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Mobility of Australian flying-foxes, Pteropus spp. (Megachiroptera): evidence from genetic variation

1996; Royal Society; Volume: 263; Issue: 1369 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rspb.1996.0075

1471-2954

Nicholas J.A. Webb, Christopher R. Tidemann,

Species Distribution and Climate Change

Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Webb N. J. and Tidemann C. R. 1996Mobility of Australian flying-foxes, Pteropus spp. (Megachiroptera): evidence from genetic variationProc. R. Soc. Lond. B.263497–502http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1996.0075SectionRestricted accessArticleMobility of Australian flying-foxes, Pteropus spp. (Megachiroptera): evidence from genetic variation N. J. Webb Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and C. R. Tidemann Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author N. J. Webb Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed and C. R. Tidemann Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Published:22 April 1996https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1996.0075AbstractBlack (Pteropus alecto) and grey-headed (Pteropus poliocephalus) flying-foxes inhabit large ranges in coastal north and eastern Australia. P. poliocephalus is endemic to the region and is classified as vulnerable. The bats are known to migrate in response to flowering and fruiting of their food plants, but direct observation of movement patterns is difficult. Protein electrophoresis was used to investigate genetic subdivision among populations. High gene flow was inferred for both species with an estimated exchange of 15 (P. alecto) and 28 (P. poliocephalus) individuals between populations per generation. Wright's FST, an index of among population genetic variation, was low, 0.023 (P. alecto), 0.014 (P. poliocephalus), reflecting the homogenising action of movements across the species' ranges. An FST value of 0.028 has been reported for a third Australian species, the little red flying-fox, P. scapulatus. The FST values for Australian flying-foxes are closer to those found for birds than the typically higher values for mammals and we conclude that these flying-foxes are essentially panmictic and for management purposes should be treated as migratory species.FootnotesThis text was harvested from a scanned image of the original document using optical character recognition (OCR) software. As such, it may contain errors. Please contact the Royal Society if you find an error you would like to see corrected. Mathematical notations produced through Infty OCR. 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