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1 August 2004 COMPARATIVE COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF BATS FROM EASTERN PARAGUAY: TAXONOMIC, ECOLOGICAL, AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES
Richard D. Stevens, Michael R. Willig, Isabel Gamarra de Fox
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Abstract

Based on more than a year and a half of intensive fieldwork, we document the community structure of bats at 2 sites (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú and Yaguareté Forests) in eastern Paraguay. Twenty-nine species from 17 genera and 3 families were documented based on more than 7,000 captures. In general, these communities share greatest affinities with either Atlantic rainforest or savanna-grassland sites of South America. Significant differences exist between these communities in terms of structure based on rank-abundance distributions and species composition. Moreover, Yaguareté exhibits significantly more species than does Mbaracayú even after removing the effects of differences due to high-flying insectivores. No significant differences existed between communities regarding other aspects of taxonomic diversity (e.g., evenness, diversity, or dominance of species) or any aspect of functional diversity. A higher degree of habitat heterogeneity at Yaguareté likely underlies these differences in community structure.

Richard D. Stevens, Michael R. Willig, and Isabel Gamarra de Fox "COMPARATIVE COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF BATS FROM EASTERN PARAGUAY: TAXONOMIC, ECOLOGICAL, AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES," Journal of Mammalogy 85(4), 698-707, (1 August 2004). https://doi.org/10.1644/BWG-128
Accepted: 1 August 2003; Published: 1 August 2004
KEYWORDS
Atlantic rainforest
bat community
Chiroptera
community structure
functional diversity
Molossidae
Paraguay
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