Movement Patterns and Flight Distances
Movements of the tracked bats in the study area were
characterized by commuting flights between day roosts and
foraging areas, or between different foraging areas, and
small-scale movements within the foraging areas (Fig. 1).
Site fidelity to foraging areas was high for most individuals
during the tracking period; the majority of tracked bats
(n ¼ 13) almost exclusively exploited the same foraging areas
every night, up to a maximum of 10 nights (bat 2277;
Table 1). The other individuals (n ¼ 6) also repeatedly
frequented the same localities but either included additional
areas or shifted some localities during the tracking period.
The maximum linear distances from day roosts to foraging
areas varied considerably between individuals (2.2–23.6 km