A synthesis of ecological and evolutionary determinants of bat diversity across spatial scales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diversity patterns result from ecological to evolutionary processes operating at different spatial and temporal scales. Species trait variation determine the spatial scales at which organisms perceive the environment. Despite this knowledge, the coupling of all these factors to understand how diversity is structured is still deficient. Here, we review the role of ecological and evolutionary processes operating across different hierarchically spatial scales to shape diversity patterns of bats-the second largest mammal order and the only mammals with real flight capability.

Main body

We observed that flight development and its provision of increased dispersal ability influenced the diversification, life history, geographic distribution, and local interspecific inter

SUBMITTER: Peixoto FP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5996565 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature