Christmas Island Flying-fox (Pteropus melanotis natalis) Monitoring

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

Data is provided from three survey types: nocturnal drive-by monitoring; ground counts; and exit counts. The nocturnal drive-by monitoring dataset provides information on species presence/absence at 124 sites across Christmas Island. The ground count dataset provides information on numbers of bats observed roosting in trees at known camp sites; while the exit count dataset records counts of bats exiting from the respective camp sites.

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Title Christmas Island Flying-fox (Pteropus melanotis natalis) Monitoring
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b2d54093-acff-46ba-98f9-765452e7bd75
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
samantha.flakus@environment.gov.au
Reference Period 02/11/2004 - 15/07/2014
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Christmas Island Flying-fox (Pteropus melanotis natalis) Monitoring". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/christmas-island-flying-fox-pteropus-melanotis-natalis-monitoring