A species-level trait dataset of bats in Europe and beyond

Scientific Data, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(1)

Published: May 3, 2023

Abstract Knowledge of species’ functional traits is essential for understanding biodiversity patterns, predicting the impacts global environmental changes, and assessing efficiency conservation measures. Bats are major components mammalian diversity occupy a variety ecological niches geographic distributions. However, an extensive compilation their attributes still missing. Here we present EuroBaTrait 1.0, most comprehensive up-to-date trait dataset covering 47 European bat species. The includes data on 118 including genetic composition, physiology, morphology, acoustic signature, climatic associations, foraging habitat, roost type, diet, spatial behaviour, life history, pathogens, phenology, distribution. We compiled obtained from three main sources: (i) systematic literature search, (ii) unpublished experts, (iii) observations large-scale monitoring programs. designed to provide important source comparative trait-based analyses at species or community level. also exposes knowledge gaps in species, coverage, highlighting priorities future collection.

Language: Английский

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Anthropogenic changes to the nighttime environment

BioScience, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 73(4), P. 280 - 290

Published: April 1, 2023

How the relative impacts of anthropogenic pressures on natural environment vary between different taxonomic groups, habitats, and geographic regions is increasingly well established. By contrast, times day at which those are most forcefully exerted or have greatest influence not understood. The impact nighttime bears particular scrutiny, given that for practical reasons (e.g., researchers themselves belong to a diurnal species), studies conducted during daytime organisms predominantly active in ways do differentiate nighttime. In present article, we synthesize current state knowledge environment, highlighting key findings examples. evidence available suggests under intense stress across increasing areas world, especially from pollution, climate change, overexploitation resources.

Language: Английский

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Consistent diel activity patterns of forest mammals among tropical regions

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: Nov. 19, 2022

Abstract An animal’s daily use of time (their “diel activity”) reflects their adaptations, requirements, and interactions, yet we know little about the underlying processes governing diel activity within among communities. Here examine whether community-level patterns differ biogeographic regions, explore roles top-down versus bottom-up thermoregulatory constraints. Using data from systematic camera-trap networks in 16 protected forests across tropics, relationships mammals’ to body mass trophic guild. Also, assess guilds. Apart Neotropical insectivores, guilds exhibited consistent cross-regional relation mass. Results indicate that thermoregulation constrains herbivore insectivore (e.g., larger Afrotropical herbivores are ~7 times more likely be nocturnal than smaller herbivores), while constrain carnivores herbivores, small omnivores insectivores large carnivores’ activity. Overall, tropical mammal communities appears shaped by similar constraints regions reflecting

Language: Английский

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Maximum temperatures determine the habitat affiliations of North American mammals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 120(50)

Published: Dec. 4, 2023

Addressing the ongoing biodiversity crisis requires identifying winners and losers of global change. Species are often categorized based on how they respond to habitat loss; for example, species restricted natural environments, those that most occur in anthropogenic habitats, generalists do well both. However, might switch affiliations across time space: an organism may venture into human-modified areas benign regions but retreat thermally buffered forested habitats with high temperatures. Here, we apply community occupancy models a large-scale camera trapping dataset 29 mammal distributed over 2,485 sites continental United States, ask three questions. First, species' responses forest consistent scales? Second, macroclimatic conditions explain spatial variation land use? Third, can traits elucidate which taxa likely show climate-dependent associations? We found all exhibited significant land-use, tending avoid increasingly use forests hotter regions. In hottest regions, was 50% higher compared open whereas coldest trend reversed. Larger larger ranges, herbivores, primary predators were more change their than top predators, consistently affiliated cover. Our findings suggest climatic influence space-use maintaining cover help protect mammals from warming climates.

Language: Английский

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Towards an animal economics spectrum for ecosystem research

Functional Ecology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 37(1), P. 57 - 72

Published: April 7, 2022

Abstract The framework of the plant economics spectrum advanced our understanding ecology and proved as a unifying concept across taxonomy, growth forms biomes. Similar approaches for animals mostly focus on linking life‐history metabolic theories, but not their application in ecosystem research. To fill this gap, we propose animal (AES) based broadly available traits that describe organismal size, biological times rates. exemplify feasibility general usefulness constructing AES, compiled data adult offspring body mass, life span, age at first reproduction, reproductive rate 98 terrestrial taxa from seven selected classes mapped these into an exemplary quantitative trait space. AES consists two principal axes related to strategies pace life; both are linked by metabolism. thus closely mirrors seminal ideas fundamental more recent discoveries developments fields theories. Furthermore, find associations between positions within thermoregulation plan. shows key dimensions describing different ecological can be depicted with functional relatively easily accessible broad taxa. We suggest future steps towards research aiming processes functions. Additionally, urge databases compile comparable large proportion animals, also further groups organisms ultimate goal map life. will relevant species, community levels. discuss how it facilitate predictions composition diversity communities affected global change. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Developmental origin underlies evolutionary rate variation across the placental skull

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 378(1880)

Published: May 15, 2023

The placental skull has evolved into myriad forms, from longirostrine whales to globular primates, and with a diverse array of appendages antlers tusks. This disparity recently been studied the perspective whole skull, but is composed numerous elements that have distinct developmental origins varied functions. Here, we assess evolution skull's major skeletal elements, decomposed 17 individual regions. Using high-dimensional morphometric approach for dataset 322 living extinct eutherians (placental mammals their stem relatives), quantify patterns variation estimate phylogenetic, allometric ecological signal across skull. We further compare rates categories ordinal-level clades reconstruct along lineages through time whether origin or function discriminate evolutionary trajectories cranial elements. Our results demonstrate macroevolutionary reflect adaptations clades. Elements derived neural crest show fastest evolution, equally pronounced in bones paraxial mesoderm, suggesting may influence tempo, not capacity specialisation. article part theme issue ‘The mammalian skull: development, structure function’.

Language: Английский

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Skyglow facilitates prey detection in a crepuscular insectivore: distant light sources create bright skies

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 125821 - 125821

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Ecological traits predict mammal temporal responses to land development but not human presence

Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. e03507 - e03507

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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When the wild things are: Defining mammalian diel activity and plasticity

Science Advances, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(9)

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

Circadian rhythms are a mechanism by which species adapt to environmental variability and fundamental understanding behavior. However, we lack data standardized framework accurately assess compare temporal activity for during rapid ecological change. Through global network representing 38 countries, leveraged 8.9 million mammalian observations create library of 14,587 diel estimates 445 species. We found that less than half the species’ were in agreement with classifications from reference literature commonly used more one classification. Species was highly plastic when exposed anthropogenic Furthermore, body size distributional extent strongly associated whether is diurnal or nocturnal. Our findings provide essential knowledge behavior an era change suggest need new, quantitative defines logically consistently while capturing plasticity.

Language: Английский

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Conservation effectiveness of Chinese protected areas on the completeness of medium- and large-bodied mammal community

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 306, P. 111128 - 111128

Published: April 6, 2025

Language: Английский

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