Date: June 21, 2017
Source: University of Helsinki
A new study from the University of Helsinki investigates
knowledge gaps among the largely unknown, but greatly threatened, group of
island-restricted bats, and leads future research efforts to actual priorities.
Island ecosystems, as a consequence of isolation from mainland, have evolved
peculiar faunas with a great number of species found nowhere else. They are
also some of the most vulnerable habitats in the world due to limited
resilience to anthropogenic threats.
"Island bats play a fundamental role in the maintenance
of insular ecosystems through seed dispersal, pollination, and suppression of
arthropod pests," highlights Irene Conenna from the Metapopulation
Research Center at the University of Helsinki.
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