Once upon a time in Mexico: Holocene biogeography of the spotted bat (Euderma maculatum).

ABSTRACT: Holocene-era range expansions are relevant to understanding how a species might respond to the warming and drying climates of today. The harsh conditions of North American deserts have phylogenetically structured desert bat communities but differences in flight capabilities are expected to affect their ability to compete, locate, and use habitat in the face of modern climate change. A highly vagile but data-deficient bat species, the spotted bat (Euderma maculatum), is thought to have expanded its range from central Mexico to western Canada during the Holocene. With specimens spanning this latitudinal extent, we examined historical demography, and used ecological niche modeling (ENM) and phylogeography (mitochondrial DNA), to investigate historic biogeography from the rear to leading edges

SUBMITTER: Sanchez DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10171611 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature