Home range of Noack's round-leaf bat (Hipposideros aff. ruber) in an agricultural landscape of central Ghana

0461391 - ÚBO 2017 RIV PL eng J - Journal Article
Nkrumah, E. E. - Vallo, Peter - Klose, S. M. - Ripperger, S. - Badu, E. K. - Drosten, C. - Kalko, E. K. V. - Tschapka, M. - Oppong, S. K.
Home range of Noack's round-leaf bat (Hipposideros aff. ruber) in an agricultural landscape of central Ghana.
Acta Chiropterologica. Roč. 18, č. 1 (2016), s. 239-247. ISSN 1508-1109. E-ISSN 1733-5329
Institutional support: RVO:68081766
Keywords : core area * foraging area * local convex hull * maximum foraging distance * radio-tracking
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
Impact factor: 1.040, year: 2016

Thirteen individuals of Noack’s round-leaf bat, Hipposideros aff. ruber, were radio-tracked for 38 nights in an agricultural landscape in Kwamang, Ashanti Region, Ghana. Local convex hulls were used to estimate home range sizes of the bats. Based on 1,192 fixes, the mean (± SD) home range size was 36 ha ± 35 ha. Individual home range size ranged from six to 95 ha and frequently overlapped among individuals. The foraging area covered 50% of the home range while the core area formed 2%. The mean maximum foraging distance was 1.1 km, with individual distances up to 2.6 km, suggesting Hipposideros aff. ruber is capable of covering relatively long distances. Male bats returned to the cave more often than females during the night. Although the cave was the main roost, each bat also had individual night roosts on trees.
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