• DOI:10.1007/s12595-018-0269-8
Corpus ID: 52271835

The Effect of Seasonal Changes on Emergence Behaviour of the Indian Flying Fox, Pteropus giganteus

@article{Kumar2018TheEO,
  title={The Effect of Seasonal Changes on Emergence Behaviour of the Indian Flying Fox, Pteropus giganteus},
  author={R. Kumar and D. N. Prasad and V. Elangovan},
  journal={Proceedings of the Zoological Society},
  year={2018},
  volume={72},
  pages={74-78}
}

R. Kumar, D. N. Prasad, V. Elangovan

Published 2018

Biology

Proceedings of the Zoological Society

The emergence behaviour of the Indian flying fox, Pteropus giganteus in response to different seasons and environmental conditions was studied in an age-old colony located at Mohanlal Ganj, Uttar Pradesh, India. The bats were chosen large, tall and well exposed Eucalyptus sp. trees as their roost. The behavioural activities such as wing stretching, shifting of roost to the periphery, vocalization and circling flights around the roosts were initiated by a few individuals before their emergence… CONTINUE READING

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