Pteropus scapulatus — Literature

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References

  • 1. IUCN Red List (November, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist.org
  • 10. Australian Museum Online (November, 2006) http://www.amonline.net.au/bats/records/bat2.htm
  • 2. Queensland Government: Environmental Protection Agency / Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (November, 2006) http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/native_animals/nocturnal_animals/mammals/little_red_flyingfox/
  • 3. Animal Diversity Web (November, 2006) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pteropus_scapulatus.html
  • 4. The Henipavirus Ecology Collaborative Research Group (HERG) (November, 2006) http://www.henipavirus.org/virus_and_host_info/bats/pteropus_scapulatus.htm
  • 5. CITES (November, 2006) http://www.cites.org
  • 6. Rainforest-Australia (November, 2006) http://rainforest-australia.com/little_red_flying_fox.htm
  • 7. Friends of the Far North Flying Foxes (November, 2006) http://www.jeffress.net/ffnff/barbwire.htm
  • 8. Wellington Zoo (November, 2006) http://www.wellingtonzoo.com/animals/animals/mammals/fruitbat.html
  • 9. Lian, T.S. (1999) Flying Foxes. WETlands: a publication of Sungei Buloh Nature Park, 6 (2): 0. Available at http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/wetlands/text/99-6-2-5.htm
  • Barclay, R. 2002. Do plants pollinated by flying fox bats (Megachiroptera) provide and extra calcium reward in their nectar?. Biotropica, 34/1: 168-171.
  • Christesen, L., J. Nelson. 2000. Vocal communication in the Grey-Headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus . Australian Zoologist, 31/3: 447-457.
  • Daniel, J. 1975. First record of an Australian fruit bat (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae) reaching New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2: 227-231.
  • Funakoshi, K., H. Watanabe, T. Kunisaki. 1993. Feeding ecology of the northern Ryuku fruit bat, Pteropus dasymallus dasymallus, in a warm-temperate region. Journal of Zoology London, 230: 221-230.
  • Hall, S. 1987. Identification, distribution and taxonomy of Australian flying foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Aust. Mamm, 10: 75-79.
  • Marshall, G. 1985. Old World phytophagus bats (Megachiroptera) and their food plants: a survey. Zool. J. Linn, 83: 351-369.
  • McGuckin, A., W. Blackshaw. 1991. Seasonal changes in testicular size, plasma testosterone concentration and body weight in captive flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus and Pteropus scapulatus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 92: 339-346.
  • Nelson, S. 2001. Nutritional landscape ecology of Pteropus tonganus in American Samoa. Bat Research News, 42/4: 172.
  • O’Brien, M. 1993. Seasonal reproduction in flying foxes, reviewed in the context of other tropical mammals. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 5: 499-521.
  • O’Brien, M. 1996. Comparative Morphology of the Pituary Gland in Australian Flying Foxes (Megachiroptera: Genus Pteropus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 244(1): 70-77.
  • O’Brien, M., F. Nankervis. 1994. Coital behavior of male Pteropus scapulatus (little red flying foxes) in captivity. Physiological and Behavior, 56: 471-477.
  • Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
  • Richards, C. 1995. A review of ecological interactions of fruit bats in Australian ecosystems. Symp. Zool. Soc. of Lond, 67: 79-92.
  • Sinclair, E., N. Webb, C. Tideman. 1996. Variation in the little red flying-fox, Pteropus scapulatus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae): implications for management. Biiol. Conser., 76: 45-50.
  • Tidemann, C., M. Vardon, A. Loughland, P. Brocklehurst. 1999. Dry season camps of flying foxes (Pteropus spp.) in Kakadu world heritage area, north Australia. Journal of Zoology London, 247: 155-163.
  • Waithman, J. 1979. A report on a collection of mammals from southwest Papua, 1972- 1973. Aust. Zool, 20: 213-326.
  • Webb, N., C. Tidemann. 1999. Hybridization between black (Pteropus alecto) and grey-headed (P. poliocephalus) flying-foxes (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae). Aust. Mamm, 18: 19-26.
  • Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
  • Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204

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