Nicholas J.A. Webb, Christopher R. Tidemann,
... 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 ... exchange of 15 (P. alecto) and 28 (P. poliocephalus) individuals between populations per generation. Wright's FST, ... low, 0.023 (P. alecto), 0.014 (P. poliocephalus), reflecting the homogenising action of movements across the ... urban population of grey-headed flying foxes ( Pteropus poliocephalus) , Journal of Urban Ecology, 10.1093/jue/juaa034, ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
1996 - Royal Society | Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Abstract The Grey‐headed flying fox Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck 1825 is the only mammalian frugivore to occupy substantial areas of the subtropical rainforests of eastern Australia. The composition of the P. poliocephalus diet and diet specialization in the species are ... forests. During a three‐year diet study, P. poliocephalus used fruits from 44 species of canopy and ... the Myrtaceae and Moraceae. Dietary specialization by P. poliocephalus was examined using two criteria: the influence of ... of diet fruits with fruits available to P. poliocephalus during the study period showed a preference for ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
1998 - Wiley | Australian Journal of Ecology
Seasonal movements of 22 Pteropus poliocephalus, from two maternity camps in north-eastern New South Wales, were monitored from January to June 1989 using radiotelemetry. The animals ... km from the maternity camp sites. Generally, P. poliocephalus from a camp near rainforest (Currie Park, Lismore) ... to camps containing up to 200 000 P. poliocephalus of both sexes. These large aggregations formed during ... individuals drawn from various previous sites. Thus, P. poliocephalus in northern and central N.S.W. appear ...
Tópico(s): Avian ecology and behavior
1991 - CSIRO Publishing | Wildlife Research
Nicholas Williams, Mark J. McDonnell, GEMMA K. PHELAN, Lauren D. Keim, Rodney van der Ree,
... temporal availability of the food resources of Pteropus poliocephalus (Grey‐headed Flying‐fox) in the Melbourne region ... influenced the distribution, abundance and ecology of P. poliocephalus through a dramatic increase in the quantity and ... recorded in the range‐wide diet of P. poliocephalus grew in the Melbourne area. Compilations of street‐ ... that are able to provide food for P. poliocephalus . Phenology records indicate that street trees have lengthened the temporal availability of food for P. poliocephalus . A period of natural food scarcity between May ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
2006 - Wiley | Austral Ecology
Zhijin Liu, Boshi Wang, Tilo Nadler, Guangjian Liu, Tao Sun, Chengming Huang, Qihai Zhou, Zhou Jiang, Tengcheng Que, Ziming Wang, Christian Roos, Ming Li,
... of three closely related langurs, Trachypithecus francoisi, T. poliocephalus and T. leucocephalus, which are all characterized by ... T. francoisi, 54 T. leucocephalus and 19 T. poliocephalus individuals, representing all extant populations of these three ... in T. leucocephalus and three haplotypes in T. poliocephalus. T. leucocephalus and T. poliocephalus form monophyletic clades, which are both nested within ... 0.50-0.25 million years ago (T. poliocephalus). Thus, T. francoisi appears as a polyphyletic group, ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2013 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
... behaviour and displays of the Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus. Emu 83: 129–140.The Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus specialized in feeding on an unpredictable though at ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
1983 - Taylor & Francis | Emu - Austral Ornithology
G. M. O’Brien, James R. McFarlane, P J Kearney,
... made between the grey-headed flying-fox P. poliocephalus, which mates and conceives in autumn, and the ... 896 ng mg−1 in females. In P. poliocephalus males, LH increased to 1082 ng mg−1 ... the mating season; LH concentrations in male P. poliocephalus returned to a low of 222 ng mg− ... autumn mating, by which time the female P. poliocephalus expressed elevated LH concentrations (624 ng mg−1). Apparently in P. poliocephalus, the peak LH concentrations in females are delayed ... energetic courtship on the part of male P. poliocephalus, which is not observed in P. scapulatus, the ...
Tópico(s): Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
2003 - CSIRO Publishing | Reproduction Fertility and Development
Christopher R. Tidemann, John E. Nelson,
... 2,244 wild grey-headed flying-foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus, were harp-trapped, banded and released at sites ... no difference between the sexes of wild P. poliocephalus in age at death or distance travelled, but ... 0.01). The average age of wild P. poliocephalus at death was 7.1 3.9 years ( ± ... Major causes of death of 86 wild P. poliocephalus were: hyperthermia (33.7%); electrocution (18.6%); entanglement ... 6%). 77% of recoveries of wild-banded P. poliocephalus were within 20 km of where they were ...
