LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
HEYFIELD timber workers may also point to the increased presence of grey-headed flying foxes (pteropus poliocephalus) as allies as they are strong agents of forest regeneration.
Each bat can spread up to 60,000 seeds a night and carry large amounts of pollen from trees far away to aid in out-cross pollination and regeneration.
Even though the species has declined by around 98 per cent across its range since 1900, there remain enough to help reforest areas that have been thinned.
The colonies in Gippsland are constantly turning over their membership as animals arrive and depart for forest blossom, nectar and pollen food resources.
Bats. The mates you didn’t know you had.
