Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation

DNA barcodes for ecology, evolution, and conservation.

The use of DNA barcodes, which are short gene sequences taken from a standardized portion of the genome and used to identify species, is entering a new phase of application as more and more investigations employ these genetic markers to address questions relating to the ecology and evolution of natural systems. The suite of DNA barcode markers now applied to specific taxonomic groups of organis...

SNPs in ecology, evolution and conservation

Laboratory for Conservation Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, Génomique des Populations et Biodiversité, Université J.-Fourier, Grenoble, France Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La J...

Rangeland Ecology, Management and Conservation Benefits

The book written by seventeen experts in the field of rangeland management, this compilation of essays brings to light the latent issues concerning this subject to readers all over the globe. Though technical approaches can address some issues, social processes ultimately prevent the balancing of these matters. Socio-economic and political institutions are often a stumbling block for improving ...

Morphogenesis in bat wings: linking development, evolution and ecology.

The evolution of powered flight in mammals required specific developmental shifts from an ancestral limb morphology to one adapted for flight. Through studies of comparative morphogenesis, investigators have quantified points and rates of divergence providing important insights into how wings evolved in mammals. Herein I compare growth,development and skeletogenesis of forelimbs between bats an...

Bat Ecology