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Table 2 Number and characteristics of foraging areas/feeding roost locations and new day roosts for e-obs tagged bats

From: Fruit bats in flight: a look into the movements of the ecologically important Eidolon helvum in Tanzania

Bat

Forage/feed roost GPS fixes

Maximum straight-line distance to forage/feed roost sites (km)

New day roosts (corresponding no. of GPS fixes)

Maximum straight-line distance between day roosts (km)

Forage/feed roost fixes within 100 m of built-up areas

Forage/feed roost fixes within 100 m of protected areas

Protected areas where bat had forage/feed roost GPS fixes

K5309

150

19.83

1 (30)

10.50

26.67% (40/150)

54% (81/150)

Udzungwa Mountains National Park

K5310

84

62.63

1 (30)

62.86

11.90% (10/84)

69.05% (58/84)

Udzungwa Mountains National Park

K5311

25

11.03

1 (55)

2.50

84.00% (21/25)

0% (0/25)

K5312

45

11.17

0

77.78% (35/45)

17.78% (8/45)

Udzungwa Mountains National Park

K5313

108

6.37

0

91.67% (99/108)

4.63% (5/108)

Udzungwa Mountains National Park

K5315

12

0.97

0

0% (0/12)

0% (0/12)

K5317

48

16.68

0

0% (0/48)

25% (12/48)

Mikumi National Park

K5319

33

2.84

0

81.82% (27/33)

0% (0/33)