“Some areas of permanent camps are more consistently occupied
(’core areas’) than others”
This understanding was generally reported by previous studies, with none
contradicting it (Table 2). Consistent with these other studies (e.g.
Nelson 1965b; Welbergen 2005) we observed some areas of roosts to be
more consistently occupied than others (Figure 2). Occupancy of subplots
ranged between 100% (30 subplots) to under 10% (15 subplots) across
surveys when bats were present in roosts.