A re-evaluation of the northern distributional limit of the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus Author Catterall, Carla, Roberts, B., Kanowski, J., Eby, P. Published 2008 Journal Title Australiasian Bat Society Newsletter Copyright Statement © 2008 Australasian Bat Society. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. Downloaded from http://hdl.handle.net/10072/23934 Link to published version http://ausbats.org.au/#/newsletter/4553514675 Griffith Research Online https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au The Australasian Bat Society Newsletter, Number 31, Nov 2008 A re-evaluation of the northern poliocephalus has contracted by over 750 km since the 1900s and that the current breeding distributional limit of the Grey- range does not extend north of Maryborough in headed Flying-fox, Pteropus south east Queensland (Tidemann 1999, Tidemann and Nelson 2004, van Dyck and poliocephalus Strahan 2008). This contraction in the northern part of P. poliocephalus range has been variously 1 1 Billie J. Roberts , Carla P. Catterall , John cited as evidence for the emerging impacts of 1 2 Kanowski and Peggy Eby . climate change (Tidemann 1999, Hughes 2003, 1 Griffith School of Environment, Griffith Tidemann and Nelson 2004, Welbergen et al. University, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia. 2007), and attributed to increased competition E-mail:
[email protected] with the southward-expanding P. alecto 2 Biodiversity Conservation Science, Department (Tidemann 1999, Hall and Richards 2000, Eby of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), 2006, van Dyck and Strahan 2008).