Roost use by long-tailed bats in South Canterbury: examining predictions of roost-site selection in a highly fragmented landscape
We studied the roosting ecology of the long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) during the springautumn months from 19982002 at Hanging Rock in the highly fragmented landscape of South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. We compared the structural characteristics and microclimates of roost sites used by communally and solitary roosting bats with those of randomly available sites, and roosts of C. tuberculatus occupying unmodified Nothofagus forest in the Eglinton Valley, Fiordland. Roosting group sizes and roost residency times were also compared.