“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).