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SUBMITTER: Calderon-Capote MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7277244 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Calderón-Capote María C MC Dechmann Dina K N DKN Fahr Jakob J Wikelski Martin M Kays Roland R O'Mara M Teague MT
Royal Society open science 20200527 5
Intraspecific competition in large aggregations of animals should generate density-dependent effects on foraging patterns. To test how large differences in colony size affect foraging movements, we tracked seasonal movements of the African straw-coloured fruit bat (<i>Eidolon helvum</i>) from four colonies that range from 4000 up to 10 million animals. Contrary to initial predictions, we found that mean distance flown per night (9-99 km), number of nightly foraging sites (2-3) and foraging and c ...[more]