Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bat populations and ensembles from lowland Amazonia.

ABSTRACT: Natural selection should favor individuals that synchronize energy-demanding aspects of reproductive activity with periods of high resource abundance and predictability, leading to seasonal patterns of reproduction at the population level. Nonetheless, few studies-especially those on bats in the Neotropics-have used rigorous quantitative criteria to distinguish among phenological patterns for different populations from the same habitat or for the same species in different habitats. To explore such issues, we quantified annual patterns of reproduction in male and in female bats from lowland Amazonia (environs of Iquitos, Peru), and did so at the level of populations and ensembles. Five species exhibited unimodal patterns including Artibeus obscurus, A. planirostris, Carolli

SUBMITTER: Willig MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10399921 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature