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While they are among the most ecologically important animals within forest ecosystems, little is known\udabout how bats respond to habitat loss and fragmentation. The threatened lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina\udtuberculata), considered to be an obligate deep-forest species, is one of only 2 extant land mammals\udendemic to New Zealand; it plays a number of important roles within native forests, including pollination\udand seed dispersal, and rarely occurs in modified forests. We used radiotelemetry to study the movements,\udroosting behavior, and habitat use of M. tuberculata within a fragmented landscape comprised of 3 main\udhabitat types: open space (harvested forest and pastoral land), native forests, and exotic pine plantations. We\udfound that the bats had smaller home-range areas and travelled shorter nightly distances than populations\udinvestigated previously from contiguous native forest. Furthermore, M. tuberculata occupied all 3 habitat\udtypes, with native forest being preferred overall. However, individual variation in habitat selection was\udhigh, with some bats preferring exotic plantation and open space over native forest. Roosting patterns were\udsimilar to those previously observed in contiguous forest; individual bats often switched between communal\udand solitary roosts. Our findings indicate that M. tuberculata exhibit some degree of behavioral plasticity\udthat allows them to adapt to different landscape mosaics and exploit alternative habitats. To our knowledge,\udthis is the first such documentation of plasticity in habitat use for a bat species believed to be an obligate\udforest-dweller

Adoption of alternative habitats by a threatened, “obligate” forest-dwelling bat in a fragmented landscape