Human-modified habitats change patterns of population genetic structure and group relatedness in Peter's tent-roosting bats.

ABSTRACT: Although coloniality is widespread among mammals, it is still not clear what factors influence composition of social groups. As animals need to adapt to multiple habitat and environmental conditions throughout their range, variation in group composition should be influenced by adaptive adjustment to different ecological factors. Relevant to anthropogenic disturbance, increased habitat modification by humans can alter species' presence, density, and population structure. Therefore, it is important to understand the consequences of changes to landscape composition, in particular how habitat modification affects social structure of group-forming organisms. Here, we combine information on roosting associations with genetic structure of Peter's tent-roosting bats, Uroderma bilobatum to address

SUBMITTER: Sagot M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5016631 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature