Linking changes in individual specialization and population niche of space use across seasons in the great evening bat (Ia io).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The niche breadth of an animal population comprises both within-individual and between-individual variation (individual specialization). Both components can be used to explain changes in population niche breadth, and this has been extensively investigated in dietary niche dimension studies. However, little is known about how changes in food resources or environmental factors across seasons affect changes in individual and population space use within the same population.

Methods

In this study, we used micro-GPS loggers to capture the space use of individuals and of a population of the great evening bat (Ia io) in summer and autumn. We used I. io as a model to investigate how individual spatial niche breadth and spatial individual specialization affect changes in po

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10249169 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature