| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1987 |
| Authors: | T. A. Vaughan |
| Journal: | J. Mamm. |
| Volume: | 68 |
| Pagination: | 376-378 |
| Date Published: | 1987 |
| Keywords: | behaviour, Chiroptera, day roosts, East Africa, Kenya, Lake Baringo, Lavia frons, Megadermatidae, physiology, roosting, seasonality, thermoregulation |
| Abstract: | The author observed five pairs of African yellow-winged bats (Lavia frons) in Kenya, East Africa, for 203 weeks each month. These monogamous bats are insectivorous and territorial. Pairs usually roosted by day in the crowns of Acacia tortilis, moved to different roost several times each day, and changed their roosting-site preferences seasonally. This report considers these movements in relation to seasonal changes in temperature, rainfall, and the phenology of A. tortilis. |