Tópico(s): Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
2011 - Museum and Institute of Zoology | Acta Chiropterologica
Christopher R. Tidemann, John E. Nelson,
Abstract The grey‐headed flying fox Pteropus poliocephalus , a nationally vulnerable species, is endemic to coastal eastern Australia, from Maryborough, Queensland, through New South Wales to Melbourne, Victoria. Pteropus poliocephalus forages at night, primarily on eucalypt blossom within ... made to track long‐distance movements of P. poliocephalus across its extensive and climatically highly variable range, ... movements of a 2‐year‐old male P. poliocephalus , trapped at the Currie Park camp in the ... other animals remained. The study suggests that P. poliocephalus is a partial migrant that uses winds to ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
2004 - Wiley | Journal of Zoology
Michael A. McGuckin, A. W. Blackshaw,
Summary. Adult male flying foxes Pteropus poliocephalus and P. scapulatus were captured in south-east Queensland and kept in outdoor enclosures. Testicular size (TS), plasma testosterone concentrations (PTC) and ... over 1-year periods. Testicular recrudescence in P. poliocephalus began before the summer solstice and TS was ... the year in this species but, unlike P. poliocephalus, did not show a single large increase in ... similar seasonal pattern to that seen in P. poliocephalus, being greatest at the time of greatest TS. ...
Tópico(s): Sperm and Testicular Function
1991 - Bioscientifica | Reproduction
Mara A. McDonald, Michael H. Smith,
... of a gray instead of black crown. Phaenicophilus poliocephalus have gray crowns similar to those of P. ... average flight distance, and use of substrates. Phaenicophilus poliocephalus lacks a significant age-dimorphism in all behavioral ... P. palmarum occurring singly or in pairs. Phaenicophilus poliocephalus is also smaller than adult P. palmarum for ... there was little introgression. The resemblance of P. poliocephalus to juvenile P. palmarum in general morphology and ... is consistent with a paedomorphic derivation of P. poliocephalus from P. palmarum.
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
1994 - Oxford University Press | Ornithological Applications
Jennifer G. Parsons, Jeremy Van Der Wal, Simon K. A. Robson, Louise A. Shilton,
... throughout coastal Australia, however Pteropus conspicillatus and P. poliocephalus are thought to have allopatric populations. We examine ... some degree for both P. conspicillatus and P. poliocephalus but that the latter had a higher climatic ... at this site. Historical records exist for P. poliocephalus close to this location but not for P. ... opportunities for interbreeding between P. conspicillatus and P. poliocephalus. Therefore, monitoring of this region for the location ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2010 - Museum and Institute of Zoology | Acta Chiropterologica
Anja Divljan, Kerryn Parry-Jones, Glenda M. Wardle,
Historically the grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), the only endemic flying fox in Australia, had a wide distributional range with numbers estimated in the millions (Ratcliffe 1932). However, since European ... an estimated 35% decrease in numbers of P. poliocephalus in the last decade. This decline has caused ... has lead to the nationwide listing of P. poliocephalus as vulnerable (Eby and Lunney 2002). A method ... 1⁄4 14) of 2 Pteropus species: P. poliocephalus and P. alecto. The results of their study ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
2006 - Wiley | Journal of Wildlife Management
Kirsten M. Parris, Donna Hazell,
... of plants. The grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a large, nomadic bat from eastern Australia ... Historically a warm temperate to tropical species, P. poliocephalus recently established a year-round camp in the ... fall within the climatic range of other P. poliocephalus camp sites in Australia. Melbourne is drier than ... the other summer and winter camps of P. poliocephalus. However, we found that temperatures in central Melbourne ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2005 - Elsevier BV | Biological Conservation
... was collected from breeding-season and pregnant P. poliocephalus females shot in the wild and from captive pregnant and ovariectomized P. poliocephalus and P. scapulatus females. Peripheral plasma progesterone concentrations ... chromatography-mass spectroscopy: in intact non-pregnant P. poliocephalus females without corpora lutea (CLs) values ranged from ... these bats may be the adrenal. In P. poliocephalus, peripheral plasma progesterone concentrations showed relatively little change ...
Tópico(s): Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
1995 - CSIRO Publishing | Reproduction Fertility and Development
Ning Wang, Bin Liang, Juan Huo, Wei Liang,
... complete mitochondrial genome of the Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus was determined using next-generation sequencing. Phylogenetic analyses ... identity of our sample as grouping with C. poliocephalus, which was sister to a clade of other ... and C. saturatus. The mitogenomic length of C. poliocephalus was 17 508 bp, including 13 protein-coding ... position 174 of ND3. The mitogenome of C. poliocephalus will contribute to studies of mitogenomic evolution, the ...
