richmond Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Agricultural land; autumn; Availability; Bats; case studies; Chiroptera; Clearing; Clustering; core range; Cryptic species; flight; Forest harvesting; Forest management; Forests; Habitat availability; Habitat preferences; habitat selection; Habitats; home range; insectivores; Land management; Night; Nyctophilus corbeni; Prescribed fire; Reforestation; Regrowth; Sensitivity analysis; species; Tags; Thinning; Threatened species; timber harvesting; wildfire; Wildfires

An understanding of fine‐scale movements made by animals is critical for assessing localized habitat preferences and informing the scales over which land management should be applied. However, for cryptic species such as insectivorous bats that are highly mobile and active at night, it is difficult...