RE: Packing in the bats

["Hope, Sylvia" <shope@calacademy.org>]

Possible reasons why flyers might have high species packing:  ability to
exploit steep or vertical surfaces; mobility - ability to use scattered
resources. 
        
Sylvia

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Subject: Packing in the bats


It would seem that flying vertebrates (Panamanian bats in this case) are
capable of surprisingly high species packing, presumably by carving up
ecospace very finely. What might this mean more generally for birds, bats and
pterosaurs? Space for all? Or was species diversity ecosystem dependent as
may be the case with these bats from Panama? 
 
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0706/feature6/
<http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0706/feature6/> 
 
Cheers,
 
Dave
 
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