Tópico(s): Genetic diversity and population structure
2015 - Taylor & Francis | Mitochondrial DNA Part A
Pteropus poliocephalus is endemic to coastal eastern Australia (20-28°S), where infrequent, but extreme droughts and floods, commonly ... 20 km of the camp of origin. Pteropus poliocephalus has experienced a range reduction since European settlement ... reservation, and promotion of the benefits of P. poliocephalus as well as other flying-foxes; the problems ... of population status. Measures developed to manage P. poliocephalus could inform management of other flying-foxes for ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
1999 - Museum and Institute of Zoology | Acta Chiropterologica
Samantha H. Yabsley, Jessica Meade, John M. Martin, Justin A. Welbergen,
... can exploit. The grey-headed flying-fox ( Pteropus poliocephalus ) is a threatened, highly mobile species of bat ... examine positional data from 98 satellite-tracked P . poliocephalus for up to 5 years in urban and ... landscapes sustain a large proportion of the P . poliocephalus population year-round. When individuals roosted in non- ... where this information was available, foraging by P . poliocephalus was associated with different dominant plant species depending ... and non-urban landscape utilisation by foraging P . poliocephalus . However, further research is needed to understand the ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
2021 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
... of the fruit bats Pteropus alecto and P. poliocephalus was investigated by dissection and by light and ... intestinal mucosa displays more goblet cells in P. poliocephalus than in P. alecto. The large intestine is ... to a short segment, slightly shorter in P. poliocephalus than in P. alecto. The study highlights several ...
Tópico(s): Physiological and biochemical adaptations
1985 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Zoology
Isabell Schneider, Inge H.M. Tielen, Johanna Rode, Pieter Levelink, D. Schrudde,
The golden-headed or Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus poliocephalus) is endemic to Cat Ba Island in northern ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
2010 - Conservation International | Primate Conservation
Yan Ropert‐Coudert, Akiko Kato,
... dives and subsequent surface durations of Hoary-headed (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) and Australasian Little Grebes (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae), respectively, at ...
Tópico(s): Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
2009 - The Waterbird Society | Waterbirds
Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Robert B. Payne,
... nestling and fledgling C. saturatus horsfieldi and C. poliocephalus poliocephalus was similar, dark blackish brown (DBB) in the ... or DBB and white in young C. p. poliocephalus. The rest of the lower parts were banded ...
Tópico(s): Bird parasitology and diseases
1986 - Ornithological Society of Japan | Japanese Journal of Ornithology
... measured during flight in two flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) at airspeeds of 4–8·6 ms−1. ... non-evaporative thermal conductance in flight, the P. poliocephalus became severely hyperthermic at ambient temperatures (Ta) above ...
Tópico(s): Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
1985 - The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology
Mara A. McDonald, Michael H. Smith,
... as heterozygous as adults (H = 0.074). Phaenicophilus poliocephalus (H = 0.104) was not characterized by a ... age dimorphism in any character examined. Although P. poliocephalus resembled juvenile P. palmarum in morphology and behavior, ... are not characterized by fixed allelic differences. Phaenicophilus poliocephalus was probably derived from small founding populations (ca. ...
Tópico(s): Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
1990 - Oxford University Press | Ornithology
... energy (MER) and nitrogen (MNR) requirements of Pteropus poliocephalus were determined from a series of feeding trials ... to meet nitrogen requirements also explains how P. poliocephalus can afford a high field energy budget.
Tópico(s): Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
1986 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Zoology
Emily Schmelitschek, Kris French, Kerryn Parry-Jones,
... to determine whether grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) have feeding preferences related to habitat or dietary ... used and the food items consumed by P. poliocephalus. Key results.The amount of food available per ...
Tópico(s): Primate Behavior and Ecology
2009 - CSIRO Publishing | Wildlife Research
... histological features of the wing membrane of Pteropus poliocephalus are described at both the light and electron ... and electron microscopy. The flight membrane of P. poliocephalus had a dorsal and ventral layer of epidermis ...
Tópico(s): Cryospheric studies and observations
1994 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Zoology
Stephanie Snoyman, Culum Brown,
... size of the grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) has decreased dramatically as a result of a ... aimed to determine the microclimate characteristics of P. poliocephalus camps. Temperature and humidity data were collected via ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
2010 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Zoology
... in free-ranging gray-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) to better understand the links between life history, ... females (514 g). Sexual size dimorphism in P. poliocephalus likely results from prolonged male growth and delayed ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
2010 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Mammalogy
... in free-ranging gray-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) to better understand the links between life history, ... females (514 g). Sexual size dimorphism in P. poliocephalus likely results from prolonged male growth and delayed ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
2010 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Mammalogy