![]() ![]() Our findings demonstrate the importance of residential areas for urban-roosting P. Flowering and fruiting phenology records of the food plants visited further indicated that non-locally indigenous species increase the temporal availability of foraging resources for P. Throughout, flying-foxes visited an eclectic mixture of diet plants (49 unique species), with a majority of feeding fixes (63%) to locally indigenous Australian native species however, in residential areas 53% of feeding visits were to non-locally indigenous species, vs only 13% in reserves. Primary production land was relatively less utilized, presumably because it contains few food resources. These results suggest that while residential areas provide most foraging resources supporting Adelaide’s flying-fox population, reserves contain foraging resources that are particularly attractive to P. However, “reserves” were visited four times more frequently than expected from their areal availability, followed by the “residential” and “road-side” categories that were visited approximately twice more than expected each in contrast, the “primary production” category was visited approximately five times less than expected. The most frequently visited land-use category was “residential” (40% of fixes) followed by “road-side,” “reserves” and “primary production” (13–14% each). poliocephalus roosting in Adelaide, South Australia, between December 2019 and May 2020, using global positioning systems (GPS), to investigate how individuals used the urban landscape mosaic for feeding. However, which land-use areas and food plants support its presence in urban areas is unknown. Previous research has shown that urban-roosting grey-headed flying-foxes ( Pteropus poliocephalus) preferentially forage in human-modified landscapes. Flying-foxes ( Pteropus spp.) are becoming increasingly urbanized which is thought to be a result of increased availability and temporal stability of urban food resources, diminished natural food resources, or both. Generally, urbanization is a major threat to biodiversity however, urban areas also provide habitats that some species can exploit. 4Currency Creek Arboretum, Melrose Park, SA, Australia.3Institute of Science and Learning, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Mosman, NSW, Australia.2Department of Pathobiology and Population Health, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, Australia.1Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.Walker 1, Christopher Turbill 1 and Justin A.
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