DNA metabarcoding and spatial modelling link diet diversification with distribution homogeneity in European bats

Antton Alberdi; Orly Razgour; Ostaizka Aizpurua; Roberto Novella-Fernandez; Joxerra Aihartza; Ivana Budinski; Inazio Garin; Carlos Ibáñez; Eñaut Izagirre; Hugo Rebelo; Danilo Russo; Anton Vlaschenko; Violeta Zhelyazkova; Vida Zrnčić; M. Thomas P. Gilbert

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14961-2

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

DNA metabarcoding and spatial modelling link diet diversification with distribution homogeneity in European bats

Antton Alberdi,
Orly Razgour,
Ostaizka Aizpurua,
Roberto Novella-Fernandez,
Joxerra Aihartza,
Ivana Budinski,
Inazio Garin,
Carlos Ibáñez,
Eñaut Izagirre,
Hugo Rebelo,
Danilo Russo,
Anton Vlaschenko,
Violeta Zhelyazkova,
Vida Zrnčić,
M. Thomas P. Gilbert

Affiliations

Antton Alberdi: Centre for Evolutionary Hologenomics, GLOBE Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Orly Razgour: Biological Sciences, University of Southampton
Ostaizka Aizpurua: Centre for Evolutionary Hologenomics, GLOBE Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Roberto Novella-Fernandez: Biological Sciences, University of Southampton
Joxerra Aihartza: University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Ivana Budinski: Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade
Inazio Garin: University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Carlos Ibáñez: Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
Eñaut Izagirre: University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Hugo Rebelo: CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade Recursos e Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Danilo Russo: Wildlife Research Unit, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Anton Vlaschenko: Bat Rehabilitation Center of Feldman Ecopark
Violeta Zhelyazkova: National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Vida Zrnčić: Croatian Biospeleological Society
M. Thomas P. Gilbert: Centre for Evolutionary Hologenomics, GLOBE Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14961-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

Read online

Ecological niche breadth may help explain spatial distribution patterns in animals. In this study on European bats, Alberdi et al. combine DNA metabarcoding and species distribution modelling to show that dietary niche breadth is related to hunting flexibility and broad-scale spatial patterns in species distribution.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

About the journal