STRUCTURE OF A NEOTROPICAL SAVANNA BAT COMMUNITY

During the 5-month dry season, I studied the community structure of bats in the Neotropical savanna of Espíritu, Bolivia. This seasonally inundated, grassland-dominated savanna is inhabited by ≥38 species of bats, and diversity is high (H′ = 2.88). Species richness is highest in forest islands (26 s...

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Published in:	Journal of mammalogy 2002-08, Vol.83 (3), p.775-784
Main Author:	Aguirre, Luis F.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Bats Biodiversity Biological and medical sciences Bolivia chiroptera Communities Community structure diversity FEATURE ARTICLES Forest habitats Forests Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Neotropical savanna Plants Rainforests Savannas South America Species Species diversity Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems trophic guilds Zoology
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Summary:	During the 5-month dry season, I studied the community structure of bats in the Neotropical savanna of Espíritu, Bolivia. This seasonally inundated, grassland-dominated savanna is inhabited by ≥38 species of bats, and diversity is high (H′ = 2.88). Species richness is highest in forest islands (26 species), open woodlands and gallery forests (11 species each), and dense thorny bushes (7 species) and less in other plant associations. Although species from almost all trophic guilds filled by New World bats occur in the area, small medium-size low-flying insectivorous species and medium-to-large fruit-eating bats predominate.
ISSN:	0022-2372 1545-1542