Species richness in an insectivorous bat assemblage from Malaysia

Autor:	Charles M. Francis, Zubaid Akbar, Tigga Kingston, Thomas H. Kunz
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	biology Ecology Murininae Wildlife Kerivoulinae Species diversity Insectivore Rainforest Species richness biology.organism_classification Hipposideridae Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Journal of Tropical Ecology. 19:67-79
ISSN:	1469-7831 0266-4674
DOI:	10.1017/s0266467403003080
Popis:	Estimates of insectivorous bat diversity in the Palaeotropics have largely been hampered by the lack of long-term studies employing appropriate capture techniques. Using a variety of trapping methods, 45 insectivorous bat species were captured in approximately 3 km2 of primary dipterocarp rain forest in Malaysia over 8 y. The cumulative site list for Kuala Lompat Research Station, Krau Wildlife Reserve, now stands at 51 insectivorous species. Although this is likely still not a complete list, it is already one of the most species-rich in the world. We attribute much of our success in recording this diversity to the extensive use of harp traps. Of the 45 species, 38 were captured in an intensive harp-trapping programme (> 1030 harp-trap nights) of the forest interior (22 species exclusively so). Insectivorous bats of the forest interior are thus a key component of Old World bat diversity, particularly in South-East Asia, and are dominated by taxa capable of detecting and capturing prey in cluttered environments (Hipposideridae, Rhinolophidae, Kerivoulinae and Murininae).
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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