“Large influxes of species into roosts (especially little red flying-foxes) can displace other species”
Only one previous study had reported displacement by species, reporting an anecdotal observation of black and grey-headed flying-foxes being displaced by little red flying-foxes (Table 2). Our quantitative data document changing distribution of regular species occupants in response to (‘invading’) irregular species occupants, supporting this prior observation. Little red flying-foxes, in particular, were observed to displace black and grey-headed flying-foxes from their usual roosting locations (most notably at the ‘Redcliffe’ roost: Appendix S3). Black and grey-headed flying-foxes tended to co-occur in roosts without too much impact on each other (Appendix S3).